There's a girl, who pushes her emotions aside. There's a boy that's secretly broken inside. And maybe, just maybe, there's a tiny bit of hope, that together, they can help each other cope. Rated T plus.

Astoria Greengrass had never wanted the life she had. She didn't want an arranged marriage, or a Pureblood fanatical husband. She was waiting for true love. But when her mother arranged a marriage for her, to one of the worst possible options, she has to go through with it, to save her father's fortune.

Percy's a grad student just trying to do some research on marine life when he ends up being a TA under a certain Dr. Annabeth Chase. Percy thinks she's stuck up and frustrating and witty and charming and beautiful- No, wait, he absolutely does not like her. Doesn't he?