A/N: Hey guys! I'm back! A little early this time, I'm messing with upload times :P but anyway, hope you like it!
Annabeth Chase has a lot of fears yet the monsters she faces are not her own. She fights for others, for friends, and family, for the world.
She's brave and courageous and a hero in the heart of many except herself because she never wins her battles. She doesn't even show up.
Maybe that's what holds her back. From going out there to that dream home that she want to build for herself, from saying hi to the cute stranger, from anything she really, really wants to do.
And maybe that's why she hates him. When he enters her life in the form of a neighbor that just won't mind his own business.
Because he catches her off guard with a smile or makes her lips twitch at a pun or eyes roll fondly at the complaints about 203's constantly barking dog.
Because he makes her scared.
Scared from the fears that she refuses to face, scared because she knows they're holding her back from living her life and for the first time she really really wants to live it.
He makes her want to face them and that scares her even more. She's not ready to fight her battles, she's missed every practice, she doesn't know how.
She gets why others call her a hero when he shows up to help her flight her monsters. She resisted at first, it was her struggle, her problems, she's deal with them herself.
But he gently pries her defiance away and steps up right beside her.
It's a long process, it's scary and it hurts and there are days she can't look at it. But he's there those days and they work through it.
And finally, she comes out the other end. Not perfect, not without fear, but with the strength to face it. She's stopped holding back. She says hi to the cute neighbor turned friend and gets a kiss. She moves to that dream home.
She builds her own future with the knowledge that fear will always exist, but she will be able to face it.
A/N: So what did you think? Did you guys like it? I feel like this is another important thing that we all at some point have avoided, facing our fears, letting go of the past, anything along those lines that prevents us from moving forward, from making the most of now.
And it's a hard thing to do, especially on your own, but you're not alone. For Annabeth it was Percy, for you it can be anyone, a friend, family member, significant other, therapist, anyone, as long as you're willing to try and battle it. And you'll come out of it for the better.
That said, if anyone wants to talk to me, my PMs are open!
So Please Review! I'd love to hear your thoughts! And as always, thanks for reading!
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