Title: Two Wishes Granted

Ship: Frazel, Solangelo

Rating: G

Word Count: 321

A/N: It's Christmas so have this happy little one-shot *less than three*

Nico stands at the back of the church, shifting uncomfortably in his coat and tie. The decorations on the walls and along the center aisle are simple but beautiful just the same, not unlike the happy couple at the front.

Nico watches his sister, Hazel, pull back from Frank and their wedding kiss. Their matching smiles are so bright and so genuine that everyone in the room can feel a second-hand happiness.

Everyone bursts into loud applause and some even cheer uproariously. Frank immediately gets embarrassed at all the attention and Hazel just laughs at him. It's a wonderful scene and Nico commits every detail to memory.

Nico vividly recalls that time when their godly parent had looked at him with a mix of sadness and hesitant affection in his eyes. He'd told Nico that his children rarely ever had happy lives and that he wanted Nico to be an exception.

Looks like your wish was granted.

Nico watches as Piper, the self-appointed wedding planner, herds everyone to the front for a group photo. Hazel catches his eye and she enthusiastically waves him over. He had never seen Hazel happier than in this moment and he thinks, with a proud and overprotective kind of feeling, that Hazel deserves this happiness; after all she'd been through.

A warm hand curls around Nico's and he turns to find Will beside him, smiling like always. He nods in the direction of the altar and Nico lets himself be led to the happily chattering group of friends surrounding Frank and Hazel. The happy atmosphere is so contagious that Nico finds himself smiling too as Will gets them into position. Nico squeezes Will's hand and pulls him closer, much to Will's surprise and pleasure.

As he poses for the picture, with the two most important people in his life at either side of him, Nico thinks to himself: Hazel and I have always been exceptions, Father.

-END-

This was inspired by two lines from Blood of Olympus. The first one is pretty obvious: (Nico) "I'm going to be the flower boy at your wedding, right?". And the second: (Hades) "My children are so rarely happy. I . . . I would like to see you be an exception."

(Forgot to mention, this and Tangible are both cross-posted to AO3 under the same pen name :D)