Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson and the Olympians and the Heroes of Olympus.

I know it's a bit early to start writing Christmas and holiday themed stories, but I've been waiting very impatiently and finally decided that I don't care. So here you go! This will be another collection of stories, like my story Just Another Day, and the focus will, like that one, be Solangelo-centric, with the other couples in there but not all that prevalent.

Warning: mentions of slash, overprotective friends and parents, teasing, embarrassment, food fights, and whiny Kelp Heads

Enjoy!

"Can we eat them yet?" Percy whined, staring at his girlfriend with a heartbroken expression. Not for the first time, Piper wondered how Annabeth could ever deny him. Stupid baby seal eyes…

"No, Percy." Annabeth said, exasperated. He'd asked that three times in the last ten minutes. She started to spoon the cookie dough onto the baking sheet.

"Why not?" he asked, pouting.

"Because they're past the point of tastiness; we already put the flour in. Not to mention the raw eggs." Annabeth sighed.

"And we want to have actual cookies by the time we're done." Nico said wryly, calmly mixing another batch, leaning against the counter. "You'd end up eating all of it. And then get sick, which would make Will busier."

"Exactly." Annabeth agreed vehemently, before jabbing the wooden spoon she was wielding in her boyfriend's direction. "I don't want you getting sick, Nico doesn't want his boyfriend stuck taking care of some idiot who made himself sick, and we all want cookies."

Nico blushed, still not used to referring to Will as his boyfriend. Well, they were, but he wasn't used to everyone saying it so nonchalantly, like it didn't matter in the slightest that they were both boys. It was nice.

"Wait a minute." Percy muttered, surprised, turning to Nico. "I'd figured out you liked him, but you two are already together?"

"Yeah." Nico confirmed, looking at Percy oddly. It wasn't exactly a secret, after all…

"Don't you think it's a bit soon?" Percy fretted, wringing his hands. "You just came out…"

"I am so not having this conversation." Nico said firmly, rolling his eyes before glancing at Annabeth and Piper, both were chuckling at his misfortune. He narrowed his eyes at them.

"Does this mean I get to threaten him?" Percy continued, oblivious. He looked slightly too excited about the idea.

"NO!" Nico growled, irritated, and the girls' started snickering. "Dad already threatened him. Along with Jason, Reyna, Hazel, Frank, Thalia, Piper, Annabeth, and Coach Hedge." He paused, disturbed. "I think even Artemis had a few words with him."

Piper and Annabeth grinned at the Son of Hades, not at all ashamed or guilty about that embarrassing experience.

"Fine." Percy muttered with another pout.

"Good." Nico said, running a flour-covered hand in his hair, leaving white dust in his black locks. "Don't ever mention that again."

"But…" Percy continued, not willing to give up quite yet. Of course, at this point, Annabeth had seen the devious look in his eyes and had realized he was teasing Nico. "What does he have that I don't?"

"Excuse me?!" Nico asked, eyes wide. Gods, was Percy still going on about that? "Hard as it might be to believe, not everyone-"

"Yeah, I know." Percy said, waving his hand dismissively. "But you used to be attracted to me-"

He ignored Nico's mutters of how he obviously hadn't been using his brain and that thank the gods that was no longer the case.

"My point is: what changed?" Percy whined, over-dramatically.

"Careful, you're channeling our uncle." Nico muttered. "I finally realized that I wanted someone who wasn't totally oblivious, was closer to my age (don't comment, you know what I mean!), and wasn't uncomfortable around me, and I didn't have a bad history with, and wasn't already in a relationship and straight-and I realized Will is cuter than you are."

Annabeth and Piper were howling with laughter at this point, seeing the shocked expression on Percy's face. "He is not!" he protested.

"Yes he is." Nico said, ignoring the girls once more.

"Not!" Percy whined, before he smirked. "You just have a thing for blondes."

"If that isn't the pot calling the kettle black…" Nico said, glancing at Annabeth. The blonde winked back at him.

"Were you attracted to Jason, too?" Percy wondered, causing all Piper and Nico to look at him, surprised.

"Not in the slightest." Nico denied, completely honest. "Why?"

"Jason's blonde and has blue eyes, just like Will." Percy said.

"His appearance isn't the reason I like him, Kelp Head." Nico said sternly, taking a leaf out of Annabeth's book and waving his whisk at Percy threateningly. 'It's just a bonus.' he thought to himself.

"And no, I'm not saying anything more." Percy had just opened his mouth to ask, but shut it, pouting yet again.

Just then, the oven beeped, saving Nico from further discussion.

"Time to decorate!" Piper said with a grin, not at all disturbed at the previous conversation. She knew that Jason and Nico were more like brothers than anything, and wasn't worried. With that, she pulled the cupcakes out.

Unfortunately, Percy just couldn't keep his mouth shut, and twenty minutes later the kitchen was more or less destroyed, covered in flour, sugar, eggs, food coloring, and colored icing. The demigods themselves didn't look any better, and Percy may have gotten a few bruises from a certain irritated cousin. He should have kept his mouth shut...

They had managed to try the cookies, though, as they were throwing them or shoving them into each others' faces.

"We need to do that again." Piper muttered to Annabeth and Nico, later that day. "But let's not invite Percy next time."

Nico and Annabeth nodded in agreement.

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