Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Percy Jackson characters. They belong to the one and only Rick Riordan. The plot is original though :) Hope you guys enjoy!
Percy was surrounded by gorgeous nymphs and minor goddesses. He had satyrs to do his every bidding. The Nine Muses held private concerts just for him. He even had his own throne at Zeus's right-hand side. However, Percy lacked one thing: genuine happiness.
Ever since he'd accepted the immortality offer from the king of the gods, Percy was miserable. He'd thought that he would have all he wanted and even more. But Zeus had forgotten to mention one tiny catch in this deliciously too-good-to-be-true deal. Percy would have everything except true love. Sure, he could be like the other gods and have liaisons with dozens of mortal women. However, the woman of his dreams would forever elude him simply because he loved her.
Zeus categorized all females (goddesses, mortals, nature spirits, even monsters) into 2 types: objects of true love and objects of momentary lust. He allowed the Olympians to have as many of the latter as they wanted, but the former was strictly forbidden. Zeus believed that love was the most powerful force in the universe, to which Aphrodite heartily agreed. He didn't need his gods falling under the bewitchment of love and abandoning their duties, so he precluded them from being with their true love.
Percy hated this decree of Zeus's. Everyone on Olympus, from Zeus himself down to Bessie in her little spa/aquarium, knew that Percy loved only Annabeth. Because of this widespread knowledge, Percy was the victim of some pretty vicious gossip. Many of his haters, minor gods who were jealous of his attention from Zeus or half-bloods who hated his new position, waited for Percy to slip up and visit Annabeth at Camp Half-Blood. However, Percy wouldn't give them this satisfaction, even though resisting the temptation to see Annabeth hurt far too much. Percy would often find himself itching to materialize in front of her, but he knew that that would not end well for either one of them. So he tried to satisfy himself with viewing her daily activities through one-way Iris message windows. It was far from enough, but it would have to do until he could find a way around Zeus's decree.
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