A/N: Hey! LRR here I have a ton of random one shots between Leo and my OC all taking place between the end of The Last Olympian and The Blood of Olympus. Basically, they're all random stuff I come up with and they take place in no particular order so I will give a general time line location before I start each one. Enjoy!

Back To Himself takes place between the end of The Lost Hero and the beginning of The Son of Neptune.

Back to Himself

Lydia's POV

"Hey Nyssa, have you seen Leo?" I asked as she walked by. The girl stopped, she was carrying a box of scrap parts and wearing a red bandanna, something that had kind of become her signature thing.

"Um, not recently, actually…" she thought it over again, "not since he went to Bunker 9 on Wednesday."

"Right… Thanks Nyssa." I replied as she continued on her way.

"Dammit Leo," I thought out loud as I went to my cabin. There I grabbed a bag, stuffed a six pack of Coke in it, and walked to the Big House where at the kitchen I bribed a Harpy to get me two cheeseburgers. It cost me six drachmas.

When I got the cheeseburgers I added them to my bag and went down to Bunker 9 where I found a sealed door.

"Oh, c'mon Leo… Don't do this to me." I muttered under my breath.

Soon, I came up with an idea. I created a film of water around my hand, and then wove a glove of dry grass.

"This better work…" I said. "Please Hephaestus if only for your son, let this work."

I lit the grass on fire with my lighter and held it up to the door, the gears began to turn and the door creaked open.

"Thanks, Hephaestus." I breathed as I put my hand out.

Adjusting the strap on my shoulder I walked into the Bunker and found Leo cursing violently in Greek. He threw a screwdriver that narrowly missed my head.

"Hey, watch where you throw things Flame Brain!" I yelled as I walked up. Leo spun and blinked.

"Out, just get out! Leave me the Hades alone!" He yelled turning back to his work.

I stopped, the look on his face… the way he yelled… this wasn't Leo.

"You know what Valdez; you no longer have a choice. Let's go."

"I shut the door…." He muttered, still ignoring me.

"Funny thing about doors, they open." I took the wire cutters out of his hand and grabbed his wrist.

"Now," I said my voice steely, controlling, and angry.

Leo started to protest but I dragged him out of the Bunker and to the boys' bath house.

"Every boy has 30 seconds to get out before I freeze every last droplet of water!" I shouted into the boys showers. Within twenty seconds, about six Aphrodite boys came out grumbling.

"Thank you." I said sarcastically as I dragged Leo in and locked the door behind us.

"Shower, leave your clothes on the bench, I'll wash them."

Leo grumbled and I turned around to face the door while he grabbed his soap, undressed, and hopped into the shower.

I sighed and grabbed his clothing, tossing them into a washing machine on quick wash on the other side of the bath house while he cleaned up. Knowing Leo, it would take at least half an hour to get the grease off his arms and face.

While the wash finished, I sat down on the bench and used my finger to play with the water.

Ten minutes before Leo got out the wash finished and I used my powers to force the water out of the clothes.

I followed up by folding the clothes and laying Leo's belt across the top of them.

"I'm coming out," Leo said after shutting off the water.

I spun and stared at the door again, waiting for Leo to dry off and get dressed.

"I'm decent." Leo said. I spun to see him buckling his tool belt through his belt loops. He wasn't wearing a shirt yet.

"Leo… how do you manage to get grime on your back?" I asked as I grabbed his towel and scrubbed it off his shoulder.

Leo shrugged and pulled his shirt over his head when I'd finished.

"It's still on your face too." I sighed when he turned towards me, pulling his suspenders over his shoulders.

Leo went over to a mirror but I pulled him over and told him to sit on the bench.

"Give me a second." I told him as I grabbed a fresh wash cloth and soaked it.

"I can do it myself."

"Leo, just let me help, okay? You've been by yourself long enough."

Leo just nodded and tilted his chin to allow me to clean the grime off of his neck.

"Why are you doing this?" Leo asked when I pulled my hand away, he had grabbed my wrist, gently.

"Because you smelled bad, do you like smelling like BO?"

"No, no… I meant trying to socialize with me of all people."

"Leo, are you hearing yourself right now? I'm trying to keep you sane. Well, insane really, I… I'm trying to make Leo stay Leo." I said, looking up at him… damn I was short…

"Why though."

"Despite what you may think, not every girl on this planet hates you Leo. I happen to be one of the ones that like you, so unless you enjoy locking yourself in solitude and becoming some angry, sour, unfriendly guy, you need to come out of the garage once in a while and talk, even if it's not to your friends. Trust me, I've been hanging with Jason and Piper, I'm not a fan of being a third wheel either. Seeing you angry like that… I don't ever want to see you like that again, it wasn't right, it almost hurt."

Leo sighed and looked down, but I put my hand on his cheek, forcing him to look up at me.

"Promise me Leo, promise me that whenever you start to feel yourself get ticked off at the machine or feel like a third wheel you'll remember this conversation, remember me. I will drop whatever I'm doing and I will be there. Promise?"

Leo looked at me and his forehead fell against mine, "promise." He said.

I smiled and threw my arms around him.

Suddenly, Leo's stomach growled. I laughed, "C'mon Flame Brain, I bribed the Harpies to get us an early lunch."

"Good, because I could eat a Pegasus."

I smirked, "I really don't think that Porkpie will enjoy that."

Leo grinned and we left the bathroom and went down to the dock to eat our food.

That day… That was one of the best.

A/N: So, here's the first one, I hope you like it, I plan to update this one a bit more often, but really it depends on how often I get the desktop from my three siblings, how often I come up with ideas, and how fast I can type (usually about 60-70 words a minute.) Please review, and I would love inspiration! Any suggestions just let me know.

~Little Red Ravyn