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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, Tethys, 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 28: Spring Break Under the Sea (Part 1)
Tyson was giggling and kept glancing at Percy as they dove deeper and deeper. They were like a rainbow in itself – Rhode's yellow tail and tinted skin, Proteus in orange, Kymopoleia in red, Benthesikyme in purple, Percy in blue, Triton in green, Tyson in a soft brown. Percy loved that, loved that he had not yet seen two merpeople in the same shade of color. Benthesikyme's tail was more of a lilac purple, while Piper's had more of a darker shade of purple.
"Stop giggling at Percy, it's impolite, Ty", chided Rhode gently. "It's Percy's first time."
"I kno—ow. That's why I'm giggling, Rhodey", pouted Tyson. "I can't wait to show Percy everything and it's so cool how he stares at the palace like it's awesome which it is!"
And yes, Percy was staring at the palace below them like it was awesome because yes it was. The palace was luminescent, like many large gems all around the surrounding city, providing the light this deep down below the surface. It glowed and it was beautiful. There were merpeople and dolphins swimming around the palace. Fishes, schools of fishes in bright colors. Coral reeves looking like gardens – probably actually being gardens. It was breathtaking.
"You have to come see the summer-camp!", exclaimed Tyson excitedly. "And the human museum! You'll laugh a lot! I laughed a lot too! It's funny. And you have to meet grandparents!"
"Not... your grandparents", interrupted Poseidon softly. "They... are dead. Amy's parents."
"Oh, you will meet many", smiled Amphitrite. "My parents will not be the only royals over. We expect all the kings and queens for dinner tonight, to celebrate our return. It's tradition."
"...Yeah, I'm totally not nervous about that", muttered Percy, eyes wide.
"You'll be fine, baby bro", laughed Kym and ruffled Percy's hair.
/break\
Percy sighed exhausted as he collapsed on his bed. He had his own room. Poseidon had it decorated for him and while relatively generic, Percy liked it. Blue luminescent stones provided the light. His bed was a giant dark-blue shell with a large soft-blue sponge as the mattress. He was laying sprawled out and staring at the ceiling, trying to process. Tyson had pulled him through the entire palace in lightning speed, showing him everyone's rooms and the kitchen and dinner hall and stables – hippocami, actual real hippocami! It was just so much to take in and he was pretty sure he was going to get lost tonight for that great banquet thingy.
"Percy?", asked Poseidon as he knocked on the door and pocked his head in. "Ah. There you are. I've been trying to track you down for two hours now... Every time I just missed you."
"Ye—eah. Tyson gave me a ten hour tour in under two hours", muttered Percy with a slightly mortified look on his face as he sat up. "What's up, dad?"
Poseidon sighed as he swam over to the bed and sat down next to Percy. "The kings and queens will be here tonight, but they will not all be alone. For one, your siblings' lovers will be here too. Which you might have expected, but King Pontus brought his unmated dominant son. And so did Oceanus and Tethys. I thought it would be good to give you a heads up. They're here because of you. The unmated submissive prince. I... personally don't want to get involved."
"Mh?", grunted Percy confused, tilting his head.
"I know Nico is your first boyfriend and I do not want to be the father who tells you your high school sweetheart won't last and that you should think long-term. But I also don't want to tell you to flat-out decline their offer", sighed Poseidon, looking a bit troubled. "They're good matches, good men. But I don't want to meddle in your decision. I want you to get to know this world, but to be careful; many might just try to charm you for your status."
"Ah", nodded Percy and blinked slowly. "Thanks, dad. For... the warning and for bringing me."
"Oh, boy, I would have brought you many years ago if I had known", whispered Poseidon and pulled his son into a hug. "I'm... sorry I never did. I hope you'll enjoy this trip."
"Yes, yes, he will. Now get out so we can get him ready, dad!", ordered Benthesikyme.
The next moment, Benthy, Kym and Rhode swam into the room and ushered Poseidon out. They were carrying silver jewelry adored with sapphires and aquamarines, blue silk in about two dozen different shades. They started wrapping it around him like a toga with various layers, overlapping in ways that displayed all the shades and layers, keeping it in place with pins and pearls and wrist-bands and belts. It looked really amazing in the end, made him look truly royal and the silk flowed beautifully in the water. He looked amazing. Blushing brightly, he turned toward his sisters. They were dressed in a very similar manner, only that their colors complimented their own tails.
"Oh, I have to take a picture to send it to Nico!", declared Benthesikyme excitedly. "He'll be so pouty that he missed this. You look amazing, baby brother."
Percy blinked as she got a phone out and took a picture. "We... We're literally at the bottom of the ocean. How... uhm... How do you have service...?"
"Honey, we have internet", pointed Kym out. "What? We don't live in the stone-age. And with a bit of magic, we can all make it work pretty well. We got you a shell-phone too."
"Ah. Like cell-phone", giggled Percy as he was handed a phone in shell-form.
"Ye—ep. Now come", ordered Kym and pulled Percy along with her.
But before they could leave the bedroom, Amphitrite stopped them at the doorway. She looked breathtaking in her own rosy gown, added on with a heavier stola that had silver embroidery.
"There is just one thing still missing and that's why I'm here", declared Amphitrite with a smile.
She revealed a pillow she had been holding behind her back. On top of it rested a crown, delicate and designed like a silver coral growing in a circle, with pearls and sapphires. It was beautiful. Percy blinked slowly as she set it atop his head and fixed it in his hair.
"There. Now you look like the prince you are", smiled Amphitrite and kissed his forehead. "Now come along, children. We shouldn't be the last ones at the banquet."
Laughing, her daughters and Percy followed her along the halls and toward a giant ball-room. Percy bit his lips and paused, grabbing Rhode's and Benthesikyme's hands for support as they waited to be announced. There was a roaring trumpet-like sound.
"Presenting our fair Queen Amphitrite and her daughters Princess Kymopoleia, Princess Benthesikyme and Princess Rhode", announced a dolphin-merman who looked way too serious for Percy's liking. "And introducing King Poseidon's son, Prince Perseus."
Still biting his lips, Percy allowed his sisters to lead him in. They swam toward the table where their brothers and father were already sitting. The table faced a U-shaped seating arrangement with who Percy believed to be all the other ocean royals. All of them had gotten up upon their entrance and were now bowing toward Amphitrite – and them. Percy blushed involuntarily.
"May I introduce? My son!", declared Poseidon with a bright smile, resting his hands on Percy's shoulders. "See! As handsome as I told you! And a clever boy too. He's going to be the star-swimmer during all competitions this year. He has been training very hard."
"Poseidon, honey, slow down", requested Amphitrite fondly, taking her husband's hands to remove them from Percy. "Let the boy sit down before you overwhelm everyone."
Percy was positively blushing by now. A lot. Was this how Poseidon talked about him? With so much... pride? Because the royals in front of him looked mostly amused and fond, like they had heard all of this a dozen times already. Slowly, Percy sat down between Poseidon and Tyson.
"Right. Of course, love", grunted Poseidon embarrassed. "Percy, please let me introduce you..."
Percy nodded and looked around as he was being introduced. There was King Hydrus, sitting together with Queen Thalassa. He had already lost his queen, or so Percy had been told on their way here. And Queen Thalassa never had a king at her side. She was Aphrodite's mother, Percy knew that – Silena's grandma. Next to them was a slightly grumpy and a bit mean looking couple; King Phorkys and Queen Keto. At the corner where Proteus sat was Psamatheia, his wife, and next to her her parents – King Nereus and Queen Doris. Next to them were King Oceanus and Queen Tethys, with two of their sons – Prince Tiberinus and Prince Asopos. Lastly, there were King Pontus and his son Prince Aegeon. There was no way in hell that Percy was going to remember even a fifth of those names and faces. Honestly, he had been trying for months now, but he just wasn't that good at it – and even worse at the whole family tree entanglement. In the back of his mind he had that Nereus and Doris were Amphitrite's parents, were thus the grandparents Tyson had been looking forward to so much. That seemed important. Faintly, Percy also remembered that Oceanus and Tethys were the grandparents of Calypso. Silena had told him that before.
"We were mighty surprised when Amy told us you were a merboy", laughed Nereus. "We had not expected that. After all the drama around you, my boy – not that any of it is your fault. It was quite the news though. An illegitimate heir, after all those years."
"Ye—eah. I'm good for surprises", hummed Percy with a smile.
"Oh, he is", confirmed Triton and Proteus in a chorus.
"Now! Let's eat before any interrogations!", declared Hydrus with a grunt.
"Hear, hear", agreed Oceanus, Pontus and Poseidon.
Merpeople in fancy vests came in carrying large trays of the weirdest food in. It was sushi, mainly, and fish filet and the most fascinating things. Not really like human sushi, larger and with more algae and less rice. Like, no rice at all. Percy hummed and gasped every now and again as he ate his way through the array of food, apparently bringing joy to the others who found him endearing. Well, it was his first time eating merpeople food so he was totally justified to be in awe. All of it was raw fish – but there were so many fishes he had never eaten before. So many tastes he had never experienced before. Dips and wrappings and side-dishes in odd colors and textures that Percy was too afraid to even ask what they were. But it was all so good. Which, granted, might be the merman in him speaking, considering he had eaten nearly raw deer after his hunt with Nico because he had been channeling his inner cat. Right now, he was all merman. Which was a nice change, he hadn't been able to fully embrace that side of himself just yet. Being in a pool or a pond was vastly different than being down here, under the sea, with other merpeople.
/break\
"Hi. You're Silena's grandma, right?", asked Percy with a friendly smile.
Percy and some of the others had already finished eating by now, two hours later, so everyone had started switching around their seats. Amphitrite had gone to sit with her parents, talking to them excitedly, while Proteus and Triton were talking to the sons of Oceanus – Tiberinus and Asopos. So Percy had decided to go and sit with Thalassa and talk to her.
"I am", confirmed the queen with a smile. "My girl told me all about you. Says you're a real sweetheart. My daughter would have loved to meet you too, but someone has to stay and be in charge while the queen is out of the house, mh?"
"I guess so", hummed Percy and tilted his head. "Silena is awesome. She helped he a lot settling with... uh... everything. Even tried drawing me a family tree of all the royals. Didn't quite get it all. But she tried. She's helped me, uh, with stuff like heat and things too? And faster swimming."
"That's my girl", grinned Thalassa proudly. "She's a true pearl."
"That she is", confirmed Percy with a smile.
He talked with Thalassa for a while, before Hydrus joined them and asked a dozen questions too. The oldest of kings was a kind and sweet man, talking highly of his only child and heir Ananke, who had remained to rule in his absence. He seemed rather excited about all of this, the socializing among kings and queens. And Percy had to agree, it was pretty nice. Pretty exciting.
"How about some music?", requested Kym loudly.
"Kymopoleia!", hissed Amphitrite with a glare. "Your manners."
"What? I'm a princess. I wanna dance", grunted Kym with a frown.
Within minutes, an entire band assembled. Percy put his money down for those instruments being magic, because despite them being under the sea, he could hear the beautiful soft jazz perfectly clear. Kym and Briareos were the first ones out on the dance-floor, soon joined by Enalos and Benthesikyme – and even Poseidon and Amphitrite, though Amy looked mildly flustered as Poseidon asked her to dance with him. Percy grinned softly as he watched his dad and stepmom dance together. Well, what constituted for dancing under the sea. The way they swayed their tails back and forth, how they flipped and twisted their fins to the tune. It looked fun.
"Would you like to dance, my prince?"
Percy blinked slowly, needing Thalassa to elbow him to notice that he was being spoken to. Right. Royal. Currently at the court of his very royal family at their very royal palace. He was still not used to being a prince. When he turned some, Aegeon floated in front of him with a charming smile. The dominant was broad and muscular, bulking arms shown off by the red robes he wore. He was holding a hand out to Percy, waiting for Percy's answer. Percy wasn't really sure what to say. He really wanted to go and try how this dancing worked, but he didn't even know this guy.
"Come on, go and have some fun, boy", chuckled Thalassa with an amused twinkle in her eyes. "You're only young once and a handsome prince just asked you for a dance."
Biting his lips and ducking his head, he took the offered hand after all. Aegeon offered the most dazzling smile as he led Percy to the dance-floor and then wrapped his arms around Percy's waist. It was just dancing and Thalassa was right, he should be having fun.
"You... look a lot like Kym's boyfriend", pointed Percy out slowly.
"Briareos is my twin-brother", replied Aegeon amused, strong arms around Percy in a secure way.
"Ah. Right. Pontus. Lots of kids, right?", nodded Percy, concentrating hard on his tail. "Ah!"
"Relax, my prince", laughed Aegeon. "Just follow the flow of the music, one fin at a time."
"That's easier said than done", grunted Percy with a glare. "Urgh. This is hard."
"You're doing fine", assured Aegeon gently.
"You're charming", hummed Percy amused, looking up at the taller merman.
"I do try my best", smirked Aegeon with a teasing wink.
"I have a boyfriend", stated Percy. "Just... Dad told me you and the other two princes mainly tagged along because I'm an unmated submissive prince and you are unmated dominant princes and someone did the maths. So, just, letting you know that I'd like to get to know you, make friends, learn more about this world, hang out. But I'm not single, just because I'm unmated."
"Fair enough", hummed Aegeon, resting one hand on Percy's cheek. "It figures such a beauty doesn't stay alone for long. But dating is not mating. And a bit competition is... healthy."
Percy sub-consciously grasped the pendant around his neck. The carved disk from the deer's antler, with the bat and cat engraved on it. The first courting gift he had gotten from Nico.
"Dating is not mating, but courting is close enough", pointed Percy out.
"Did you know you could be courted by multiple people? Without a commitment?", stated Aegeon.
Percy hummed at that and shook his head. "I... feel a little dizzy. This dancing is weird. If you'd excuse me... I think I'll... go and rest for a little while."
"Very well, my prince", nodded Aegeon, bowing for Percy.
Percy sighed softly as he made his way out of the ball-room and back toward his room. It had been a loud and exhausting day and now having this prince blatantly state that he wanted to court Percy? Just because Percy was a prince? Honestly, he could feel the headache building behind his eyes. Once in his room, he threw himself onto his bed. Blinking slowly, looked at the shell-phone on his nightstand. Rolling onto his back, Percy grabbed the phone and looked at it. Interface was pretty standard, just more shell-themed. And it was pretty easy to spot that he had a text from Nico. Apparently, his siblings had already programmed the most important numbers in – their own and Nico's. Snorting softly, Percy read the text. Miss you. Love you. Hope you have fun. Sighing, Percy decided to call Nico. It took not very long for the video-call to connect and a grumpy Nico appearing on the screen. Nico's face instantly brightened when he saw Percy.
"Gattino. You... wow. You look beautiful", whispered Nico and blinked. "Sorry. You woke me"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't even think about... are there time-zones in the ocean...?", frowned Percy. "I just... wanted to talk to you. I missed you too. How's your family trip so far?"
"Exhausting. As you might be able to figure out by the look on my face", grunted Nico and yawned. "Calypso and Bianca are being a pain. As expected. Ethan keeps sexting with Alabaster, which, urgh. I accidentally glanced at the screen and saw pictures of parts of Al I never wanted to see."
Percy laughed loudly at that, rolling onto his side and getting more comfortable. "But you're still enjoying it because you love your family. I'm having fun too, you know. It's pretty... gorgeous down here. And I ate merpeople food for the first time and it's like the best thing ever."
"It figures you'd say that while a merboy, amore", chuckled Nico fondly, also settling. "Tell me everything about Atlantis and the palace and how much you like it."
Percy grinned pleased and did just that, fawning about everything Tyson had shown him today, enjoying how attentively Nico listened to him. Oh, he loved that vampire so much.
/break\
Percy was humming softly as he sat on a coral reef just outside the palace. He was feeding hippocampi – who, by the way, the most adorable things Percy had ever seen. Behind him was his sister-in-law, Psamatheia. She was humming too, a bit off-key copying what Percy was humming, as she was braiding Percy's hair. Enalos and Benthesikyme sat curled together not far off, Briareos and Kymopoleia keeping a bit more distance and being a bit more hands-on. Proteus, while continuously turning to look lovingly at Psamatheia, was engaged in some kind of underwater-chess with Triton and Rhode. By the looks of it, Rhode was winning. The only sibling missing was Tyson, who was way too excited to join the boring siblings he got to see everyday – no, he had to tell grandma Doris and grandpa Nereus all the things that he had done in the past year.
"Why aren't the two of you living together?", blurted Percy out after a while.
"What?", asked Psamatheia surprised.
"You and Proteus. You're married. Not just... dating like those four", grunted Percy, vaguely motioning at Enalos and Benthesikyme as well as Briareos and Kymopoleia. "You're married. But Proteus is living on land, with his parents, and you're... down here."
"Oh", laughed Psamatheia.
And she laughed loudly and freely, wrapping her arms around him and hugging him when he just stared blankly at her. "You're precious. You really don't know? Truly not...?"
"I mean. You guys explained why you aren't on the surface. Not liking the whole walking on legs thing and thus only rarely and for special occasions visiting. And I get that. Being a mermaid and having your tail and this entire city and world, but... like... why did you leave the sea behind, Proteus? If your wife didn't", asked Percy with a frown.
"...He really doesn't know", muttered Enalos surprised and blinked.
"Ungrateful brat", snorted Briareos and shook his head.
"What...? What did I do?", asked Percy confused and mildly offended.
"You were born, Percy", supplied Rhode kindly and smiled at him.
"...What?", grunted Percy, now even more confused than before.
"Look at us. We are millennia old. All of us. Did you truly think we all crammed into one house on the surface to live with our parents because it was fun?", snorted Triton amused.
"You did", argued Benthesikyme unimpressed. "Because of Thanatos."
Triton sighed and rolled his eyes. "Well, yes. I lived on the surface with our parents before. But then you were born. Our new little sibling. You were... only human. Human lives are so fleeting. Over in only the blink of an eye for us immortals."
"There was no way we could miss our baby brother's life by staying at the palace", stated Kym.
"So we came. But we are... inexperienced in the world of the surface dwellers", admitted Proteus, scratching his chin. "And thus, we decided it was more practical to live with our parents. Not to mention, technically we do that down here too. Just... in larger dimensions."
"Wait. So... all of you left... the sea – and your partners – behind for me?", asked Percy surprised.
"It was an easy choice. When father introduced you to us. Chubby-cheeked tiny, squishable human with the brightest smile I have ever seen and those large, green eyes", replied Benthesikyme fondly. "You were easily the cutest thing I had seen in my life. And I knew your life would be over... far too soon and I didn't want to miss it. The ocean had always been there and it would always be there and my immortal boyfriend would also still be there, even when you... would have died old and gray."
"There was no choice to make, Perseus", assured Proteus with a smile.
"And I accepted that", added Psamatheia with an equally gentle smile. "Time is different for us immortals. You will learn that too. But Proteus having been gone for the past sixteen years? It hardly feels like much time for me. More... like this vacation must feel to you. It's the same for me. He is gone on a brief vacation and he will be back at one point. We love and trust each other, we do not need to be together every hour of every day. And someone has to take care of the throne and the royal affairs while the royal family is on the surface."
"So... all of you are in New York... because of me?", asked Percy very softly.
"Of course", chuckled Rhode and reached out to caress his cheek. "You're our precious baby brother and we thought we would only have a few fleeting decades with you. We could not waste them."
Biting his lower lip, Percy pushed off and tackled er in a hug, soon joined by their other siblings. Honestly, he had been wondering that for years now. Why all those college student kids were still living at home. Not to mention, he had never really been able to pinpoint what they were doing. They kept switching majors, like they were just doing it for fun. Which they were, apparently. And it got even more confusing when he had learned that his siblings were actually millennia old, even more so when he learned they were dating/married. Now all of this looked quite different.
"Wait. But... I'm... immortal now?", piped Percy up, looking at his siblings. "Does... that mean you guys are going to... stay here...? After the vacation?"
"Brother, just because you're immortal now... you still only have this one childhood", pointed Benthesikyme out, one eyebrow raised. "You'll stop aging around twenty. But you'll only be going to high school once – hopefully – and we'll only get to accompany through that once. We already missed so much of your childhood by having to keep secrets and driving a wedge between us. We're not going to miss out on your high school competition and the school play and your prom and graduation. We've been in New York for sixteen years now, we can stay two more years."
"...My prom?", echoed Percy skeptically.
"Oh yeah. I'm going to chaperon", grunted Triton with a serious glare. "Because someone has to make sure di Angelo keeps his greedy paws where I can see them."
Percy blushed and glared, but he stayed quiet at the mention of his boyfriend. Honestly, he still hadn't quite digested the way him and Nico had parted. Nico now knowing about his... habit. Promising not to tell, but... Nico had a habit of being a bit too invested and trying to help Percy by telling others about his problems and thus putting Percy into situations he didn't want...
Author's note: Some family bonding! And because someone asked why Proteus and the others were all living at home. I thought that one was obvious, but if not, I figured I should point it out more explicitely. ;)
Next chapter's gonna be fun! Percy gets abducted! ^o^v
