Because you guys could always use another one-shot and I was feeling one-shoty.
Jason was making breakfast when he first heard it. At first he dismissed it, going back to the cooking eggs and bacon. But there it was again. A high pitched sound, with what sounded like a piano in the background. Carefully removing the pan from the hot burner, Jason took off his apron and walked closer to where the sound was emanating.
Jason made his way through the loft he shared with four other roommates. Jason had a room with Leo but he was still out in his machine shop where he ended up most nights. Percy and Frank had a room too, but Percy was over at Annabeth's apartment and Frank usually slept until eleven on Saturdays because of his late shift the night before.
That meant that the sound could only be coming from one person: Nico. Nico was Jason and Percy's cousin, and a few years younger than them. Since Nico had the small room it was just him in there, proving that the music coming out from the crack at the bottom of the door was him. Well, either that or Leo at rigged Nico's alarm again. That was unlikely however since the last time that happened Leo's favorite half inch tungsten carbide drill bit (named Carlisle) disappeared out of nowhere.
Jason pressed his ear against the door to listen closer, laying his hands on the wood to balance himself. The lyrics flowed through the door like DNA in an electrophoresis gel lab. Which is to say, right through. Though it was a bit muffled, Jason could still make it out, and he began to chuckle softly, trying his hardest to stop.
"He's so tall, handsome as hell. He's so bad but he does so well."
Jason began to laugh harder. Nico was singing Taylor Swift all alone in his room. The short Italian boy who makes himself out to be dark and mysterious was signing Taylor Swift. The sad part is, this wasn't the first time.
"Say you'll remember me, standing in a nice dress, staring at the sunset, babe," Two voices, only one being Taylor, rang out. "Red lips and rosy cheeks, say you'll see me again, even if it's just in-"
Jason opened the door and Nico froze where he was dancing in just his boxers and a shirt that said "SWAG (Secretly We Are Gay)." The later of which Leo got him last Christmas. Nico stared at Jason wide eyed, spitting out the last few words.
"Your… Wildest… Dreams…"
Jason began clapping as Nico scrambled to turn off his music, but just managed to trip on his aviator jacket on the floor. Nico peeked up over the bed, his eyebrows scrunched up in worry.
"You're… Not going to tell anybody about that right?" Nico asked tentatively.
"Why not," Jason joked, "Leo owes me five bucks."
Nico groaned and went back down behind his bed. Jason grinned at the reaction and took a few steps closer until he could see Nico's raven black hair, all tousled and hanging over his face.
"So what's this guy's name?" Jason asked.
Nico sat up quickly, his eyes half glaring and half staring in surprise.
"What do you mean?" Nico asked a bit too quick.
"Nico. Nico, you sweet, innocent flower," Jason said with a bit of pity.
"Get on with it," Nico growled.
"Tell tale signs," Jason explained, and he continued when Nico's eyebrows furrowed in confusion, "You only sing when you're happy. And you only sing Taylor Swift when it has to do with a guy."
Nico's face fell into a pout at the fact that he had been found out.
"Come on," Jason said, "I'll get you some coffee and you can tell me everything."
Jason slid a blue coffee mug in front of Nico, who was already shifting uncomfortably, though whether it was from nervousness or ADHD Jason did not know. Nico took a sip of his black coffee, the only way he took it. The explanation being that the bitter taste woke his up better than caffeine ever could.
Jason let Nico try and create a story as he finished making breakfast. He took two plates out and split up the eggs and bacon. When Jason grabbed the toast out of the toaster he burned one of his fingers on the hot metal. The plate was pushed towards Nico along with silverware and butter.
Jason leaned against the marble island counter across from Nico, who was sitting on a stool on the other side of the counter. Jason stared at Nico.
"Why the hell are you wearing that?" Nico said, laughing a bit.
Jason looked down at his outfit, which consisted of flannel pants with a pattern of little lightning bolts and a shirt that said "sparky" in zig zagging letters. Nico remembered Jason's reaction when Piper gave the set to him. Jason tried to hide the horrified look on his face, especially when Percy laughed his ass off. That is, until Percy got an identical pair from Annabeth but with tridents and the words "seaweed brain."
"Stop trying to change the subject fuzzball," Jason retaliated, motioning to Nico's hair, "Now tell me everything."
"His name is Will," Nico said softly, "Will Solace. He lights up my world. And he's handsome as hell."
Please give me ideas.