I accidentally created a Clarisse La Rue cosplay. Send help.

And I'm only mentioning this because she's relevant to this chapter. Aha.

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I'll have to go out and watch Fringe sometime, it sounds pretty cool! Plus I really want to watch more 90's movies, so "Mercury Rising" is now on my list. I don't know much about savants, though, that's my friend since he's one. And-dude-FREAKING ARTEMIS FOWL. I've never viewed him with it, personally, but I haven't read any of the books since last April or May or so. Yes, I can actually see this now. I don't think all Aspies have a problem with eye contact, though. I'm personally getting better with mine. I looked up a list of characters that canonically had Asperger's on Wiki a few weeks ago, actually, and didn't come across many. But it turns out that Adam Young from Owl City has Asperger's, and that just makes me really happy since I like Owl City!

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Credit for this chapter goes to Infinitecity!

BTW, this is set during the infamous days in the infirmary, before Will and Nico really started to like each other. Not sure which one, probably the second one. Maybe I should do a fic about that…Nah, I don't really have any inspiration, since I've already read plenty of fics about it.

Also, this is Nico's first time meeting Alex, so he assumed that zhe was a girl. Just to clear things up.

Disclaimer: If Rick Riordan cosplayed his characters that would be really weird. Also, I mentioned more personal OC's (Tiffany, Elizabeth, Gordon, etc.)

Chapter 20: The Demi-Godfather

"And…" Will carefully tied the bandage around Nico's elbow. "Done!"

Nico grunted, pulling his elbow away. "Is this really necessary, Solace? I'm fine."

"Oh, come on! Those scars were nasty."

"Just shut up."

Nico had barely been in the infirmary for a day and a half, and already he wanted out of it.

Sure, sleeping without being disrupted had been nice. The infirmary had been blessed by Apollo to never let anyone in it have nightmares when it had first been built, because the constant waking up in a cold sweat really put a damper on healing. He had slept through nearly all of the first day, and was surprised to wake up to find himself refreshed.

But other than that, Nico didn't enjoy it.

The infirmary was just too cheery and bright-two words that did not suit the son of Hades. With its sterile white walls and tiled floors, pale yellow privacy curtains, and flowers on nearly every table, it looked more like a place that would appear in a child of Hades' nightmares. All of the workers smiled brightly and had a politeness that seemed fake, never losing it even when they were with the most miserable of patients.

Speaking of the patients. Nico could feel their life forces, and distinguish all of them from each other. It was more muted here than it usually was in other places-possibly another effect of the blessing that Apollo had placed on the building-but he could still feel it. And it was almost worse, because he could feel those dying in a place of healing. Not all of the campers were so close to death, but a few were definitely struggling. Always an aftereffect of a war, he reminded himself. There wasn't anything he could do about it.

And then there was Will. Almost every five minutes, Will poked his head into Nico's room with a cheery smile, as if to make sure that he was still there. Sometimes, he would just hang out with Nico when he had a break and wasn't checking up on Nico, like he was now. This made Nico scoff. Where else could he go? If he even tried to escape, Will would hunt his ass down and force him back for sure. And Will seemed like a person that should not be angry under any circumstances, despite his usually sunny disposition. The talk he had with Nico before the first day in this wretched place

Not to mention that Nico had a strange…reluctance to leave Will. He blamed it on Will hunting him down if he left, but there was something else. Perhaps it was that Will seemed to genuinely want to be Nico's friend, and he wasn't used to that. Sure, there was Jason, who had popped into the infirmary to visit him earlier, and Piper as well. Plus, there was…

Something tugged inside of him, and he tried to ignore it.

Nico still couldn't think about Percy without feeling that tug. It was more of a nervous tug now, because of what he had said two days before to him, but a tug nonetheless. A tug that reminded Nico that part of him still felt deeply for the son of Poseidon, no matter what he said. Sure, he was practically over it. It had been nothing but idolization.

Yet the tug was still there.

Nico hadn't seen Percy or Annabeth since that incident. They had been preparing to tour New Rome's college, and Nico hadn't left the infirmary. In fact, after he had left them and finished talking to Will, he had hid from them the rest of the day. It just seemed like too much to face them.

Well, face Percy, mostly. Annabeth hardly seemed bothered by Nico's confession, even though Percy was her boyfriend. The high-five had confirmed that. But Percy hadn't finished his sentence when Nico had left them, and he was afraid that he had finished it, when Nico wasn't around to hear him. He was scared of the end of that sentence.

What he was afraid of, he just wasn't sure. Rejection? Nico had gotten that rejection on Percy's birthday, after the Second Titan War had ended. And he didn't feel so strongly for Percy anymore. Those feelings had died down to more platonic ones. Hate? Nico didn't know how Percy felt towards ho…people like him. What if he hated them, like the people back in the forties?

But that didn't seem to fit Percy. He was a friendly guy, always wearing a dorky smile and constantly messing with his hair. Nico couldn't recall him hating anyone for who they were. Even in the wars, when there were fellow demigods on the opposing side, he had been reluctant to cut them down. Percy had even quoted some movie at one point…"Ohana means family." Wasn't that it?

So what did Nico fear?

Dark fingers snapped in Nico's face. "Earth to Death Boy. Earth to Death Boy. Can you read me, Death Boy?"

Nico blinked out of his trance to scowl at two blue eyes. "What is it?"

Will's eyes dropped down from his to glance back at his bandage. This was normal Will behavior, as far as Nico could tell. He couldn't recall a moment where Will had looked him dead in the eye for more than two seconds. Probably an Apollo thing.

Or maybe he's just scared of what he'll see in your eyes, a snarky voice whispered.

Fuck off, Nico whispered back.

"You just went off into space for a minute or two there," Will said. "Just trying to make sure that everything is okay."

Nico found himself relaxing. "Everything's fine, except for me being stuck here."

Will rolled his eyes. "It's necessary. You seem to be getting better, anyways. You haven't faded at all." His eyes flickered back up to Nico's before they flickered away again. "Right?"

Nico nodded, before realizing that Will probably hadn't seen it. "Yeah, I haven't faded." He wasn't lying, which was a relief.

Will nodded. "That's good. At this rate, I might release you tomorrow evening instead of the morning after. You seem to be healing just fine, and the scars from that werewolf battle seem to be fading. Dunno what the coach put in that nature magic, but it's doing its job!" He whistled slowly. "He could teach my cabin a lesson or two."

"He probably could."

Will sat back on the floor, cross-legged. "No nightmares or anything?"

"No."

"No random dizziness, pain, anything?"

"Nothing."

"No surprisingly vivid nightmares?"

Nico fought back a grimace at the mention of nightmares. "No, there hasn't been any."

"No wounds have reopened? You've never felt cold when it's hot or vice versa? No trouble hearing or seeing?"

"No, no, and no."

Will sighed. "Wow, that's a bit boring."

Nico raised an eyebrow. "How so?"

Will scratched his head. "I don't know, I was sorta expecting more. I mean, I've never dealt with a case of fading away before, so I'm not sure what to expect. It's like…I don't know…"

Nico knew how to finish that sentence. "An experiment?"

"Yeah, almost." Will's eyes widened when he realized what he had said. "I'm not calling you an experiment or anything! It's just uncharted territory. You're not an experiment, you're my friend."

Something turned inside of Nico. A friend? How could Will Solace, of all people, consider him as a friend? They were complete opposites. Will was all about healing, sunlight, happiness, brightness. Nico practically embodied the exact opposite.

"Friend?"

Will looked back up at him. "Yeah, friends. That's what we are, right?"

Nico couldn't answer. Friends? Will really considered them to be…how? How could they possibly be friends?

A loud clip-clopping noise stopped right outside the room, and a voice made a "AHEM!" noise. Nico jerked his head up to the door, and was surprised to see who it was.

Coach Hedge stood outside the doorway, with a gurgling Chuck in his arms. The baby stuck a finger in his mouth and sucked on it. There were damp stains on the coach's shirt, presumably from his son. He was facing a Polynesian girl with platinum blonde hair and icy blue eyes in green scrubs. Nico guessed that she was one of Will's siblings. He had seen her around the infirmary…Alice, right?

"Look, Coach Hedge," she groaned. "You can just talk to them after Will releases Nico. Pretty sure Will doesn't want him to have visitors right now-"

"Nonsense!" Coach Hedge bellowed, and Chuck gurgled again. Hedge fondly stroked his head before glaring at the girl again. "Besides, this is an issue that involves both of them, so why not now?"

"So you're going to disturb him."

"Like I told you at the desk, Alice: Important."

Alice crossed her arms. "No. As the desk clerk for this shift, I forbid you from-"

Will stood up, startling Nico. He wasn't aware that the son of Apollo had been listening to their conversation as well. "Hey, Alice. Hey, Coach. What's up?"

Both of the visitors looked up at Will. "Coach Hedge insisted that he had something important to talk to you about," Alice explained. Chuck squealed, and Alice glanced back down at him. "He's not taking no for an answer."

Will shrugged. "Well, if it's really that important, I guess it's alright-"

"Great!"

Coach Hedge marched through the door, nodding respectfully at Nico. Alice facepalmed. Will ignored her, choosing to sit back down in front of Nico. Coach Hedge sat next to him, placing Chuck carefully in his lap.

Nico raised an eyebrow. What was so important that the coach had to talk to both him and Will?

"So, Will, as Nico's current supervisor, do you give Coach Hedge permission to visit Nico at this time?" Alice asked.

Will nodded. "Yeah, it's alright."

Alice sighed in relief. "I'm going back to the front desk, before any more…unwanted visitors come through," she muttered as she stomped off, back to the front desk of the infirmary.

A few moments passed, until Alice's stomping feet had faded away. Then Will cleared his throat. "So, what's up, Coach Hedge?"

"Well, boys, Mellie and I have realized we've got a slight problem on our hands."

"I'll say," Will muttered, glancing down at Chuck. Nico had to suppress a snort.

Coach Hedge stiffened. "What was that, Solace?"

"Um, nothing." Will coughed into his fist.

"What's the problem?" Nico asked.

Chuck gurgled, and waved his drool-covered fist in the air. His little hooves tapped against the floor as he kicked his legs. Coach Hedge fondly smiled down at him, before looking back up at both of the demigods.

"Obviously, you both know how Clarisse is the godmother to little Chuck here."

Nico and Will slowly nodded, Nico not sure where Coach Hedge was going with this talk.

"And then me and Mellie were talking about it, and she says, 'Honey, Clarisse is wonderful and all, but tradition says she can't be the only one,' and I asked, 'What do you mean?' and she says back, 'Well, what about Chuck's godfather?'"

Oh. Oh. Nico understood now. His eyes widened in surprise.

Will stammered, his face lighting up with red. "Well-Uh-Wow, okay-"

"Coach, are you…are you asking us if we want to be Chuck's godfathers?" Nico asked. His mind was reeling. This was an honor, being asked to be the godparent of anyone's child. Especially when you considered that not a lot of demigods lived long enough to really be considered godparents.

"Well, either one of you. Mel likes to be traditional, you see, so she'd prefer only one. However, if both of you are interested, I'm sure that we can arrange something!"

Will swallowed, running a hand nervously through his hair. "Look, this is-this is an honor and all…But, traditionally, aren't the godparents supposed to be married or something?"

Coach Hedge shrugged. "That doesn't really matter, does it?"

"He does have a point," Nico agreed. Will raised an eyebrow in surprise, and Nico narrowed his eyes at him. "Clarisse is great and all, and I'm sure that she's a wonderful godmother, but she's already dating Chris. If either of us agree to be Chuck's godfather, what will he think?"

"Yeah." Will nodded. "That would be awkward. Plus-how do I put this gently-Clarisse isn't…my type."

Nico had to agree with Will. Even if he was normal, he still wouldn't be interested in dating Clarisse. "Yeah, she's…she's not my type either."

"Oh." Coach Hedge's brow furrowed together, and then his face lit up in understanding. "Oh. Oh. Okay, I see. Well, I see why she wouldn't be either of your types then." He chuckled and winked at them.

Nico frowned. "Uh, why are you winking?"

Coach Hedge glanced from Will to Nico. "No reason, none at all!" He cleared his throat. "But, like I was saying, that's not always the case. I knew this mortal family way back in the day-I was supposed to keep an eye on their daughter, because she was supposedly a demigod, but the job got handed off to some other satyr. Anywho, their second son's godparents were the mom's brother and the dad's sister. So this wouldn't be the first case."

Nico was still confused about the winking, but he decided to let it go for now. "Was she a demigod?"

Coach Hedge shrugged. "Never heard back about that, actually. I'll have to ask. This was back in what, 2007? She'd be your boys' age by now, actually."

"Wouldn't she be claimed then?" Will asked.

"I don't know. I mean, look at McLean. She didn't come here until she was fifteen! Not to mention…" He trailed off.

The room was silent. Even Chuck had stopped his baby noises. Nico glanced at Will, to find Will glancing back up at him. Nobody else knew, and Nico hoped they never would.

Will cleared his throat. "Yeah. I don't know, though. I wouldn't mind being Chuck's godfather, honestly, but Chris just seems like the more likely choice."

Nico nodded. "I'm not really great with little kids, either."

"Probably because you've never tried," Will scoffed.

Nico glared at him. Gods, he was just so infuriating! "I'm not really a people person, in case you haven't noticed," he snapped.

Will just calmly raised an eyebrow at him. "You can always try, y'know."

"You think I haven't?"

"Okay, boys, let's calm down," Coach Hedge soothed. Nico realized he had been about to slide off the bed, and carefully slid back onto it. Will settled back into his previous position. Chuck squealed.

"So, will you ask Chris about it?" Will asked.

Coach Hedge snorted. "If you're both gonna be so fussy about it. There ain't nothing wrong with being a godparent!"

Someone rapped on the door, and everyone looked back up at it. Another one of Will's siblings stood there. Nico didn't really know her. She was Latina, with dark blue eyes and strawberry blonde hair. Surprisingly, she was out of scrubs. "Hey, Will!" she greeted. "We need you down in Room 407. Miranda Gardiner's swelling increased, and Lou Ellen's slightly upset about it." A bang sounded off in the distance, and she listened. "Okay, I embellished that a little. She's ballistic. Send help. The American army would be great."

Will shot up to his feet. "Okay, Alex, you watch Nico until I get back. And when I get back, you're gonna get back into scrubs!" he ordered as he walked up to the door.

Alex stuck her tongue out and mumbled something to Will that sounded suspiciously like, "Moh, tikth ah thword upth thour ath!*"

Will frowned. "What?"

Alex stuck her tongue back into her mouth. "Nothing."

Will raised an eyebrow, but said nothing. He gave her the "I'm-watching-you" gesture before he left.

Coach Hedge scooped Chuck up into his arms, causing the baby satyr to squeal. "Well, di Angelo, I'll be off then to find Chris." He nodded at him. "But don't forget my offer, alright?"

Nico nodded back. "Sure thing, Coach."

Coach Hedge grinned, and he trotted out the door. "Good afternoon, Alex."

"Afternoon, Coach," Alex called out. When he was out of sight, she sighed and leaned against the doorframe. "Well, guess you're stuck with me," she told Nico.

"Likewise." Nico laid back down on his cot and closed his eyes. He wasn't really tired, he was just hoping to avoid an awkward conversation with Alex.

A few minutes passed, until Alex sighed again and called out, "You're not asleep."

Nico shifted in his sleep.

"Oh, don't play. I am a child of Apollo, I can tell when people lie."

"Mmph."

"Fine, then. I'll just sit here and groan about how Will forgot that my shift ended like five minutes ago, I was just near Miranda's room and Samuel sent me because Lou Ellen is so freaking overprotective of her girlfriend-"

Her…what?

Nico sat bolt upright in the cot, and Alex slowly clapped. "He lives!" she cheered.

He chose to ignore that and just stared at her. "Her girlfriend?" he asked.

Alex raised an eyebrow-a trait that all children of Apollo seemed to possess. "You didn't know? Jeez, you and Will have been getting so chummy, I'd thought he would've mentioned this by now."

"Just get to the point."

"Wow, bossy! Anyways, yeah, Lou Ellen and Miranda started dating a few weeks ago. They were probably thinking, 'Shoot, we're probably gonna die soon anyways, might as well go down swinging.' And if you're concerned because you're crushing on Lou, she's bi anyways."

"No, I'm…I'm not, but…" Nico swallowed hard, and gestured vaguely with his hands. "Isn't that, you know…not allowed?"

Back in Italy, this was far from allowed. Nico couldn't remember much, but he could remember homilies from his town's church, calling people like him "monsters" and "unholy." It was why his mom wanted to leave for America-before their church discovered Nico.

Alex stared. "Well, not in all of the countries and states. But here in camp?" She laughed. "That would be so hypocritical. I mean, the male lovers that my father had alone…" Her grin turned into a grimace. "Okay, I don't want to think about my father's sex life."

Nico's heart thumped wildly in his chest. "Apollo had male lovers?"

Alex whistled. "Okay, you gotta read up on your Greek myths. Yup, he did. Although one guy jumped off a rock rather than date him. He must've heard about Daphne."

Thunder rumbled faintly. "Shove it, Dad! It's true!" Alex yelled. The thunder stopped.

But Nico was barely paying attention. It wasn't wrong anymore. He wasn't wrong. He wasn't. He was completely normal.

"Are there…" He hesitated. How much should he tell her? "Are there others…others like that here?"

Alex shrugged, tilting her hand from side to side. "Yeah, give or take. I mean, sure, we've got straight people. But our heritage sorta comes into play here, so not everyone is fond of just the opposite gender. We've got people who like their gender, people who like both binary genders, people who don't give a crap, and people who don't want to date at all."

Nico blinked. "Like who?"

"Well, let's see…" Alex tapped her finger against her lips. "Jake from Hephaestus and Mitchell from Aphrodite have been dating since March, and Gordon from my cabin has a boyfriend back home, although he keeps on flirting with Timothy from Athena in my opinion. Malcolm from Athena dated Victoria from Hermes last year, but I heard he's got a crush on some Aphrodite guy now. Emilia Rodriguez from Hermes and Alianna Chen from Ares. Elizabeth from Hypnos had a partner back home, but xie died, so she's going out with Hansika of Nemesis now. Angeline from Hephaestus isn't interested in dating anyone. Neither is Cecil from Hermes-Oh, yeah, you know him. So is Tiffany from Ares, although her twin brother is still making eyes at Rosette from Athena. You'd think he learn after he broke her heart two years ago!" Alex scoffed. "Oh well, she's happy with Samantha now. Lexi from Aphrodite also doesn't want to date, and neither does my sister Alice. Atsuko from Demeter hit on Clarisse once, but her feelings weren't returned."

"Is that all of them?" Nico asked.

Alex shook her head. "No, that's just some of them. Like I said, this camp is populated with heterosexuals, homosexuals, bisexuals, pansexual, asexual, polyamorous-you name the sexuality, it's here! Not to mention the heteromantics, homoromantics, biromantics, panromantics, or aromantics. Or even all of the different genders!"

Now Nico was confused. What did she mean by "aromantic" and "pansexual?" And there was only two genders: Male and female. "Other genders?"

"You're sheltered," Alex muttered. "Yeah, there's other genders on the gender spectrum. Like agender, non-binary, genderfluid, not to mention transgender."

Nico was thoroughly lost. "What?"

Alex sighed. "Okay, we need to get a bunch of people to explain this to you. I'll just say this." She thumped a hand on her chest. "I'm not female."

He thought it wasn't possible to be any more confused than he was now, but it was. Alex was clearly a girl. Her voice was high, her face was feminine, and there were…certain aspects of her body that were feminine. "Are you sure? You don't look male to me."

Alex glowered at him. "Keep the sass in your pants, di Angelo." Nico turned red and made a strangled noise at her suggestiveness, but she ignored it. "Female is my binary gender-the one I was born with. But it's not my gender. My real gender is non-binary. That means I'm neither male nor female, I exist out of those binaries. And, like most others with my gender, I have pronouns that aren't he/him or she/her. They're zhe/zher."

"O…kay?" Nico was still lost. His head was spinning. What was Alex even talking about?

Alex smirked, crossing her-no, zher-arms. "That's the shortened explanation. Interrogate Will all you want when he gets back." Zhe frowned. "I hope that's soon, I was going to meet up with Laura after my shift."

"Who's Laura?" Nico asked.

"My girlfriend." Alex readjusted zher position against the doorframe. "She's mine, so no ideas."

"I'm not interested," Nico muttered.

Alex raised an eyebrow. "Better not be."

Footsteps suddenly grew louder, and Alex perked up. "Hey, Will! I'm glad that you've-" As zhe turned around with a grin on zher face, it faltered and disappeared. "Oh. 'Sup, Alex, along with your guest," zhe greeted,

Alice marched around Alex to stick her head in the door. "You have another visitor," she announced, then blinked in surprise. "Where's Will?"

"Situation with Lou Ellen in Miranda's room," Alex explained. "He left me in charge."

Alice grunted. "I'm surprised you're still alive," she told Nico. "Alex talks the ear off just about every person zhe's near. I don't know how Laura stands it, honestly."

"Alice!" Alex complained, kicking her sneaker against the ground. "That's so rude!"

"It's the truth," Alice defended. "Anyways, are you willing to take this visitor, Nico?"

Nico shrugged. "I don't really care."

"Just as well." Alice looked back up to Alex. "As his current medical supervisor, do you allow this visitor to visit Nico?"

Alex nodded. "Yup. Can I go now? My shift's over."

"You said you were watching Nico until Will returned."

"But Al-ice!" Alex pouted, sticking out zher bottom lip.

Alice shook her head. "Nope. You are staying here. Besides, my duty is the front desk, and gods know what will happen if I leave it unattended. Last time, the Stolls stuck condoms all over it!"

Alex made a face. "Eugh, that was terrible. Don't remind me."

Nico was about to ask who his visitor was, when a familiar chuckle from outside the door made his heart beat a thousand times faster. "They've done a lot worse," the owner of that chuckle commented.

"They really have," Alex agreed. "Oh, man, that one Christmas, with the shaving cream and the green paint…"

"Yes, so I'm going to go make sure that something like that won't happen again." Alice started to walk away, waving behind her. "Have fun, you crazy kids."

"Aye-aye, Captain!" Alex mock-saluted, before gesturing to the door. "Go visit or whatever you wanna do."

"Thanks…Alex, right?"

"Yessiree, that's me."

"Yes, I got it! Okay, excuse me."

Nico could practically feel his face pale as Percy Jackson stepped into the infirmary room and gave him his signature dorky smile.

*Moh, tikth ah thword upth thour ath!-Oh, stick a sword up your ass!

WHEN MELLIE AND COACH HEDGE HAVE THEIR SECOND CHILD WILL AND NICO ARE ALREADY A THING AND WHEN COACH HEDGE ASKS THEM TO BE GODFATHERS TO HIS DAUGHTER THEY SAY YES AND NONE OF YOU CAN CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE

Whoops, my hand slipped, so now I need to continue this chapter in a separate one-shot. *sighs* As if there's not enough on my plate already…

I am ridiculously proud of this chapter name, despite having never seen the movies.

And yes, Nico and Will came out in front of each other without the other realizing it. And yes, Coach Hedge is the original Solangelo shipper. Shoot me before I go any further. Also yup Elizabeth is pansexual. Xie is another pronoun as well.

The next person to ask for an explanation of non-binary will be pointed towards this chapter.

Nico questioning how he and Will can be friends is me questioning all of my friendships lol

OH! I FORGOT THIS IN THE LAST CHAPTER!

Guys, you HAVEto read "The Wrath of Python" by annabethisterrified, if you haven't read it on her tumblr already! She started posting it on here, and it is fantabulous! I am ridiculously passionate about it actually. I even created a cover for it! Although you should be careful with Chapter 2. I was making dying monkey noises nearly the entire chapter. I just…the feels are insane. PLEASE GO READ IT I AM IN SO MUCH LOVE REVIEW AND FAVORITE AND FOLLOW THAT STORY LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW OKAY MAKE IT THE MOST POPULAR STORY OUT THERE.

Also, remember my "Had a Crush on Percy" club idea in my A/N for chapter 2? Well, the amazing Queen Ore-Sama has made it a reality! It's called the "Had a Crush Club" and it's hilarious! PLEASE MAKE THAT ONE INSANELY POPULAR TOO OMG.

*ahem*

Next chapter's gonna be intense. It's time for Hades to give a pep talk, and he's gonna do it in the Underworld. Unfortunately, when he summons Nico for the pep talk, he accidentally brings someone uninvited with him…

It wasn't his fault, they were high-fiving when he summoned Nico. Hades just wasn't aware.

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