BF and BFFs
A/N: Apologize for the crappy title. Okay, so I was inspired to write this because of several head cannons on pinterest with ideas that the Stolls pranked Nico by giving him a potion causing him to relive stuff like Bianca's death, Tartarus, and the jar. Now I get were there coming from, but I don't see the Stoll's being so cruel as to perpously put Nico through this, so I thought "What if they do it by accident?", and thus this story was born.
Will sat on Nico's cabin floor, holding his boyfriend as he cried, whimpered, and occasionally screamed. He was shaking and clutching onto Will's tee-shirt. He sighed sadly as he pulled Nico closer. Those stupid Stolls, he thought. Travis and Connor had been trying to prank Nico. They had meant to give him a potion that would have morphed him into a cat or rabbit. Instead they had given him a potion that causes the drinker to 'relive' there past trauma through hallucinations. They had done this by stealing a wrongly labeled potion from the Hecate cabin. Then slipping it into Nico's drink at dinner. Lou Ellen had seen the missing bottle and confronted the brothers about it, when they gave her the bottle back she realized the labeling mistake. She just realized it a little too late, Nico had already drunk it. About an hour later Nico was a quivering, crying mess in Will's arms. Lucky for them Lou Ellen had explained the effects of the potion to them before it toke effect. As Will understood it, the potion caused whoever had drunk it to relive their worst trauma. It was meant to decommission an enemy leader in times of war, but now it was causing Nico to relive all the awful things he had been going through his whole life. He was shaking and crying into Will's shoulder, mumbling incoherently. Will was rubbing small circles into Nico's back. He almost cried at the thought of what this going to do to Nico's already broken mental state. Living through this once had giving Nico serious PTSD. He was alright most of the time, but he had nightmares and some days were he just completely shut down. On those days he just wasn't himself. He wouldn't leave his bed, much less his cabin; he'd cry or just lay there starring at the wall. Will did his best to comfort him through those days, but it's easy when Nico's completely dazed and unresponsive. Now he was going to have gone through it twice. He'd loss twice as much sleep as before and shut down twice as much. He'd be even more scared. It hurt Will, so much, to see Nico in so much pain. He loved Nico and wanted to protect him more than anything. Well at least one thing wouldn't change. No matter how hard things got Will would NEVER leave Nico's side, he'd help him through this one way or another. Will was ripped from his thoughts as Nico screamed and clutched the back of his shirt. Once the screaming stopped he sobbed heavily into Will's shoulder. Will hugged him tightly.
"Shh, it' okay, I'm here." He whispered. Nico was tense and shaking in Will's arms. Will leaned downed and kissed his forehead gently. All the lights were on in the cabin and the curtain nearest them was open in an attempt to keep Nico from fading. This had been happening for the past two hours and Nico wasn't showing any sign of the potion wearing off. Lou Ellen had promised that her and her sibling would try to find a way to reverse or at least stop the effects of the potion. Percy, Jason, and the others had promised to make sure the Stolls didn't get away will this. So that left Will to comfort his boyfriend through this. Not that he minded, he just wished this would end for Nico's sake. After about another half-hour of crying, screaming, and mumbling, the door to the Hades cabin opened. Lou Ellen stepped inside, her arms full of various potions and a blanket. She looked around for a minute before locating Will and Nico in the corner. She walked over and placed the bottles on the floor beside her as she sat down.
"Hey, Will. How's he doing?" She asked as she began picking up various bottles.
"Not too well, do you have the cure?" He responded as Nico whimpered again.
"Yep, here." She poured a strange purple looking liquid into a plastic medicine cup. She handed it to Will so he could give it to Nico.
"Hey, Nico, can you drink this for me?" He asked holding the small cup to Nico's lip. Nico opened his mouth and let Will tip the potion in, obviously too weak to argue.
"And here, this is a sleeping draught for dreamless sleep; we figured it would be better if he sleep for a while. You can keep the bottle; you're probably going to need it. Just wait an hour for the potion to take effect, then give him the draught and he'll rest for a few hours." She explained with a sad smile.
"Thanks Lou" Will sighed sadly, as he shifted Nico a little in his arms.
"Oh yay, I also brought these." She said indicating the three remaining bottles, "I figured they'd help Nico recover. This one (she picked up a round red bottle) helps with flashbacks, though you might have to force it into his mouth when his having one. And this one (A medium green one) helps prevent nightmares, but it won't help him go to sleep like the blue one will, and lastly this one (an orange triangular bottle) helps relieve stress. I figured it might help. Oh and this is a security blanket, it's magic though, it helps with PTSD." She finished while picking up the blanket. Will helped her wrap it around Nico, and then she picked up the blue, red, green, and orange bottles and placed them on the nightstand. She sat down beside Will and gently rubbed Nico's back.
"I sorry this happened, I feel like it's my fault." She said quietly.
"Why on earth would any of this be your fault?" Will asked.
"I'm the cabin counselor, I should have gone through and made sure those bottles were labeled correctly, then Nico would just be a cute cat for a few hours. I'm sorry, Will" She finished with tears in her eyes.
"Hey, there's nothing to apologize for, this isn't your fault, and it's just a crazy accident." Will reassured her.
"I guess" She whispered weakly, Will could tell he hadn't gotten through. He pulled his attention away from her and back to Nico, noticing for the first time that the crying had stopped. He stroked Nico's hair gently.
"It'd probably be safe to give his the sleeping draught now." Lou Ellen spoke up after watching for a few minutes. She got up and went to the nightstand she measured the potion out then put it back. She came over to Will and handed him the cup of blue liquid. He gently held it to Nico's lips coaxing him to drink it. Finally he did, but made a sound of displeasure. His eyes remanded closed the whole time. Eventually Nico's eyes fluttered open half way. His eyes were glassy looking and teary, he looked up at Will wearily.
"Hey sunshine." Will smiled "You tired?" Nico nodded weakly.
"It's okay if you want to go to sleep" Will reassured. Nico opened his mouth a little, as if to argue, but his eye lids fluttered closed with exhaustion, he head coming to rest on Will's shoulder. Lou Ellen giggled gently. She stood nuzzling Nico's hair.
"Well, you should probably get him in bed. I'm gonna go whack the Stolls upside the head for all this." She said as she made to leave.
"Hey Lou," Will called "make sure they don't kill those two"
"They might have already." Lou Ellen grinned and waved as she left.
Will sighed and picked up his sleeping boyfriend. He carried him over to the bed and placed him down gently. He laid the PTSD blanket over him and tucked him in. He leaned over and kissed his forehead gently. He turned to the nightstand and began expecting the bottles. Picking them up and reading the long instruction written on each bottle. When he finally finished he looked out the window to discover it was already dark. He looked at the clock to discover it was 10 o'clock. He sighed, not realizing how long this whole ordeal had lasted. He went in to the bathroom and changed into his pajama pants. Once he was done he went back to where Nico was sleeping. He turned out all the lights and closed the curtain. Then he crawled into bed beside Nico, pulling the small, drugged boy into his embrace. He fell asleep with the hope that tomorrow would be better.
A/N: Review if you want me to continue.
~Goth