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Title: A Teacher's Family – Life at Aken Academy
Fandom: Percy Jackson and the Olympians / Heroes of Olympus; high school AU
Disclaimer: All rights reserved to Rick Riordan for he created the awesomeness that is Nico di Angelo. And everything else related to Percy Jackson and the Olympians / Heroes of Olympus. Aside from the Gods, they belong to the old Greeks. This fanfiction and its OCs on the other hand are entirely mine. No money is made with this, though reviews are more than welcomed.
Warnings: shounen-ai, threesome, family fluff, explicit intercourse, anal, oral, self-loathing, past rape, past child abuse, alternate families, shoujo-ai, hetero
Main Pairing: Nico/Percy and Trend/Derek/Sam
Side Pairings: Luke/Octavian, Frank/Hazel/Leo, Piper/Annabeth, Chris/Clarisse, Charles/Silena, Jason/Reyna, Grover/Juniper, Octavian/Percy (past), Marshall/Sara, Loki/Blance, Vic/Stella/Jonas
Percy Jackson Characters: Perseus Jackson, Nico di Angelo, Luke Castellan, Octavian Simmons, Leo Valdez, Hazel Levesque, Frank Zhang, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Annabeth Chase, Piper McLean, Clarisse la Rue, Chris Rodriguez, Travis Stoll, Connor Stoll, Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, Jason Grace, Silena Beauregard, Charles Beckendorf, Ethan Nakamura, Alabaster C. Torrington, Juniper, Grover Underwood, Paul Blofis, Sally Jackson, Hades, Persephone, Small Bob, Mrs. O'Leary
Own Characters of the Next Generation: Nicercy: Sam Raser, Derek Rhys, Trend Austin
Luktavian: Sedanur Aykan, Chrisse: Calandra Rodriguez, Chrysander Rodriguez
Jayna: Hercules Grace, Pipabeth: Theadora Tiphane Chase, Frazeleo: Nicole Esperanza Zhang
Own Characters: Marshall Mikaelson, Sara Mers, Phylicia Rosenberg, Melissa Montgomery, Stella Ribeiro, Jonas Meyer, Victor Kruger, Erik Anderson, Charles Smith, Takara Thompson, Loki Murdock, Blance Lamour, Leroy Jones, Joanna Foxx
Summary: Nico and Percy adopted Trend, Derek and Sam. Now they have to raise their children and it proves to be easier when they're kids, because as teenager, they also have to battle hormones. Not that their kids have it easy, being the sons of the swim coach and the Italian teacher at their high school and knowing most of the teachers privately leads to some mocking and bullying.
A Teacher's Family
Life at Aken Academy
Chapter 2: A Real Family
It had been nearly a year now that Derek Rhys, Trend Austin and Sam Raser were living with them and the children had taken to them quite well. Trend was a complete daddy's boy, trying everything to impress Nico – he was nearly fluent in Italian already and bringing home more gold stars from school than they had room to hang them up. Annabeth had moved out about four months ago and they had turned her bedroom into a study – for Nico and Percy as well as for the kids. Since Trend basically devoured books, they had large bookshelves in their study, as well as a double-desk for Nico and Percy and three kid-sized desks for the boys to do their homework. They felt important when they could do that in the study, while their parents graded papers and such. Besides, the three boys already shared one bedroom, so there wasn't much space for three desks. The study's walls were – just like the kitchen and living room – by now covered in drawings from the boys. Holding a cup of hot coffee in his hands, Nico smiled as he stared down at the newest drawing. Sam had brought it home with him, very proud. They had to draw their family and Sam had done an adorable drawing of him, holding Derek's and Trend's hands, with Percy and Nico standing behind them. All members of the family were assigned with their names – Mom, Derek, Me, Trend, Dad. But when Nico noticed the signature in the corner, he froze. It didn't read Sam Raser, as it normally did.
"Percy! Percy, please come here for a second!", called Nico loudly.
He had promised not to bother Percy for a while, but he couldn't resist, even though Percy was in the middle of their wedding plans. They had waited long enough now. After taking the boys in, they didn't want to rush things, wanted the children to get used to them first, but by now, they felt it safe to get married without freaking the boys out. Now, Percy wanted everything to be perfect and he spend every free minute with Annabeth, Rachel and Silena, planning their big day.
"Mh? What is it? Oh, Sam's drawing. Yeah, he already showed me", smiled Percy proudly.
"And did you notice that he signed it with Sam di Angelo?", asked Nico surprised.
Percy blinked a couple of times and took a closer look. It was Sam's handwriting alright. Percy knew their handwriting apart – Trend had the neatest handwriting ever, Derek always drew little flowers as dots on the 'i', Sam wrote the 'S' the wrong way around. Percy grunted surprised. They called Sam and the boy was next to Percy within a second. He adored Percy, he was a total mommy's boy. Only Derek still preferred to be with Trend and Sam instead of Percy and Nico, but even he was slowly warming up to them. Large, expectant, dark-green eyes stared up at Percy.
"Yes, mommy?", asked Sam curiously. "Did you ask daddy if I can have the pony yet?"
Nico cocked one eyebrow and looked at Percy, but his fiance blatantly ignored him. "Not yet, sweetness. We were just admiring your beautiful drawing, honeybee. But can you tell us why you signed it with Sam di Angelo? You've never done that before, bambino."
The little boy looked fearful, like he had done something bad. "I thought since you and daddy are getting married, that you will adopt us properly. Or don't you want us anymore? Danny said that her daddies adopted her after they got married and she told us that if you get married, you'll become our proper-proper parents too. Or don't we get to be di Angelos too...?"
That boy and his kitten-eyes were going to give Nico a heart-attack one day. Scooting closer, he grabbed Sam and lifted him up to sit on Nico's lap. The boy's lower lip was quivering.
"Is that what you want, tesorino?", asked Nico softly. "Because if we adopt you, you three will really, really stay with us. And I don't know if Derek really wants to stay..."
Which was the truth. Trend soaked up all knowledge the teachers could provide and took great delight in making Nico proud. Sam did everything to get praise from Percy. But Derek, well, the boy had been through too much with his previous foster families to really trust.
"I don't wanna go", whispered a tiny voice from under the table.
Nico would have jumped if not for Sam sitting on his lap. Percy knelt down next to the chair and looked at Derek. The boy preferred to hide himself. Under the bed, under tables, in the wardrobe.
"Yes, honeysuckle?", asked Percy, his voice understanding.
"I don't wanna go", repeated Derek, looking up at Percy. "I... love you too. Do you love me?"
"Of course we do. So you want us to formally adopt you guys?", asked Percy with a warm smile.
"Yes", answered another voice from behind them.
Trend was standing in the doorway, Treasure Island in his hand, looking at them hopefully.
/break\
Percy was the most beautiful sight Nico had ever seen, wearing a white suit. Nico laid one hand on Trend's shoulder as the blonde 'oh'-ed at the sight of his mommy. Derek was walking in front of Percy, looking very proud as he threw flower-petals onto the floor. Behind him came Sam, carrying a cushion with the wedding-bands, looking equally proud. And then came Percy, hanging off the arm of his stepfather Paul. The man looked as proud and happy as the children when he led Percy down the aisle and Percy's mother, on the first row, was taking about a hundred photos per minute of every step her darling son took. It amused Nico. He had met Paul and Sally before, but the wedding had turned them both into complete mush. The wedding was small, held on the roof of their apartment, with food from the Happy Dragon and flowers from Grover's and Juniper's shop. Their friends were sitting on chairs, staring at them expectantly, while Ethan was their priest. Nico had kissed Percy hundreds of times by now, but the kiss that followed the 'You may kiss the bride now' was for sure the best kiss they had ever shared. Sadly, it didn't last too long.
"Ew, that's enough now, daddy. Let go of mommy", ordered Derek, tugging on Nico's pants.
Their guests laughed loudly at that and Nico and Percy blushed embarrassed. Horrible little buggers. Sam giggled delighted and threw himself at them, happy that their parents were married now. The papers for the adoption were being handled by Lupa Brunner at the moment and they would have an official hearing tomorrow, to clear the air before their honeymoon.
"See? See? See?", exclaimed Danny excitedly as the adults started dancing. "I told you if they get married, they adopt you and you can stay with them forever!"
"Uhu", nodded Sam, smiling brilliantly.
"You little deviant", commented Octavian and knelt down behind Danny. "You pushed the idea of the wedding between Percy and Nico because of the boys, mh?"
"Yup", confirmed Danny and nodded wildly, looking very proud.
Sam giggled and left his friend alone with her dads so he could join Derek and Trend. The two boys were hiding under a table, watching how the adults danced while stuffing their faces with food. It was something that Derek just couldn't shake off. In many of his previous foster family, he didn't get a lot of food and had to share with other foster children, so he always hid for eating. Or hid from beatings. Trend and Sam were accustomed to it and knew where to find their friend.
"Mommy looks really pretty", said Sam and sat down next to Trend. "Right?"
"Yeah", nodded Derek with a frown. "And they're really going to keep us and not separating us again? Because I don't wanna lose you. What if they only keep you two? Because Sammy is cuter and Trend is more well-behaved than I am..."
"You could be nicer to them", commented Trend with a frown. "But they still love you. They won't give you back, Der. Me and Sammy won't let them, I promise."
"What are you three gossiping about under there?", asked someone suddenly.
Three pair of eyes turned to stare at an amused Percy and Nico. Derek hid behind Trend again.
"Derek thinks you'll only keep Trend and me", stated Sam upset. "But you keep Der too, yes?"
"Of course we will", whispered Percy. "Hey, honeysuckle, come here. Dance with your mom."
Derek was hesitant, but he slowly crawled out and let Percy lead him to the dance-floor. Nico grinned as he watched Percy and Derek dance. Standing up, he came face-to-face with Hazel, who had a challenging look on her face, like she was deeply offended that Nico had not yet asked his baby sister to dance. Before he took her hand, he turned back to the table.
"Why don't you two join us and dance some too, bambini?", asked Nico amused.
While he led Hazel onto the dance-floor, Trend and Sam followed tail. They stumbled more than really danced, but they seemed to have fun, laughing the whole time. Derek all the while was staring adoringly up at Percy. Hazel followed Nico's eyes and smiled some herself.
"You're such a cute, little family", whispered Hazel softly.
"Thanks", grinned Nico proudly. "My boys. My family. I love them all."
"Yeah, your boys. I think my two boys are already enough trouble", laughed Hazel amused, turning to look at Frank and Leo who were dancing at the other side of the roof. "I really hope it's a girl."
It took Nico a moment to understand, but when he did, he froze and pushed Hazel off enough to stare at her stomach. "You're... pregnant? With a... baby?"
"No, with a Prada purse", grunted Hazel and rolled her eyes. "Yes, with a baby. Idiot."
"Oh, I... I'm so happy for you, sorellina", mumbled Nico stunned and hugged her.
"I hope your boys are prepared to become cousins", teased Hazel amused.
"Dad sure was in for a surprise when he came visiting, mh?", whispered Nico amused.
"Sh! I haven't told them yet!", hissed Hazel wide-eyed. "I'm not sure how just yet!"
The two siblings turned toward their father, Hades di Angelo. He was sitting with their stepmother and with Nico's new in-laws, Paul and Sally Blofis. But when the song ended, Sally stood and walked up to Percy and Derek. Derek was pouting a bit when Sally asked to have Percy, but then Percy had argued that he too wanted to dance with his mommy, just like Derek.
"Now, young man, that's no reason to pout", smiled Persephone as she knelt down next to him.
"Not pouting, just looking at the flowers", mumbled Derek embarrassed as he stared at one of the gorgeous bouquets. "You're pretty like a rose. Who are you, ma'am?"
"Hush, no ma'am", chided Persephone. "I'm Nico's stepmother. That makes me your grandma."
"I never had a grandma before!", exclaimed Derek excitedly.
Sam and Trend had joined Hades and Paul at the table after they heard that Persephone was their new grandmother and now the two boys were interrogating their grandpas. Sally smiled amused.
"You have three wonderful boys there, Percy", whispered Sally. "I'm proud of you."
"Yeah. I'm quite proud too", nodded Percy, smiling over at his three rascals.
/break\
Percy smiled amused as he laid in their bed, Derek tugged under one arm, Sam tugged under the other. Sam was drooling a little onto Percy's white suit. Nico was sitting next to Percy, with Trend in his lap. The little blonde was in the middle of reading them a bedtime story – he had always done that in the orphanage for Sam and Derek too and he kept doing it now. After a while, Trend too fell asleep, the book on his chest. Nico cautiously took it and placed it on the nightstand.
"So... this is not how I imagined our wedding-night", stated Nico half-amused, looking at the clock on their nightstand. "Being the first ones to leave the party and being in bed by nine."
"Why? You're in bed with the four cutest boys ever", teased Percy and winked.
"True enough", snorted Nico and shook his head, pausing. "You know, Hazel is pregnant."
"Oh, that's great news!", exclaimed Percy as low as possible. "We'll be uncles!"
"Yeah", nodded Nico with a smile. "Now let's sleep. We have an important appointment tomorrow and then we have a very important plain to catch."
/break\
This was also not how Nico had pictured his honeymoon. In a hotel with a kids' club. Well, at least the kids' club gave them the opportunity to catch-up on their wedding night. Percy was laying beneath Nico, being showered by kisses as the Hawaiian sun colored their skins a delicate bronze. Both were covered in sweat as Nico slowly moved in and out of his husband.
"Mi dono innamarato di te, mio amato marito", breathed Nico against Percy's lips. [trans: I'm in love with you, my beloved husband]
His fingers were stroking Percy's cock, coaxing an orgasm out of his lover while his own dick was practically torturing Percy's prostate until the swimmer couldn't last any longer and came, with a long moan. Nico grunted at the pleasurable feeling of Percy's muscles tightening around him.
"Shit, this was good. Will this be the last time that our sex was good?", asked Percy with a grin while Nico rolled off of him. "I mean, we're married now, after all."
"Yeah. And we have three kids. I think this was the first time in like months that we had sex", huffed Nico. "Not counting the times we managed to sneak a quickie in."
Percy chuckled amused and got up to get dressed. "Come on now. I promised Derek to build a sandcastle with him after today's activity and that will end in... ten minutes."
The two of them got cleaned-up and changed before heading out of the bungalow and to the beach.
"This is our life now, huh?", grunted Nico in mock-annoyance. "Our own privacy takes second place after fussing over our three little brats? That's quite the sacrifice."
"Daddy! Daddy, look! I build a fishing root, we'll catch a mermaid!", exclaimed Trend excitedly.
The blonde came to stand in front of Nico, holding up the stick with the cord tied to one end. The boy looked proud as though he had just solved one of life's greatest miseries. The boy surely wanted praise from Nico, so the Italian ruffled the blonde's hair. The truth was, it was anything but a sacrifice to have those three in their life now. He took Trend's hand.
"Mommy? If Trend gets a mermaid, do I get a pony?", asked Sam timidly and wide-eyed.
Percy laughed as he took Sam and Derek by the hands, following Trend and Nico toward the beach and away from the group of children at the pool. "And what do you want, Derek?"
"I just wanna keep my Sammy and my Trend", stated Derek firmly. "I don't need no mermaid or pony, I just wanna keep my Sammy and my Trend. And you and dad, please."
"Of course, honeysuckle", smiled Percy and ruffled Derek's hair.
"Now, before we go and catch any mermaids, how about we first go and build a mighty sandcastle?", suggested Nico and spread a giant towel for them to sit down as the kids cheered.
Percy smiled softly as he sat down and took a moment to just watch the four of them. Nico was gathering a lot of sand, while Derek and Sam were searching for shells and Trend was trying to turn the fishing rod into a flag for their castle. This was it. This was what Percy had always wanted. True love and happy children. A family. They were so perfect and wonderful, even though they were far from perfect. Trend still had nightmares about the day his parents had been killed, Derek still didn't fully trust them because of his previous foster parents and Sam flinched every time a boy who wasn't Derek or Trend as much as touched him. But they were getting better. Together.
/break\
Their honeymoon in Hawaii had been more an adventure and quite the bonding-time instead of the romantic get-away Percy would have pictured a year ago. But many things had changed in that year and he was more than grateful for the three biggest changes in their life. With their suitcases still standing in the hall, Percy was tugging one after the other in. The boys had been asleep since their flight back and thankfully enough, Derek and Sam weren't too heavy. While Percy was busy with the boys, Nico had gone to check on the blinking answering machine.
"Thank you for taking us to the Hawaii", yawned Sam as he snuggled in, hugging his black plush pegasus tightly. "I've never-ever been on a vacation before! And thank you for Blackjack!"
"It's alright, sweetness", smiled Percy and kissed his forehead. "Now sleep some, bambino."
With that, Percy left and closed the door of the boy's bedroom. He returned to the study to check on Nico, who looked more than a little startled. Confused, Percy walked up to his husband and pressed the 'play' button to listen to whatever message had shocked his lover so much.
"Niccoló, it's your father speaking. I'm aware that you're on your honeymoon and that this message will only reach you by the time you get back. It's intended to. Please come and see Mister and Missus Blofis as soon as possible. They have the key to your new house and if you don't mind, I let Sally take care of the interior design. See it as a slightly belated wedding gift from me and your stepmother, my boy. Those three lads of yours can't share one bedroom forever."
"Your... dad bought us a house?", asked Percy slowly. "You mentioned that your family has money, but I wasn't aware that it's... this kind of money. Your dad bought us a house."
"I find the expression 'filthy rich' to attract the wrong kind of attention most of the times", confessed Nico with an embarrassed look. "But yeah, we have a lot of money."
/break\
Derek was clinging to Nico's neck, nose buried in his daddy's curls. Percy had his hands resting on Trend's and Sam's shoulders as the two children stood in front of him. Derek didn't like it quite as much as Sam and Trend, which was why Nico had decided to lift the youngest boy up and carry him. But still, Derek looked uncomfortable, clinging to Nico quite tightly.
"Why do we have to move? I like home", mumbled Derek upset, pouting.
Nico shifted some and looked into the emerald-green eyes of his youngest. "Bambino, the apartment was our home for a long time, yes. But in the house, each of you can have an own room and we can even hold pets here – didn't you want a kitten, Derek? We could have a kitten here. And it even has a back yard, who knows, maybe auntie Juniper can help you grow pretty flowers in it?"
Derek perked up some more. He really wanted a kitten – he had made paper cat-ears and tied them around Sam's head and declared that Sam was their kitten now because they couldn't have pets in the apartment. And Derek loved flowers, so a real garden to grow flowers in sounded nice.
"But it's still not home anymore", objected Derek and shook his head.
"It's not true", disagreed Sam with a frown. "The orphanage was home because I had you and Trend and then the apartment was home because I had you and Trend and mommy and daddy and now the house can be home too, as long as it has you and Trend and mommy and daddy."
"Sam's right, Derek", whispered Percy softly. "As long as we live here as a family, this can become home. Now, kids, do you want to take a look inside? First one gets to chose a room."
Derek struggled to get down from Nico's arms so he could run after Trend and Sam, leaving the adults alone for a moment. Percy took the time to marvel at the beauty of the small, blue house. He couldn't believe that his father-in-law had bought them a house and if Hades and Persephone wouldn't be back in Venice already, Percy would hug the air out of the man – even though Hades wasn't exactly a hugger. He had been worried for a while now. After all, they used to divide rent by three, but then Annabeth had moved out and Nico and Percy were the only ones living in the apartment, together with three additional mouths to be fed and children to be clothed. Money was getting tight and the prospect of not having to worry about rent anymore was a real relief. Sure, they'd still have to pay for the extra costs, water and electricity and such, but it was something else to own a house without debt, compared to paying rent for an apartment. Besides, the kids would grow too, they couldn't share a bunk-bed forever. They couldn't share a room forever. Here, they had more space for their family. And maybe Derek would get that cat he so desperately wanted.
Author's note: Next chapter will have a time-skip to Trend's and Sam's first year of high school and the rift that creates for Derek, since he's one year younger and feels out of loop because Trend and Sam attend the school where their parents teach. Also, Derek and Trend come to terms with their feelings for Sam and confide in each other.
