I know, this one is super short, and probably not my best, but a lot of you requested to have me do this, so here it is. Hopefully you like it. Next one will be longer, I promise.

Disclaimer: PJO isn't owned by me.

Paul sat down in the living room, pulling his wife close. It was Valentine's Day. Paul had taken Sally out for the night, and they had just returned home. Percy and Annabeth weren't back yet.

The two didn't say anything. They didn't have to. They just sat, cuddling, and enjoying each other's company. Paul glanced down at the necklace around Sally's neck. He had given it to her earlier that night. To say she'd liked it would be an understatement.

Twenty minutes later, the front door opened. Percy and Annabeth appeared in the hallway, smiling, holding hands, and looking genuinely happy and in love.

"Hey, mom, Paul," Percy greeted them, but he dragged Annabeth out of sight before either of them could answer. Paul heard the two enter the kitchen. He was kind of glad that they seemed to get that Paul and Sally wanted to be alone, and didn't stick around.

He heard talking coming from the other room, but was only half listening, something about finishing homework from Annabeth and a complaint from Percy about how teachers shouldn't give homework on holidays. He stopped paying attention after that.

Paul wasn't sure how long he and Sally sat there. He glanced at the clock: 10:14. It really was getting late. Valentine's Day, unfortunately, had fallen on a Monday this year. There was school tomorrow, and, being a teacher, Paul had to be there early. He sighed and stood up.

"It's getting late," he told Sally. Her obvious disappointment matched his, but she nodded and stood up with him. Paul kissed her sweetly, and watched as she made her way toward their bedroom. He gathered up the pile of papers he had graded earlier, and placed them in his work bag to hand back the next day. He was about to join Sally, when he heard talking, and remembered that Percy and Annabeth were still in the kitchen. Paul made his way down the hall, planning on letting them know that he and Sally were heading to bed, hopefully, to subtly hint that they should too.

Paul peeked into the kitchen, unnoticed. Percy and Annabeth sat at the table, and, judging from the closed textbooks and binders, Paul assumed that they'd finished their homework. They were having a conversation that involved a lot of Greek words and terms, Paul assumed, about mythology of some kind.

For a while after returning home, Percy and Annabeth had been hesitant to speak of anything that could remind them of Tartarus in any way, shape, or form. This included pretty much everything that even remotely involved demigods, monsters, gods, or mythology, even Greece and Rome. However, over the last few months, they'd healed remarkably well, and were becoming okay with speaking of most of those things again. The mentioning of certain monsters were sore points, apparently the ones they'd seen down there, which was a surprisingly large, scary amount. Tartarus was pretty much always referred to as "there," or "that place," or "you know where." Other than that, though, their conversations were pretty much back to normal. That is, if you call a demigod conversation, by any standards, normal. Paul did.

Suddenly, Percy's eyes widened. "Oh!" he said rather loudly, "I forgot!"

Annabeth looked confused. "Forgot what?" she asked. Percy reached into his pocket and pulled out a small square box wrapped in red paper. Paul knew what it was, and shook his head slightly. Of course Percy would forget!

"This," Percy said as he handed the box to her, "Happy Valentine's Day, Annabeth."

The daughter of Athena took the box gingerly in her hands and looked at Percy, confused. "When did you…?" she asked.

"On Friday, while you and mom were out. Open it."

She gently tore the paper. When she opened the box, she gasped. "Percy," she breathed, "it's beautiful."

"You like it?" Percy asked hopefully. Annabeth nodded, a huge smile plastered to her face. Percy took the bracelet out of the box, and she held out her wrist. He put it on her. "You wanna know the best part?" Percy asked, grinning, "I had it reinforced with Celestial Bronze. It's monster proof."

Annabeth smiled impossibly wider. "Thank you, Percy," she said. She kissed him. Paul took a step back into the hallway. He felt kind of bad having watched that, but he couldn't help it. He'd been there when Percy had bought that bracelet for Annabeth, and he was glad she liked it. He smiled widely.

Paul retreated back down the hallway, toward his and Sally's bedroom. Halfway there, he remembered his original intentions of heading to the kitchen in the first place. They'll figure it out. He told himself, still smiling, and continued toward his bedroom.

"I love you, Annabeth," he heard Percy say, before he walked in.

"I love you too, Seaweed Brain," Annabeth replied.

Paul walked into his bedroom and joined Sally in getting ready for the night.

He lay in bed, a few minutes later, with Sally curled up next to him. He couldn't help feeling warmed right to the core of his being. Valentine's Day was a day meant for celebrating love, and that was exactly what they'd done.

Paul was still pretty new to the concept of having a family of his own, and he was still learning, but there was one thing he definitely knew for sure. His family may not be perfect. It may not be easy all the time. There may still be days where Paul wondered what on earth he'd gotten himself into, but one thing was for sure. His family loved each other.

And he couldn't think of anything better than that.

Short and sweet, right? Right?

What did you think? I had some trouble coming up with how to have Percy giving Annabeth the gift, so hopefully you liked it. If not, sorry! I'm working on an idea for the next chapter, so hopefully it will be up by tomorrow sometime.

Let me know what you thought.

:)