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Percy and Leo
When Leo heard people at camp talk about Percy, he didn't know what to think. Sure, Leo knew that everyone looked up to the son of Poseidon, and Annabeth missed him a lot (like a lot), but he wasn't sure exactly who Percy was or what exactly made him so awesome. Kids around camp all had these fantastic stories, and this Percy dude showed up in almost every. single. one. Like seriously, this guy was everywhere. From killing the Minotaur to helping the Stolls cover the Aphrodite cabin with silly string, this Percy dude either was really involved, or just really bored all the time. Or both, Leo didn't know.
People had different versions of the demigod too. One person would tell Leo that Percy was a big goofball and messed around all the time, and another person would say that he was super brave, focused and a killing machine. Or he was a really prissy little kid who didn't know what he was doing (Guess who that was). Leo was confused, so he kinda gave up and just focused on building the Argo II. That, and Annabeth was constantly pushing him to keep working on it. She looked so tired, so beaten, so lonely that Leo couldn't wait to see her face when they found her elusive boyfriend. So when they landed in New Rome and she judo-flipped him, Leo cracked up.
Leo was picturing a really buff, muscular guy with like, a tight shirt and an attitude that screamed, I'm awesome and everyone loves me. So when he saw a lean dude with really messy hair and a sheepish grin pinned on the stone floor by a little girl (no offence Annabeth), Leo couldn't stop laughing. Percy was goofy. He was wearing a bedsheet for crying out loud. Percy looked like a kid in a candy store when he saw Annabeth, he was running around excitedly and pointing out things and laughing and overall acting like a 10 year old on a sugar high. But that was before Leo blew up New Rome.
Suddenly, Percy wasn't the silly teenager anymore. He was a furious, warrior mama bear who was glaring at Leo with a dangerous light in his eyes. Staring at Leo, who mistakenly blew up his city, almost hurt his friends, and could be an enemy. Leo was so scared he couldn't move. Suddenly he could believe that the childish prankster was also the ferocious predator, and Leo was the prey.
Thank the gods that Annabeth was on Leo's side. One of her hands on Percy's shoulder, and Leo was safe. Percy stalked off, leaving Leo to sigh in relief. He did not want to mess with that guy. As they took off and headed off to save the world (no big deal right?) Leo kinda avoided Percy, afraid that he would still be mad at him. Well, that plan didn't work out so well. Little ship in the middle of nowhere remember? They were bound to have a one-on-one meeting eventually. Luckily it was in Leo's stomping ground in the engine room. Percy came in, and approached Leo slowly, rubbing his neck nervously.
"Hey Leo."
"Uh… Hey. What's up? I mean, besides us, because we're in a ship, in the sky, that's up and uh yeah I'll stop talking now sorry." Stupid Leo. He resisted the urge to facepalm.
"No problem, I feel ya." Percy chuckled. "I just wanted to make sure we're good. I know I kinda got mad at you before we left, and I'm sorry. I wasn't sure who you were or if you were on our side or not. Stupid mistake to make now that I look back on it. I'm not mad at you, or anything. It just seems like you've been avoiding me, or not, I don't know…" He trailed off and looked at Leo cautiously.
Snap. He noticed.
"No! No, no man. We're cool. I just… I didn't mean to blow up the city. But you know that already. Stuff just gets… destroyed around me, that's all.
"Dude, I totally get it. It's actually rare that I didn't blow anything else up this time. Haha…"
"Um… I take it stuff doesn't stay in one piece around you either?"
"That's an understatement. I've blown up a schoolbus, more coffee shops than I can count, a couple cars, and my school's gym."
"No way! You blew up a whole gym! That's awesome! I mean… uh… I'm sorry dude that's horrible." Leo grinned.
"I know right! There was an empousa and it was a humongous fire and noise everywhere and-" Percy paused. "I'll stop now. Anyway, you'll have to tell me some of your destruction stories later dude. I bet you got some cool ones." He smiled a lopsided grin, and suddenly, Leo had a hard time remembering that this was the guy who almost glared him to death.
"Yeah, this bad boy's got some good ones all right! I'll tell you later, but right now this wire is overheating, so I'd better fix this first." Leo wanted to talk more, he really did, but he really didn't want the engine to blow up. That would be unfortunate.
"Sparring on the deck afterwards?" Percy asked hopefully. "Annabeth's working on her laptop and I'm bored." His smile suddenly turned mischevious.
"Uh, not really a mano-a-mano kind of guy, but I can help you convince Jason to fight you! That guy needs to loosen up. One sec and I'll be up on deck."
"Cool. Dudes?" Percy held up a fist.
"Dudes." Leo smiled and pounded the fist.
"Awesome." And with that, Percy jogged up the stairs and disappeared.
Leo couldn't stop smiling. Everyone was right. Percy was scary, but he was fun. Now he couldn't wait to join up with the older demigod to prank Beauty Queen.
Author's Note:
There you have it! I am always looking for little fics on unusual friendships. This series will have oneshots focusing on characters that are not usually written about together. No romances except for the ones that are canon, just friendships
Please review and let me know how I can improve! Should I keep it in 3rd person, or change it to 1st person, or a bit of both? Let me know!
Also, what two characters would you like to see next?
Thanks!
~Ellie
