Hey Guys!
So this is my first ever Solangelo fanfiction so I am really sorry if any of the characters are OOC.
Up to the first line break is from Nico's Pov and all after is from Will's (kinda, I tried to write this in 2nd person)
This will be a three part story, so no it is not finished.
I'd love to hear what you think of it. Hope you enjoy!- Tossedthrough
"Fine then Jackson! You think your soooo superior," Jason rolled his eyes as he drew out his words, mocking the boy he was practically nose to nose with, "Then I challenge you to Capture the Flag, Zeus Cabin against Poseidon Cabin," disdain colouring Jason tone at the mention of the rival cabin. Percy quirked an eyebrow and straightened his back, a cocky look drawn across his face. The newer campers waited with baited breath at what the answer would be while the others all waited patiently for the inevitable answer.
"I ACCEPT! SEE YOUR SORRY ASS ON THE BATTLEFIELD GRACE!" Percy slammed his hands into the table while the crowd erupted into cheers and jitters of excitement at the news of a game of Capture the Flag, the exchange campers from Camp Jupiter trying to draw answers from the Greeks around them as the Mess Hall dissolved into chaos around them.
A dark haired boy rolled his eyes skywards before going back to munching slowly through his food as a weight dropped down beside him.
"So Deathboy, you game for Capture the Flag?" Will Solace swiped a bread roll and started tearing it into pieces, all the while giving Nico an expectant look. Nico huffed and dropped his fork down onto his plate once more before turning to Will. Will was staring wide eyed at him, the blues lightening somewhat, Nico noticed.
"Don't call me Deathboy and why do you care Solace?" Nico muttered. Wills expression switched into something more amused before answering,
"Why do you not? This a chance to make our cabins proud, nay our parents!" Will had gotten more dramatic as he spoke, a hand coming up to clench his shirt above his heart as he ends with a flourish. Nico cocks one eyebrow at the performance. They weren't exactly uncommon, Will bursting into dramatics with questionable word choices at the drop of a hat, usually to bring levity to a situation, or more common, or get a reaction from him. From the day Nico had set foot in that infirmary over a year ago, Will had made it his personal mission to get Nico involved in everything. Sing-a-longs, campfires, games, you name it, Will dragged him there. Not that Nico was complaining, no way. He was never going to admit that though, he was going to make a point of one complaint for every plan Will Solace takes upon himself to create.
"Its not that big of a deal Will, its just a game," Will stiffened and he turned painfully slowly to meet Nico's eyes.
"Just a game? Just a game? How dare you. It is a battle for supremacy of which the results will be passed from generation to generation,"
"You mean bragging rights for the week?"
"No, I mean title and decoration you simple minded fool," Will voice takes on a sillier tone as he continues causing a small smile to tug at the corners of Nico's mouth. Nico opens his mouth to retort but Wills hand presses down on it to muffle any sound, effectively shutting him up before he even speaks. He narrows his eyes and death glares at Will and no he is not blushing, definitely not. His hands come up to try to wrench the hand covering his mouth away but Will just presses harder while waving a finger in his face,
"Nuh uh Deathboy, I will not be hearing anymore pessimism's about the noble sport of Capture the Flag," Nico rolls his eyes and attempts to speak, whether there be a hand pressed against his mouth or not. It doesn't go as well as he hopes with the words coming out like 'Mmmmnntaaallleeeeeetthooyy' instead of ' Don't call me Deathboy', getting so jumbled that even he can't tell where one word ends and the other starts. Will face betrays that has an idea to what they are meant to be, clear in the way he smirks,
"Whats that Deathboy? I can't seem to understand you, its like you've got something over you're mouth,"
"MMMMMNT ALLL EEEE ATTHOOYYYY!" Nico shouts against Wills hand while Will snickers. A dark thought crosses Nico's mind, its presence pulling a smile up onto Nico's face and hint of mirth enters his eyes. Wills confidence seems to be dropping by the millisecond as Nico doesn't struggle. Meanwhile a very important question is present in Nico's mind- To lick Will or to not lick Will, well that's just it isn't it? It would definitely get Wills hand off of his mouth but it would still be little disgusting licking someones hand. Nico lightly shrugs his shoulders at his decision, an action that Will picks up on, his resolve all but shattered at this point. He starts to slack his arm, but not fast enough as Nico's tongue darts out and quickly swipes across his hand. Will jumps back as if electrocuted, yelping loudly, shaking and wiping his hand on everything in vicinity.
"Gross Nico! Oh my Gods what would compel you to that? Ahhhhhh yuck,yuck, yuck," Nico leans back and laughs at Will freaking out in front of him, the laughter ringing through the Mess Hall, loud and unrestrained. Only few people turn to look when he laughs now, he himself having become more familiar with the motion the longer he stayed around Camp. Kinda hard not to really when two of the biggest idiots in Camp claim him as their 'little brother' as they insist on calling him, and then having Will Solace for a best friend. A best friend that he totally doesn't have feelings for. No way, that would be crazy.
Will's expression softens as he watching Nico hunch over himself, an arm slung around his midriff as he laughs loudly. Nico's cheeks redden slightly as he catches Will soft gaze and it sobers him almost immediately.
An arm suddenly slings itself around Nico's shoulders and Jason slips into the seat on the other side of Nico.
"So whaddya say Di Angelo? Wanna be on the winning team?" Nico shoots Jason a dry look,
"I'm always on your team Grace, you insist upon it every time you challenge or get challenged," Nico mocks the last name as he speaks.
"Good! Just making certain. How about you Will? Apollo cabin up for being on the awesome side? I've already enlisted Hecate cabin and Athena cabin, though I'm pretty sure the latter is just because of the rule of Annabeth and Percy not being allowed on the same te-"
"Yes Jason, you can count on Apollo cabin for your side," Will cuts across Jason's rambling, a habit he falls into every time he gets excited.
"Great! See you two tonight!" Jason stands and waves as he makes his way to the Demeter table, Will and Nico watch as he flips Percy off- Percy waving at Jason from the Aphrodite cabin, obviously having just recruited them.
"Knew you were gonna play Deathboy," Will comments with a smirk, turning back to him.
"Oh, shut up Solace," Nico pauses before quickly shouting, "AND DON"T CALL ME DEATHBOY UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE DEAD SOLACE!" Will laughter bounces around the Mess hall.
"Okay, so the Athena and Demeter cabins are guarding the flag up at on Zeus' Fist since the Ares and Dionysus cabins usually head up the offense. I'll take Percy since he'll probably hanging near the water so I'll draw his attention allowing the Hecate and Apollo cabins, and Nico to sneak through while he's distracted." Will shifted his weight from one foot to the other,
"Remember half of Apollo cabin is on emergency first aid, Jason," Will had been banned from staying behind as a standby medic like he usually was during games of Capture the Flag, his siblings literally forced him off the roster and into armour.
"Right!" Jason chimes, his eyes somewhat glassy, as if he was already out fighting. " So back to the plan, Hecate cabin will manipulate the Mist once through to distract the other cabins who are guarding the red flag. Apollo cabin-" Wills attention starts to slip. A bony elbow nudges into his side and he turns to meet Nico's conspirative smile. Nico rolls his eyes and starts miming dramatically as Jason speaks. He had already gone through the plan 5 separate times, his tone getting more nervous, or anxious, it was hard to tell which. Will shoved his hand up over his mouth to contain the laughter that bubbled up at the back of his throat at the smaller boys actions. Most people thought that Nico was this dark, brooding character, but Will knew better. Underneath his prickly demeanor, Nico was just a huge dork.
The blue team starts to break into the two groups, offense and defense.
"I don't know whether your siblings decision to make you play is genius or stupidity. No offense, but you suck at fighting," Lou Ellen clapped down on Wills shoulder while shooting a two fingered salute-hello to Nico, who returned the gesture. Its sometimes still hits Will just how much Nico has, well not changed, he is still the same person he was before, but... grown is maybe a better word. He was still skittish and didn't trust people easy but in every other aspect he was a much happier person since staying at Camp. Especially around his friends.
"Thanks for the glowing compliment Lou," Will deadpanned. Lou Ellen just made a gesture like she didn't care for his comment before starting to walk away.
"I'll leave the glowing to you Tone-Deaf," Nico smirks at her comment, silently holding up his hand to her as she passes, which she happily slaps. Will moves to fall into step beside Nico as they start to walk out into the forest, Jason anxiously ushering everyone into place as Chiron calls 2 minutes to game-play.
"She realises that I can't actually glow right," Nico just rolls his eyes, replying with a non-committal hum.
"And I'm not tone-deaf,"
"Yes you are," Nico didn't even hesitate.
"Rude,"
"Yup," He and Nico come to a stop. Will shoves his bow further up his shoulder and starts to climb the tree that they had come to, Nico on his heels. A loud horn sounds and yells come from both ends of the forest.
Blue Team are ahead, but not by much. There's a a large torrent of water coming from over east, accompanied with the occasional lightning strike. Loud yells and the distinctive sound of metal colliding is an ever-present noise as the Apollo campers and Nico sneak through the tree branches, stopping now and again to shoot at the opposing team, tranq arrows of course, or away from the fray and into the trees branches to try to lead the others on a false trail.
A glimmer of red shines through the trees and Will and Nico set off ahead as his siblings take position in the trees surrounding the flag. So far they hadn't seen anyone even close to the flag, but as they draw closer they see the outline of one person seated calmly at the foot of the flag, a person that makes Nico and Will stop dead in their tracks.
"Piper," Nico hisses out from between clenched teeth, "Of course they would have Piper guard the flag" Will pushes a hand through his hair while Nico sits seething beside him. He gives Nico a side-long glance,
"You're not going to do something stupid are you?" Nico doesn't look at him.
"Nico? You're not going to do something stupid are you?" Nico suddenly gets a manic grin across his face,
"Of course not Sunshine," Will ignores the way his heart flutters slightly at the nickname.
"Remember you're not allowed to use shadow-travel. Its unfair," That kills the grin on Nico's face. Will smirks, folding his arms across his chest, "That was your plan wasn't it?"
"No," Nico bites out before turning determinedly away.
"Uh huh," Will drawls not believing the other boy. Nico huffs angrily and turns back to Will with a mild glare coating his features.
"Argh, shut up Solace, we have bigger things to worry about. Like how to get past her," Nico gestures towards where Piper sat leant up against the pole of the flag, eyes scanning the forest. Will turned back to Nico, noting the determined look on his face, and felt his shoulders droop with defeat, knowing that Nico had already made up his mind. He was so stubborn. All. The. Time.
"You're gonna just try to sneak and grab it aren't you?" Will questioned with an unamused look, already knowing the answer.
"I'm just gonna try to sneak up and grab it," Will nods at the affirmation of his thoughts, sighed, and pulling out his bow, notched a tranq arrow,
"Got your back," He added an eyeroll for good measure, just to show how dumb he thought this plan was. Nico took off for few a minute or so, in which Will couldn't see where he had gone.
He appeared in the corner of Will's eyesight, darting from tree to tree. When got within a short distance from the flag, Will straightened his aim at Piper and motioned to his siblings to keep an eye on the perimeter that Piper didn't know that they had secured. When Nico's hand came within a centimetre of the flag, and winning the game, Piper whipped around and knocked his hand away with her knife.
"Shoot her!" Nico voice rang out as he drew his Stygian Iron, countering her in one graceful movement. He re-aimed at Piper, but before he could shoot,
"Stop!" Piper voiced was drenched in charmspeak. Will froze. What was he doing? Stopping? Yeah that sounded like a good idea-
"Don't listen to her Will! Shoot her! Now!" Nico's voice broke through the haze that had clouded Will's mind, jolting him from Pipers instructions. He narrowed his eyes and let go of the arrow that was between his fingers. A look of shock crossed Pipers face before the arrow hit her in the arm and she crumpled to the ground. Nico ran forward and grabbed the red flag tight in his fist, letting loose a victory yell. Will was already making his way over to him, having jumped down from his perch in the tree. A bright blue ball landed in between them at their feet as Will skidded to a stop infront of Nico. As the ball touched the ground it exploded and engulfed the two in plumes of smoke.
Coughing, Will stumbled towards where thought Nico would be, arm outstretched to the other boy, Nico doing the same. Will's vision started to be covered in black dots. His eye widened as he realizes what that means. He was going to pass out. Oh no. No, not yet. First he had to reach Nico. He had to get to Nico. Nico. He suddenly grasped the boy and Nico clung to Will as they both collapse together.
The other campers quickly rush into the area after seeing the smoke only to find a Son of Apollo and Son of Hades passed out with the strange blue smoke surrounding them.
"Whoops," Lou Ellen mutters as the Apollo cabin rushes in.