Finally! Another update! CaN I gEt a wAhoO?

Major shoutout to user SoVeryTired, for engaging in an awesome rabbit-hole drabble with me in the comments. xD

But seriously, thank you! I have a lot of ideas that I can't wait to use, as well as an actual idea for some sort of plot lol.

Anyways, there will probably be somewhere between 10-20 chapters of this fic, but I will officially decide later on. For now, hope you like this update haha.

This story is also posted on Ao3 under the same username.

Enjoy! :)

- alltheglowingeyes

Nico sat in the shade, absentmindedly cleaning his sword as he watched campers go about their business. He had about an hour before he had to teach his swordsmanship classes, so he decided to relax in the cooling shade of a tree before having to deal with screaming, hyperactive tweens for another hour.

His peace was disturbed when he realized that there was someone standing in front of him. Looking up from his sword, he saw Piper and Lou Ellen staring down at him. Nico frowned at the two girls, already wary of their potential intentions. He had forgotten their weird secret society activities that Will and him had been subjected to.

"What do you guys want?" he scowled as he tucked away the rag he was using to clean his sword.

Lou Ellen looked quite panicked, disregarding Nico's obvious caution at the two demigods. "There's a situation in the infirmary. Can you come help out?"

Nico immediately dropped his defenses, standing up and sheathing his sword, "What do you mean situation? Is Will ok?"

Neither of the girls answered for a second. Upon catching Nico's glare however, Piper said, "I think you should come and check it out yourself."

Before Nico could continue drilling the girls for information, they started sprinting back to infirmary. Nico scowled, but nonetheless followed them.

As they arrived at the infirmary, bursting through the door, Nico was a little put off. There was no lurking presence of death, which was a good sign, but there was also a lack of other people in the area. He followed the girls to the back of the infirmary, near the supply closets. There was still no one else around it seemed.

Nico turned to the girls, frowning, "What in my father's name is-".

He was cut off as both girls shoved him backwards, catching him off guard. He stumbled backwards, straight into an open supply closet (was it even open at first?). Before he could say anything, the door slammed shut, and he heard multiple voices outside as well as the scraping of furniture. Nico scowled, standing up and ramming into the door with his shoulder.

"Let me out, you fucking dicks! I will not hesitate," he warned, shouting a steady stream of curses for a few more seconds before he felt a hand on his other shoulder.

Nico spun around, eyes blazing angrily as he was ready to break the person's wrist. However, he calmed down a little as he peered into the sky blue eyes staring back at him.

"Will?" he said, frowning slightly. Confusion overtook his anger as he ignored the raucous uproar outside the closet.

Will gave him a flustered wave, grinning sheepishly. "Hey, Death Boy. So… This is fun."

Nico narrowed his eyes at his boyfriend. "What the hell are we doing here, Solace? Is this some stupid prank? I only came here because Lou and Piper made it sound like you were in trouble, and if I find out that this is just some stunt you're pulling-"

"No, no, no," Will said as he chewed his bottom lip. "I didn't tell them to get you. In fact, I have no idea why we are in here. Or at least, I had no idea until I heard the idiots talking."

Will huffed, sliding down to the ground and leaning his back against the wall of the closet. Nico followed in suit, waiting for some sort of explanation.

"Apparently, our revenge on our friends' creepy club about shipping us or whatever wasn't enough to scare them off. This is supposed to be like the usual cute couple-in-the-closet thing, I guess. But anyways, I tried to get out; no dice. And, of course, there's no fucking lights or anything. I mean, the one closet they choose is the one with a broken light system," Will sighed in defeat, placing his head in his hands. "If I die in here, will your father let me haunt them for a bit?"

Nico rolled his eyes, standing up and pulling his boyfriend up with him. "We aren't going to die. I'll just shadow-travel us out of here."

Will's eyes widened, ready to protest as Nico concentrated on the shadows. The two were enveloped in darkness for a solid three seconds before being spit right back out into their same location in the closet.

Nico frowned, confused. "Well, that's not good," he mumbled, before stumbling to the ground, a wave of dizziness hitting him hard. Immediately, Will cursed, grabbing a gatorade bottle (at least the closet had that much) and forcing Nico to drink some as he supported his head up.

A few minutes of fussing later, Nico sat up straight, finishing off the rest of his gatorade. Will, on the other hand, was scrutinizing the locked door, trying to figure out how to get out.

Nico glared at the door. "This is bullshit. Why didn't that work?"

Will sighed, moving back over to Nico as he gave up on opening the door. "Lou probably did some wacky enchantment on the closet. I guess we have to wait to get out."

Nico groaned, tipping his head back. "No."

"No? You can't just say no, di Angelo. Accept it, we can't get out of here," Will huffed.

Nico felt sick to his stomach. He didn't want to be in here. It was dark and small, and after his experience in the jar, well…

They had to get out of here.

Nico scanned the closet, searching for something, anything, to escape the hellscape that was the enchanted supply closet. Suddenly, he noticed something on one of the higher shelves.

"Will," he hissed, poking his boyfriend's arm. "Can you get me something?"

The son of Apollo rolled his eyes. "Sorry, I'm a bit stuck right now. Maybe we can ask Percy or Cecil to slip us a toothbrush or something, right?"

Nico scowled, flicking the older boy's ear. The last thing he needed was a moody son of Apollo's sarcasm. He stood up, forcing Will up with him as he pointed to the object on the top shelf, "Can you get me that?"

Will frowned, seeming to understand what Nico was planning to do. "Nico, please don't break the closet. It'll be on my head if you cause any property damage."

Nico huffed, making his best impression of a pouty face and doing grabby hands at the item. The corners of Will's lips turned up as he finally obliged, grabbing and handing the object off to Nico.

Nico gave a rare grin, knowing he looked slightly maniacal as he kicked at the door. "Hey losers! Open the door, before I knock it down."

He heard snickering outside. Then, a very distinct voice that could only belong to Percy Jackson spoke up, "No offense, Nico, but I highly doubt you can do that. Lou's got more enchantments than any of us could count, along with a special failsafe."

Nico snorted. "You can't count anyways, so that's not a very inspiring statement. And I actually can. You guys should have checked the closet before locking us in. Now, let us out before I knock the door down with a fucking hammer."

Silence. Then an uproar started outside, panicked chatter amongst the group as Will and Nico were doing their best to not laugh. They heard snippets of the conversation outside.

"Why the hell is there a hammer in there?"

"Don't look at me! Austin was the one who borrowed the thing. He was supposed to return it to Nyssa."

"That's what you get for being lazy. Now we're all doomed."

"This was a terrible idea, anyways! Like, even if they didn't break out, the moment we let them out is the moment that we get a bounty placed on our head."

"Ok everyone shut up!" Lou Ellen shouted. Then, lowering her voice, she spoke to their captives. "If you guys break down the door, you'll kill the children."

Will rolled his eyes, "You guys deserve it, you assholes."

Lou Ellen made a tsk tsk sound. "No! The fetus children! Our failsafe is having the younger campers pile in front of the door. So unless you want to kill them all, well… Have fun!"

Before either boy could respond, the sound of footsteps running away came from outside the closet. Then, after a few seconds of silence, a timid voice spoke up. "Can we go back now? I'm bored."

Nico frowned, still confused, but Will's eyes widened. "Aiden? Buddy, is that you?"

The voice hummed in agreement. "Hi Will! What's going on?"

Will stepped towards the door, speaking urgently but softly, "Aiden, my favorite brother. You mind letting us out, kiddo? Please?"

Aiden huffed. "I can't! Kayla said I have to stay here or I get kitchen duty next week. I don't like dishes. Also, Lou Ellen promised us some Hershey's."

Will sighed, running a hand through his hair. "As head counselor, if you let us out I'll take you out of the kitchen duty cycle for the next three years. My words trump Kayla's. Also, what do you mean by 'us'? I mean, how many of you guys are there?"

There was silence, as if Aiden was thinking. Then he answered, "Uh, twelve? Harley left already, something about getting more stickers for his blowtorch."

Will cursed, turning to Nico. "We have to get out of here. I need those stickers for the other kids! The last time I ran out, there was a literal riot. But we can't hurt the younger campers."

Nico frowned. "Wanna bet? Give me five minutes with the hammer."

Will glared at his boyfriend. "Nico, no. We just need to top Lou Ellen's deal. That;s how little kids work."

"Oh," was all Nico said before stepping forward. Will eyed the hammer warily, ready to stop his boyfriend from committing manslaughter, but instead Nico called out, "Hey! If you guys let us out, I'll summon some skeletons for you guys. Maybe even get you some McDonalds?"

Silence settled outside once more. Then a little girl's voice perked up, "Subway? I don't like McDonalds."

Nico made a face, but nonetheless hummed in agreement. "Whatever you guys want. But you guys have to get us out in one minute, or no deal."

Immediately, little footsteps started moving around, along with much noise as the path to the door was being cleared. Sure enough, in under a minute the door swung open, revealing twelve pairs of large eyes staring at the couple.

The two stepped out as Will ordered the kids on where to go. Nico, on the other hand, balanced the hammer in his hand, ready to hunt down their captors. As soon as the kids ran off, Nico started towards the door. Will frowned, holding his boyfriend's hand.

"Neeks…"

"Will, I appreciate you as my significant annoyance, but you can't stop me right now. They need to stop, and if it takes me bashing in their skulls with this hammer to help them understand that this club is stupid, so be it."

Will opened his mouth, then paused to think. He finally spoke up after a few seconds of silence. "No murder or anything fatal that I will have to heal. And go easier on Kayla and Austin. I don't want to have to cover their shifts."

Nico smirked, giving Will a peck on the cheek, "Thanks, Sunshine," he said before hurrying to the door. Both boys faced away from each other as they split up, hiding the matching blushes growing on their faces from a simple show of affection like that.

Meanwhile, hanging from one of the wooden beams in the infirmary, Lou Ellen grinned at the little display of affection. After all, how could the S.S.S.S. ever dissolve if the two idiots were so lovesick all the time?

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