Chapter 1
Percy sighed as he sat by the lake listening to the waves breaking on the shore. He turned when he felt someone sit down next to him.
"Hey." Nico said.
"Hey." Percy replied turning his vision back to the ocean.
"How are you doing after..." Nico trailed off not quite sure how to bring up Annabeth since she and Percy broke up and she left for Camp Jupiter with pretty much all the others. The only one left from their whole quest with the Giants besides Percy was Nico. Though Jason and Piper did travel back and forth a lot.
"I'm fine." Percy said. "Me and Annabeth...we just couldn't be strong enough for each other anymore ya know?"
"Yeah." Nico said, softly. "I'm really sorry Perce."
"It's fine." Percy said. "I'll get over it...someday."
"Nightmares still as bad as they were?" Nico asked, choosing to change the subject.
"Some nights." Percy said, "Not always. Sometimes...sometimes your there."
"Me?" Nico said, a bit shocked. He hadn't entered Percy's dreams at all lately.
"Yeah. Sometimes the dreams will be worse because the monster will have you and other times they'll be better because..." he blushed, "Because you'll save me."
Nico blushed too. "Really?"
"Yeah." Percy said. "At first I thought you were dream traveling again, but I talked to the son of Hypnos...what is his name?"
"Clovis?" Nico asked.
"Yes! Clovis! I can never remember his name." Percy said shaking his head.
Nico chuckled. "Any way you talked to Clovis..."
"And he said that you hadn't been in traveling in any dreams lately. So then I knew it was me..." Percy said, looking at his hands. "And I didn't want you to leave."
Nico smiled. "You didn't? Really? You wanted me to stay?"
Percy gave him a small smile. "Of course I wanted you to stay. Your my best friend."
Nico felt his heart sink. Of course Percy had meant in that way. Percy wasn't gay. He need to get over him. "You're mine too." he said. The horn sounded for supper and Percy stood up and held out his hand to Nico. "Come on deathboy let's go eat."
"Alright." Nico said letting Percy help him up.
"We're still sitting together at the campfire tonight right?" Percy asked, looking at Nico expectantly.
"Of course." he said, blushing. He sighed as they kept walking. Nico and Percy had been spending so much time together people had started asking if they actually were a couple. Percy would just stutter out a no while his face was on fire, but Nico would always just glare at the person and they'd know. Nico had wanted him for so long. He'd had a crush on Percy since he saved them, but he knew, he knew that Percy would never be his. Even now, because Percy Jackson was as straight as a bean pole. Wasn't he?
Hi! This is my first Percy Jackson fanfic, but I'm an avid reader of both Greek mythology and Percy Jackson. Percico is my OTP! So I figured after writing fanfiction for like 4 years I should probably write some for them. But this is my first one so please leave lots and lots of reviews I love hearing your comments, suggestions, and things you liked or didn't like. Thanks! ~Blackbird