Summary: Because no matter how much time has passed, they can't just forget her. [Percy/Thalia.] AU from TTC, but set several years later.
26. bittersweet.
They argue too often. Witticisms and curses and insults fly like knives, sharp and seemingly deadly.
But then she always storms away, furious to the point of speechlessness. And he follows her out. A tentative touch. Her shoulder, wrist, the inside of her elbow. "I'm sorry."
"Me too," she always answers.
He holds her. And even though they're completely wrong for each other, he always kisses her forehead or her cheek (never her lips, then) and she shocks him. Usuallylightly.
"Just like old times," he'll say.
"Not quite, Percy."
Annabeth, their minds whisper. She smiles so wide it hurts.