I don't own Percy Jackson. A series of drabbles (I'm hoping at least 25) using different prompts, about any characters in PJO or HoO. I have a feeling that most of them will be Percabeth, though.
Last
I was furious.
Percy was an idiot, I'd always pretty much known that, but this was idiotic on another level.
"I've got a plan. I'll distract them. You can use the metal spider – maybe it'll lead you back to Hephaestus. You have to tell him what's going on."
I shook my head. "But you'll be killed!" Idiotic Seaweed Brain.
He got a steely look in his eye and shifted Riptide. The blade made a metallic sound against the rock. "I'll be fine. Besides, we've got no choice."
A quick analysis of the situation revealed that he was right. Someone had to talk to Hephaestus, and the only way we could sneak past was if we were invisible. It was a strike of luck that we managed to get in without anything seeing us. The fight went out of me.
Besides, I never wanted to be angry with Percy when there was a massive chance that he wouldn't make it back. The intensity of his eyes was breaking down any walls that I had put up. And I think he knew it too; there was a slim chance. And his utter bravery and courage caused something inside me to shift.
So I kissed him, putting everything I had behind it. He was surprised; I could feel it. To be honest, I was pretty surprised too; it wasn't anything like I'd imagined it. But in a strange way, still perfect.
"Be careful, Seaweed Brain," I said, putting on the cap and running. Away from him, away from this place that might become his tomb, away from my feelings.
All I hoped was that it wasn't our last goodbye.
