For a while now, Nico and Will had been dating. In the morning, Will would always give him morning bear hugs, much to Nico's annoyance. He secretly loved them, though. Being in Will's embrace was everything to him. But he would never admit that.
Will would always tell Nico, "I love you!" every day. Nico, being the shy guy he was, had never admitted that he loved Will Solace.
…Not out loud, at least.
He just thought that people would judge him if he returned the 'I love you' one day. Most of all, they'd be weirded out. Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades, Prince of the Underworld, saying, "I love you"? Heck no.
Despite this, Nico still wanted to tell him. He had to tell him someday, right?
Sometimes, Nico wished he were Will. Will was so confident, outgoing, positive, and he didn't care what people thought. He was a walking ball of sunshine, basically.
And Nico? He was just…a depressed ball of darkness. It wasn't his fault – he was the Son of Hades, God of the underworld, after all.
But that didn't mean anything! Just because he was the Son of Hades didn't mean he had to be depressed. Now that's just stereotypical. He chose to inflict depression on himself, by taking on big responsibilities. He thought that maybe Will would notice him doing those things, y'know?
Over the past few weeks, Nico had been pondering about how he should return the messages of affection, without making it too obvious.
He had a list of ideas, but none of them seemed…safe. One of his ideas was to summon the dead and let them surround Will, then shouting at him and hooting like there was no tomorrow while Nico quietly whispered "I love you." Over the hooting so that Will wouldn't hear it anyways.
Yep. He was a natural romantic.
Then, one day, he had found his chance. Will just came back from tending wounded demigods, and went into the Hades cabin to chat with Nico for a bit. Turns out, there was minimal chatting and more sleeping, as the son of Apollo decided to fall asleep – shirtless.
Why did he have to be shirtless? Nico mentally questioned himself, a faint and rosy blush creeping up onto his cheeks.
Thank the Gods that Will was asleep. If Will caught Nico blushing, he would never hear the end of it.
While the Son of Apollo dozed off, Nico decided to trace the words 'I love you' over and over again on his bare, tan, and shirtless back. It was genius. Well, in Nico's vision, that is. He was such a romantic person.
While in the process of doing so, Nico wondered what he did to deserve such a bright and positive person like Will. The odds of Will even liking him were under 0%. So then, how?
He would have to ask Will when he woke up…
By now, Nico had traced 'I love you' on the son of Apollo's back more than twenty times. His ears went red in embarrassment, and he decided that it was enough.
Unaware that the blonde had been awake the entire time, and had figured out what the son of Hades had been trying to say, Nico decided to doze off beside him.
My boyfriend is such a hopeless romantic, Will thought with a smile. How adorable!
Once Will was sure that Nico had been fully asleep, he crept up to Nico and embraced him.
"I love you too, death boy." He whispered into his ear.
The two then cuddled until night fall.
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"And that is how your dad confessed that he loved me for the first time." Will said, ending his story.
A little boy, with raven hair and a splatter of freckles across his nose, looked at the son of Apollo, then at the son of Hades. His two dads.
"Wow, daddy, you suck." He told Nico. The said son of Hades was about to object, when Will interrupted.
"Yea, he sucks my – "
"Will!" Nico exasperated, his face as red as their Oracle's, Rachael Elziabeth Dare's, hair.
"Okay, okay! Jeez. I was just joking around!" Will defended with a playful grin on his face. He then turned towards his son. "Don't worry, sweetie, I just meant the lollipop I gave him yesterday."
The raven-haired son of Hades sent him a death glare, and Will let out a little 'eep!'
Their son laughed and hugged both his dads, saying that they were the best dads in the world. Both fathers had to agree with that.
