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Title: Percy and the Ghost King of Summers High – The Little Merboy and the Vampire Lord
Fandom: Percy Jackson and the Olympians / Heroes of Olympus; supernatural 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, supernatural, magic, wolves/vampires, mates/bonding, heat, D/s, spanking, explicit intercourse, anal, oral, sex toys, domestic abuse, self-harm, shoujo-ai, hetero, threesomes
Main Pairing: Nico/Percy
Side Pairings: Thanatos/Triton, Octavian/Luke, Ethan/Alabaster, Jake/Will, Frank/Hazel/Leo, Chris/Clarisse/Piper, Thalia/Bianca, Reyna/Annabeth, Lou/Miranda, Charles/Silena, Jason/Calypso, Malcolm/Katie, Grover/Juniper, Dakota/Leila, Nathan/Gwen, Shane/Lacy, Bryce/Drew, Howard/Hecate, Chiron/Lupa, Hades/Persephone, Poseidon/Amphitrite, Paul/Sally, Gabe/Sally (to be past), Poseidon/Sally (past), Briareos/Kymopoleia, Enalos/Benthesikyme, Proteus/Psamatheia, Nereus/Doris, Oceanus/Thethys, Phorkys/Keto, Aegeon/Percy, Tiberinus/Percy, Asopos/Percy
Percy Jackson Characters:
Water Nymphs/Sirens/Merpeople: Perseus Jackson, Tyson, Silena Beauregard, Gwendolyn Ryder, Drew Tanaka, Michael Kahale, Piper McLean, Mitchell Logan, Lacy Hunnigan
Vampires: Bianca di Angelo, Nico di Angelo, Hazel Levesque, Ethan Nakamura
Valkyries: Annabeth Chase, Malcolm Cage
Witches: Alabaster C. Torrington, Lou Ellen, Clovis Daver, Butch Walker, Bryce Lawrence
Seers: Octavian Simmons, Ella, Rachel Elizabeth Dare
Storm Spirits: Thalia Grace, Jason Grace
Nature Spirits/Nymphs: Katie Gardner, Miranda Gardner, Leila Fischer, Juniper, Grover Underwood, Dakota Elle, Castor Liber, Pollux Liber
Werewolves/Shapeshifters: Luke Castellan, Nathan McIntosh, Travis Stoll, Connor Stoll, Chris Rodriguez, Cecil Rogers, Frank Zhang (also a hunter)
Dragons: Charles Beckendorf, Jake Mason, Nyssa Black, Leo Valdez, Shane McNabb
Light Elves: Lee Fletcher, Michael Yew, Will Solace, Austin Barton, Kayla Hein
Dark Elves: Zoe Nightshade, Phoebe Burge, Naomi Walters, Celyn Richards, Kinzie Cohen
Hunters: Howard Claymore, Hylla Ramírez-Arellano, Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, Frank Zhang (also a shifter), Clarisse la Rue, Sherman Potter, Mark Meyer
Humans: Sally Jackson, Paul Blofis, Tristan McLean, Beryl Grace, Gabe Ugliano, Nancy Bobofit
Animals: Small Bob, Mrs. O'Leary, Argentum, Aurum, Blackjack, Arion, Tempest, Scipio, Festus
Godly Characters: Poseidon, Amphitrite, Proteus, Kymopoleia, Benthesikyme, Rhode, Triton, Thanatos, Olethros, Makaria, Melinoe, Hades, Persephone, Demeter, Hecate, Chiron, Lupa, Calypso, Briareos, Enalos, Aegeon, Hydrus, Pontus, Thalassa, Phorkys, Keto, Tiberinus, Asopos, Oceanus, Thethys, Psamatheia, Nereus, Doris
Summary: Percy is just a normal boy, living with his hard-working mother and abusive stepfather, keeping his head low at school. Normally, Percy only spend the obligatory one weekend a month with his dad. But that had been because of Poseidon's secret. Poseidon is a merman and he tried to shield his son from the supernatural world – until it becomes apparent that Percy shares his heritage.
Poseidon fights for custody, with the help of his vampire lord lawyer friend Hades, so Percy would move to them and join their supernatural community. Now Percy has to deal with only seeing his mom on weekends, adjusting to his stepmother and half-siblings and being a submissive merboy.
Percy and the Ghost King of Summers High
The Little Merboy and the Vampire Lord
Chapter 25: Cheerful Christmas Chaos
"...Nico, this seems really impractical. I should probably get a ladder."
"What? No. This is working perfectly. I won't drop you, I promised. And I'm a vampire so lifting you up is really no problem. Light as a feather, gattino."
"...I was kind of more talking about the fact that you're nuzzling my stomach and groping my ass."
Nico blinked slowly where he had his face mushed against the firm, comfortable six-pack of his boyfriend he was currently holding up by the ass. And okay. So maybe he was abusing the moment to get a little bit of groping in. But hey – Percy did the same all the time! The cheeky kitten never missed a chance to grope Nico's arms and ass, just offering a wink in return.
"I am just holding you safely so you don't fall forward into the tree", grumbled Nico flustered. "I'm supporting you here. Your ass is just... very good holding-onto-material."
Percy snorted as he looked down at his boyfriend. Shaking his head, Percy returned to the task at hand. He and his siblings were decorating the house for Christmas. Nico had dropped by because he was hoping for some kissing and maybe making out. Instead he was helping Percy decorate the tree. While Tyson was decorating the lower half of the giant tree, Percy was decorating the upper half. Only that Percy was not exactly tall, so Nico had volunteered his vampire-strength and just picked Percy up to lift him higher (which, really should not be as hot as it was, but Percy was definitely going to file this away for later usage). Percy squeaked a little as Nico pinched his butt again.
"Can't help it. It's very tempting", whispered Nico against Percy's six-pack.
Percy snorted and smiled a little before he returned to putting up the blue crystal balls. The house already looked like Christmas had thrown up all over it and Percy really loved that. He and Sally had never truly celebrated Christmas, especially not in this way. To have this house decorated in sparkly, blue colors, the giant tree, mistletoe, heck they had reindeer on their roof and three snowmen in the front yard that Triton, Percy and Tyson had built this morning.
Everything looked perfect and Percy could not wait for Christmas to roll around. The plans they had made as a family, they got him excited. To celebrate with his family like that – and then a gala on the first day of Christmas. Oh, he loved that idea. It sounded so Christmas Prince Charming like. He was looking forward to dancing with Nico, exchanging presents with his boyfriend.
"Nico. Stop it", hissed Percy flustered, swatting at Nico's head.
The vampire had snuck his head beneath Percy's shirt to kiss his stomach. And yes, Percy got that. He was growing more and more handsy with Nico by the day too. Because he had an absolutely gorgeous boyfriend and he wanted to touch and kiss and feel. Though the two had not yet talked about doing more than the above mentioned three. Percy blushed as Nico nibbled on his hipbone.
"Remove your mouth from my brother, vampire", warned Triton with a deadpan.
Nico nearly bolted on instinct, but then he remembered that he was the one holding Percy up. So instead he just pulled his head away and offered an innocent look to the older Jackson brother.
/break\
Triton smiled softly where he was running his fingers through Percy's hair, his little brother laying with his head in Triton's lap, arms wrapped around Tyson who was laying right on front of him on the broad couch, Percy's feet in Rhode's lap. Benthesykime and Kymopoleia were sitting right in front of them on the floor, with lots of pillows. Proteus sat on the other couch together with Poseidon, Amphitrite and Sally. The family had been marathoning Doctor Who Christmas specials for the past three hours. They had started out with a light breakfast during the first and had by now moved on to lunch – ordering in Chinese because that was what Percy and Sally usually ate on Christmas. Before they had started their marathon, they had prepped the turkey.
So far, Percy really truly loved this Christmas. He had been woken up by an enthusiastic Tyson and then his mom had come over. They had all been together, working together and eating together. Finally, Percy had his whole family here, together. Finally, he got his real, proper Christmas.
"After this one, we really have to take a break and continue prepping dinner", stated Sally.
Percy and most of the other children hummed their reluctant agreement. And working together after the special ended was actually as much fun as laying together and watching specials. They worked well together, Sally and Amphitrite taking over the lead and bossing the others around. It was nice to see his mom and stepmom get along so well. Honestly, it generally was amazing how well he got along with Amphitrite by now. She was kind and caring and seemed to genuinely love Percy too.
"If you two don't stop taste-testing everything, we won't have anything left for dinner", chided Sally half-heartedly, smiling softly down at her son.
Percy blinked doe-eyed, spoon sticking out of his mouth. Tyson next to him mirrored his big brother's expression. Sally snorted and shook her head, while Amphitrite laughed softly. Percy couldn't deny that part of him had always wondered what it would be like to celebrate Christmas with bot his mother and his father. Like in the movies, where those happy families were together.
"Thank you", whispered Percy very, very softly.
Everyone was busy setting the table and it was only Percy and Amphitrite in the kitchen at the moment. Sally was just outside, laughing at something Rhode had said. Percy looked at his mom.
"Mh?", inquired Amphitrite confused as she finished up the last dish.
"It's... You didn't have to invite my mom, but you did. You've been nothing but nice to me since I moved in here and I... I'm sorry I've always been such a brat", elaborated Percy, fidgeting with his hands. "I just... The things you were hiding from me? Going on vacations without me, keeping me out of the loop of something, I always... I always thought that was you, hating me for being dad's bastard son, keeping my dad and siblings away from me. And... And I now know that's not true. That you're not some Disney villain evil stepmother. I'm... I'm sorry."
He yelped a little as Amphitrite pulled him into a hug. "Sweetie, no. I know why you disliked me. I know your father and I never truly gave you a reason to trust us, to... to feel welcomed here. And I'm so sorry that we made you feel that way, Percy. I truly am. But... We thought you were only a mortal boy and... you could have been so easily used as leverage. Do you know how often your older siblings had been abducted and threatened in their first few centuries? We couldn't risk that for a... fragile human child who had no idea what kind of world this even was. We wanted you to be safe, to have a safe, normal childhood with your mother."
The two of them were still hugging, not noticing the small audience in the form of Proteus and Sally that they had gathered. Proteus smiled pleased to himself. As the oldest, he had always felt most responsible for his siblings. That he could not act as Percy's protector in the same way as he did for their other siblings, it had always bothered him immensely.
"You raised an amazing boy", whispered Proteus gently. "I've seen it, I've been there for all of my siblings and I saw how much my parents struggled very often. When Kym was being rebellious, when Rhode was being bullied, when Benthesikyme was determined to drop out of school and become an explorer, when Triton ran away – yes, that happened. But my parents always had each other, their own parents and me. You... only had yourself and yet you raised him to be such a strong, courageous and kind young man."
Sally blushed and smiled. "Thank you."
"Thank you", countered Proteus. "For giving me this amazing little brother. I promise I will watch over him. Even when... you will be long gone. I know that's a concern of yours, mother has told me. And I promise you that me and my siblings will take care of Percy. He's our precious baby brother."
Sally blinked the tears away at that. Yes, it was a huge concern of hers. Who was going to protect her baby when she wasn't around anymore? To hear those reassuring words was nice. She surprised Proteus by pulling him into a hug of their own.
"You're a good man, Proteus. Your parents did well raising you too", whispered Sally.
"Why is everyone getting mom hugs? I want mom hugs too", complained Tyson as he looked from Sally and Proteus over to Amphitrite and Percy.
The next moment, Tyson found himself sandwiched in a hug from Amphitrite and Sally, making the boy giggle pleased as he received kisses on his cheeks from them. When he was being put down again, Tyson ran back to the dining room to get seated because he was hungry. Percy, after letting go of Amphitrite, wanted to join his baby brother, but before he had a chance to, Kymopoleia grabbed him and steered him toward the main door. He frowned confused as his big sister pushed him forward to where Benthesykime was leaning against the wall next to the door and in the door stood... Percy smiled brightly and pushed past his sister to wrap his arms around his boyfriend.
"Aw, Benthy, you got me a great gift there. Can I keep him?", asked Percy playfully.
"I have to get going to my own Christmas dinner, but I wanted to see you and... exchange gifts with you, amore", whispered Nico gently and wrapped his arms around Percy's waist.
"Oh. Yes. Come, upstairs. I have your present in my room!", exclaimed Percy.
Before Nico had a chance to say something, he was being dragged upstairs and to Percy's room. The next moment, Nico got a blue-wrapped present pushed against his chest, Percy's large kitten-eyes sparkling in utter excitement as he watched Nico intensely.
"Open it", ordered Percy, leaning in even closer, eyes seemingly even larger.
Nico smiled softly, feeling touched by how adorable his boyfriend was. Carefully, he started unwrapping the gift and then he started laughing. A life-sized fluffy plush kitten, with black, extra-fluffy fur and green eyes. It looked almost identical to Percy's shift-form. Nico opened his mouth to say something when he noticed the thing attached to the cat's neck. He snorted fondly and shook his head. It was a stuffed toy bat, with its wings wrapped around the kitten's neck in a hug.
"Percy", laughed Nico and grabbed his boyfriend by the neck to pull him into a kiss. "This is... adorable. Thank you, love. It's... you and me. As fluffy stuffed toys."
"Ye—es. Exactly", nodded Percy with a giant grin. "It made me think of you and me and I thought you might like it because you like cuddling me all the time."
"I love you", chuckled Nico, kissing Percy once more. "It's perfect and so adorable. I love it."
Percy relaxed against him, grinning pleased. "Okay. Good. I was... really worried what to get you. I mean, you're kind of a century old, rich vampire. What could I get you that you don't already have."
"Well, there's one thing. And you already got me that one thing", stated Nico, looking deeply into Percy's eyes until his boyfriend blushed in realization. "I mean it. I do love you."
"You're such a sap, urgh", groaned Percy with a broad grin, pecking Nico's lips. "Now. What did you get me? Because I totally just set the bar there."
His grin grew and Nico couldn't help but laugh softly. He grasped Percy's hand to lead him back out of the room and down the stairs. Percy frowned curiously as he was led out of the house. He blinked stunned at the giant hell-hound obediently waiting in front of the door. The man-sized dog smiled broadly at Percy, tongue hanging out as she tilted her head.
"...Mrs. O'Leary?", asked Percy confused, tugging on the bow around her neck. "What...?"
"Hazel saw how much you adored Mrs. O'Leary and Mrs. O'Leary has been alone in the stables for so long now. She deserves a home and someone to love her and I swear I talked to your father first, because I didn't want to give you a puppy and then have your dad take her away again and he was fine with it, so if you want her, she's all yours", replied Nico.
"Oh my gosh, you got me a puppy", squeaked Percy and jumped Mrs. O'Leary.
He wrapped his arms around her neck and hugged her tightly, prompting her to wag her tail and yelp happily. His laughter ringed loud enough to get the attention of his family and they all got out to check on him. Sally gasped as she saw the large beast.
"Mo—om! Look! My super amazing boyfriend got me a puppy!", yelped Percy.
"...A... puppy...?", echoed Sally softly, tilting her head up to look at the dog. "...How... nice."
Amphitrite next to her chuckled and rested a hand on her shoulder. "She's not dangerous, don't worry. She's well-trained and... essentially just wants a lot of cuddles."
Percy let go of Mrs. O'Leary to instead tackle Nico in a hug and shower his face with kisses and 'thank you's. Nico was practically glowing as he received the thanks. The others watched them for another moment before returning inside and leaving Nico and Percy in the snow. Percy was curled together on Nico's chest, smiling brightly as he buried his face in Nico's neck.
"You're totally awesome and I love you", whispered Percy happily.
"I'm... glad I could make you happy", smiled Nico, gently caressing Percy's hair.
"And tomorrow, you will be my Prince Charming, right?", asked Percy with a teasing grin.
"I will whirl you over the dance-floor", promised Nico, leaning in to kiss Percy. "Now go back to your family before dinner gets cold. I have to get going too, or else nonna Demeter is going to kill me. I'm looking forward to seeing you tomorrow, gattino."
Percy reluctantly got off Nico's chest and pecked his lips in a quiet goodbye, with a last 'thank you'.
/break\
Princess Psamatheia, daughter of King Nereus and Queen Doris, was very sweet and soft and apparently close friends with Rhode and Benthesykime. She made Proteus look at her like a love-sick school boy at his first crush and she sent him into instant gentleman-mode because he held the door open for her, pulled the chair back, continued getting up to get her something to drink or eat or a scarf or whatever she asked for. Half the time, she was teasing him and Percy could see that. It made him instantly like her. She was also really nice to him.
Briareos was kind of an arrogant ass, total bad boy biker with an attitude problem and from what Percy had accidentally walked in on since the three had arrived this morning, Percy was pretty sure that what Briareos and Kymopoleia had was mostly just physical and to piss off dad.
Enalos was kind of very... bland. He continued smiling at Benthesikyme, but he stuck to the background and mainly just made polite conversation when prompted. But he obviously made Benthesikyme happy, so that was a big plus in Percy's books.
"I gotta go", chimed Percy, poking his head into the living room where his family sat, everyone turning toward him. "I'm meeting the others at Piper's for getting 'my hair done'. I'm 92% convinced that Silena will be lurking behind the door with a dress in my size though, to be honest."
"...Have fun, sweetie", stated Amphitrite, blinking slowly. "See you at the gala."
Grinning, Percy waved them all off and headed out. Mrs. O'Leary yelped and looked up at him. They had worked together yesterday after dinner to empty the shed behind the house and lay it out with blankets and pillows as a giant dog-house. He smiled at her and patted her head in passing before he got on his way to get to the Grace-McLean household. Leo, Percy and Piper were getting ready together there and Thalia had promised to drive them afterward.
"Pe—ercy!", exclaimed Leo as soon as the door opened.
He pulled Percy into a hug and then toward Piper's bedroom. Percy grinned and waved at Tristan and Beryl in the living room before being dragged past them. Piper looked stunning in her tie-dyed dress that was very closely leaned toward Aurora's dress in Sleeping Beauty, right as the fairies were battling for pink and blue. But it suited her. She had even her highlights matching, some pink and some blue. It looked amazing on her. Percy smiled, before turning his attention to the three suits laid out on her bed. One with a blue dress-shirt, one with a yellow one and the third with a red one.
"Red is Leo's, yellow is for Jason to match Calypso's sunflower-colored dress and yours, of course, the blue one. Now get undressed, boys", ordered Piper with a bright grin.
Jason groaned as he walked past Leo and Percy to go and grab his suit. "I hate that you supported Cally on this. I don't want to wear a suit. This is awful."
"Oh, stop whining, brother", snorted Piper and rolled her eyes. "You two, get changed."
"...You mind getting out?", asked Percy, both eyebrows raised.
Piper rolled her eyes even harder as she threw her hands up in the air. "Fine, fine. I have to force Thalia into her dress anyway. The sedative I put into her drink should have kick in by now."
"Ha, ha, ha. Very funny, Piper", called Thalia out not amused. "No dress, sis."
"Bianca promised, and I'm quoting here, 'the thing with the sparks' and I swear I do not want to even know", grunted Piper and shuddered. "But anyway. I got you a dress. Your decision."
Seconds later and Thalia was back standing in the doorway, glaring in a calculating manner. "And she said that? The thing with the sparks? A dress... Hng. Urgh. Stupid vampire is gonna kill me."
Grumbling, Thalia stalked up to the bed and grabbed the dress to return to her room. Percy blinked amused before turning toward Piper and Jason with curious looks. Jason was very green as he snapped his fingers, causing sparks to fly around his fingers. Percy couldn't help but reach out and shudder at the electric jolt going through him. He blinked, before he caught on.
"Oh... That is... more than I needed to know about Bianca and Thalia's sex-life."
"What do you think how we feel", muttered Jason and shuddered.
"Okay, okay. Now, get changed so we can get going!", demanded Piper loudly.
Percy, Leo and Jason started getting changed. As Percy was down to his boxer-shorts, his eyes caught the faded, white scars sticking out from the rim of his boxers. He ran his hands over them roughly, sighing. He had always scarred fast and barely visibly – now he knew it was due to his supernatural heritage. It was weird. He hadn't even thought about hurting himself lately.
There was just so much going on. He was so... happy. He didn't remember ever having been this happy before. He knew sooner or later, he was going to crash. Something was going to break the flow of this euphoric feeling, but for now, he was just... content. He was being loved, shown that he was being loved, by all those people who genuinely seemed to care about him. He was so busy with the swim-team, with the drama-club, with animal care, with his friends and family. He barely had time to think or focus on the bad things that had happened.
So far, he had hidden the scars well. It wasn't that many people saw him down to his boxers anyway and then they would still have to focus on his thighs to even see the few scars that did stick out. It was why Percy and Nico hadn't done anything without clothes yet, because Percy was terrified of Nico finding out and judging and being this overbearing, overprotective boyfriend again. The thought alone sent him into a dark corner where he wanted to hurt himself. So he took a deep breath and focused on literally anything else. For now, denial worked really well for Percy.
"Damn, you clean up nice, Perce", commented Leo with a whistle.
Percy grinned as he finished buttoning his shirt. He did look good. The suit fit him perfectly, complimenting his ass and long legs and broad shoulders. He looked amazing. He hoped Nico would think so too. Today could be a lot of fun, hopefully.
"Okay, ducklings. Ready so we can go?", asked Thalia grumpily.
She looked so weird in her blue princess dress. Glaring like death warmed over. Leo, Jason, Percy and Piper eagerly followed her to the car to get going. A Christmas ball, with princes and princesses – Percy was literally a prince, he was still trying to get used to that.
"The funniest part of balls like those is seeing people like Lou, Clarisse and Thalia in dresses and people like Nico and Alabaster in suits", pointed Leo out with a broad grin.
Percy frowned thoughtfully. Thalia definitely did look funny. Unusual. And when they reached the mansion, Percy had to say that yes, Leo was definitely right. Lou was wearing a black dress, but seeing the punk in a dress was weird nonetheless. Clarisse was not wearing a dress but a suit and she instantly pulled Piper into a kiss when they reached her. And Nico... looked like a Dark Prince out of a very twisted fairy tale where the villain got the princess. Percy, in this analogy, was super eager to submit to this handsome villain. Grinning, he grabbed Nico by the hand.
"You. Dance with me. Right now, handsome", ordered Percy with a grin.
"How could I possibly deny you? You look gorgeous, love", whispered Nico.
Percy's grin softened into a soft smile as he wrapped his arms around Nico's neck. Nico laid his arms around Percy's waist as they stood in the center of the dance hall – who even had such a thing. Music picked up again, soft and beautiful, and they started to sway. Out of the corner of his eyes, Percy could see others – Reyna and Annabeth, Luke and Octavian, Jason and Calypso (whose dress looked very much like Belle's and fit perfectly to Jason's outfit) – dance around them.
"I feel like a prince", whispered Percy lowly, leaning into Nico.
"You are a prince, silly", chuckled Nico, kissing Percy's cheek.
"Yeah. But a prince who goes to high school and eats McDonald's and stuff. Right now, I feel like a prince out of a Disney movie", huffed Percy, nudging Nico.
"Mh. So, how was your Christmas so far, amore?", asked Nico gently.
"Yesterday was amazing. Christmas dinner with mom and the rest of the family... We watched Doctor Who Christmas specials and prepared dinner in between. We ordered Chinese for lunch, just like mom and I have been doing for years, but dinner itself... it was... it was just how I always had hoped Christmas dinner could be. We laughed and joked and ate together, all of us, and we laid together in the living room, trying to get over having eaten too much", replied Percy, voice animated and excited. "And today, those three arrived." Percy motioned over to where his siblings were dancing with their respective others. "I adore Psamatheia. Enalos seems pretty cool and... Briareos is like... They're mainly together to piss off dad, right?"
"Ye—eah. We all agree on that", chuckled Nico amused. "So, you like them?"
"Yes", nodded Percy with a smile. "I always wanted to meet their partners. I always thought... they just didn't want me to be a part of their lives. But... I mean, they are literal fishes out of water. They know nothing about the human world, it's downright comedic. They couldn't introduce me to them without majorly blowing their cover. Enalos talks about literally nothing else but Atlantis. If he talks. And Psamatheia talks about her classes too. With the merpeople."
"Yeah, grew up in Atlantis, never truly left it. They didn't grow up in this world like you and I did", whispered Nico gently, kissing Percy's neck softly.
Percy shuddered as Nico's fangs graced his neck like that. Dating a vampire was definitely nice.
"Excuse me, but do you mind if I cut in?", asked Poseidon half-amused.
"Of course not, your highness", grunted Nico with a sharp nod.
"Don't look so put down", laughed Poseidon and shook his head. "I promise you get him back."
Percy grinned fondly as his boyfriend blushed and left, before he accepted the dance with his dad. His grin melted away a little as he realized how royal his dad looked. All groomed up and in a suit literally fit for a king – even with the funny medals that Percy always found so fancy on the kings in movies. It was the first time Percy realized that his dad with the Hawaiian shirts who liked to go fishing was... actually a king. His father was a king and he was a prince.
"Psamatheia is a princess", mused Percy softly, catching his father's attention.
"She... is", agreed Poseidon slowly, tilting his head. "She is Proteus' wife and they are our official heirs to the throne. The perfect royal couple, you know. Since... Kym is so... uncooperative."
"But you don't mind", pointed Percy out curiously. "That Briareos isn't a perfect match politically."
"I don't care about that", grunted Poseidon and blinked slowly. "All I want for my children is to be happy. And since my firstborn did make a good political match, there is no real pressure on you and your siblings. Kym is living proof of that. Benthy too."
Percy hummed and looked over at his vampire boyfriend. "Merry Christmas, dad. I... love you."
Author's note: Weeell, next chapter is gonna cover Nico's birthday and it miiight be even a little bit smutty ;D