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Title: Pick-Me-Up – Phoe's Tumblr Drabbles

Fandom: Percy Jackson and the Olympians / Heroes of Olympus

Disclaimer: All rights reserved to Rick Riordan. 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.

Tags: m/m, fluff, established relationship

Main Pairing: Nico/Percy

Percy Jackson Characters: Perseus Jackson, Nico di Angelo, Grover Underwood, Jason Grace

Summary: Prompt: Nicercy + lifting someone up out of excitement

The first time it happened was after couples game-night and it left Percy baffled.

Pick-Me-Up

Phoe's Tumblr Drabbles

The first time it happened was during couples game night – a monthly enforced night of relaxation. Though Percy wasn't entirely sure how well 'enforced' and 'relaxation' went together, but that was Annabeth; everything was planned through, including relaxation. So once a month, the couples would gather at the praetors' house and play games.

Jason and Reyna were usually the frightening power couple that needed to be beat somehow. And Juniper and Grover had their whole own language too, they were impossible to beat at charades.

Tonight though – tonight Nico and Percy wiped the floor with their friends. It was their first-ever victory as a couple. They rarely lost to come in last place, but so far the closest they had come to winning had been second place. But that night, playing Mythomagic, they won.

"Ye—es! I knew you would get the hang of this!" Nico sounded so excited.

And the next moment, Percy found himself wrapped up in his boyfriend and... picked off the ground. At first he was still to euphoric from their victory to really notice, but then, as he was being whirled around, he noticed that his feet weren't touching the ground anymore. Percy blinked doe-eyed as he was being put down again, his hands slowly gliding off Nico's neck.

"Did you just... Did you just pick me up?" asked Percy startled.

"I. Uh. Huh. I guess I did?" confirmed Nico, looking as surprised.

"Don't look that surprised, you've been training hard!" called Jason out, sounding proud.

"Pe—ercy. Are you blushing? Are you blushing, Percy?" asked Grover teasingly, elbowing Percy. "Aw, don't tell me you feel swept off your feet by your Prince Charming."

Percy glared at his best friend, his cheeks heating up a bit more. Okay so perhaps his boyfriend had filled out a lot over the past few years since the Giant War, he'd been training hard. But Percy hadn't figured that Nico would just be able to pick him up like that.

"What?" Nico whispered softly, teasingly, into his ear. "I gotta train if I want to carry you over the threshold when we get married, you know?"

Well, now Percy's face matched Rachel's hair, so he poked Nico's chest. Okay so perhaps they had been talking about maybe marriage and had kind of eyed rings, but it was all talk of the far-off potential future. Now this, this painted a more concrete picture. Percy let his hands slip from Nico's shoulders and over his arms, decidedly feeling his boyfriend's biceps.

"I think you'll have to train a little more if you wanna actually carry me," teased Percy.

Nico huffed and leaned in to kiss his earlobe. "Challenge accepted, amore."

~*~ The End ~*~

Author's note: So I took prompts on my tumblr yesterday to write a bunch of drabbles (come visit me at takaraphoenix)!