Disclaimer: I don't own any of Rick Riordan's works.

Warning: slash (no, really?), unintentionally self-destructive habits...

Enjoy!


"Hey, Neeks." Will greeted his boyfriend with a tired smile, trying to hold in a yawn.

The Son of Hades raised an eyebrow, taking stock of his boyfriend's appearance.

Messier hair than usual, wrinkled clothing (with more than a little blood), shadows under his eyes…

Nico sighed. "I thought I was the one who was supposed to look like the walking dead."

One of Will's younger sisters spoke up, overhearing him. "We've tried telling him to go get some rest, or at least take a break, but we can't force him because he's technically in charge."

She didn't sound happy about that, and Nico could see the barely hidden worry in her eyes.

"Right. Why am I not surprised?" Nico muttered.

The girl blinked up at him, and her eyes widened as he waved a hand in front of Will's face. A moment later her older brother's eyes rolled into the back of his head as he collapsed like a puppet after having its strings cut.

Oh yeah.

The Son of Hades' powers included being able to put people to sleep.

Geez, what was it with children of the Lord of the Dead?

Hazel could control the Mist to an extent typically reserved for Hecate's kids (heck, she was better), and Nico was as practiced at hypnokinesis as any of Hypnos' kids were. And he was at that level without needing to sleep like they did.

She idly wondered if Bianca di Angelo would have had such a power, but was tactful enough not to say it out loud.

Instead, she sighed in relief as the fifteen year old dragged her brother out of the infirmary, presumably to take him back to the Apollo Cabin to force him to rest.

If anyone could 'convince' Will, it was Nico.


Nico raised an expectant eyebrow at Leo's snickering.

"So, did you sweep him off his feet or knock him out with your charm?" the Son of Hephaestus asked with an idiotic grin on his face.

The Son of Hades rolled his eyes in response, but didn't comment as he walked away, still dragging Will behind him.

Leo thought that he had gotten away with it, until…

A bony hand burst out of the earth and grabbed his ankle tightly.

Thirty feet away, Nico smirked slightly as he heard the tinkerer's shrieks.


Three days later (that amount of time was not a coincidence, thank you very much), Will appeared in the infirmary again, looking significantly healthier and much happier now that he'd had a chance to get away from the severely injured demigods in the infirmary.

And if any of his siblings noticed the new 'love bite' not quite hidden under his shirt collar, no one said anything.

As long as he didn't kill himself by working too hard, they didn't give a crap what he did with his boyfriend, as long as they didn't see it.

...Not after last time.

*shudder*

There are some things that you DO NOT want to see your sibling do, and that is one of them.


Please review!

Don't ask about the M-rated Cards Against Humanity thing I mentioned considering writing. If it happens, it happens.

Oh, and if any of you are Naruto fans, I've started a Naruto drabbles collection (kind of like this one.) There are SasuNaru and ItaNaru chapters up already, and I'm planning more. Not all chapters will have pairings, though they'll probably all be Naruto-centric.