Will was a good guy, an upstanding citizen, who rarely did anything wrong. Breaking rules were more of Nico's thing. But there was one thing he did that could possibly be seen as potentially stealing from his boyfriend.
He wasn't quite sure when or why he'd started doing it. Will always thought it was odd that Nico had giant jackets considering his small frame. And the son of Hades had tons of jackets, none of which fit him very well.
So….Will took one. It wasn't really his fault. Nico just left them all over his room and even left one or two in the Apollo cabin. Which is how Will acquired the first of Nico's jackets for his own use.
He never wore them around the Italian boy, mostly because he didn't want to give them back. Not just because they fit Will better than his boyfriend, although that was part of the reason. They helped comfort the son of Apollo whenever Nico was at Camp Jupiter, in the Underworld, or something like that.
There had been some close calls where Nico almost caught Will, but each and every time he managed to shove his everchanging number of jackets in his wooden chest or under his bed before Nico spotted them.
When Nico found out, it was because Will wanted to be a caring and generous boyfriend. Ironic, isn't it?
Nico had taken Will on a date in the city, both of them taking backpacks because they were going to be staying the night at a hotel before returning to camp.
"Can we go to some antique shops?" Will asked. That's right. Will Solace liked antique stores. Mostly because he enjoyed finding anything even remotely Greek just because he knew the story behind it. Nico rolled his eyes but smiled endearingly as he let his blonde boyfriend drag him from shop to shop.
As the day went on, Will noticed it was getting colder and colder. And for once, Nico didn't have a jacket on. Not even his signature aviator jacket that went "missing" a couple of months ago.
Will felt especially guilty about that. But it was so adorable on Nico and the boy had left it in Apollo's cabin so he was just asking for Will to snatch it up and wear it whenever Nico was away.
Most of his and Nico's friends had noticed this, though Will was sure they either thought Nico had lent it to him (if Piper and Hazel's squealing was any indication) or just didn't want to say anything (if Percy and Jason's shared looks were any indication).
Nico had been upset at first before he just shrugged and said that it would turn up eventually.
Back to the present. Nico was shaking a little and kept blowing air on his hands and rubbing them together. Clearly, he was cold. As Will wore his own jacket, something he hardly ever did, the cold wasn't really bothering him.
He would've shared his warmth and grabbed his boyfriend's hand if it weren't for the fact that Nico was still getting used to PDA outside of Camp Half-Blood. So, without thinking, he stopped and took his backpack off. Will unzipped the bag and pulled out the spare jacket he had brought, not realizing he had packed the aviator jacket and handed it to Nico.
After shrugging it on, the pale demigod took a good look at the jacket Will had given him. "I lost this two months ago! Why do you have it, Will?!"
Will smiled sheepishly and a faint blush could be seen on his face. "When you're away, I like to wear it because….because it reminds me of you."
Nico didn't say anything. There was really nothing he could say to that. So instead he entwined his hand with Will and kept walking. Will smiled and squealed inwardly. Besides the hand-holding, there was one other good thing that came out of this event.
Nico never found out about all the other "missing" jackets Will had.
AN: I loved this headcanon prompt I found so I had to do it. The prompt goes like this:
Will takes Nico's jacket all the time because of how big they always are. One day they're on a date or something and Nico gets cold and Will hands Nico the jacket he's wearing (which is Nico's). Nico gets upset because he lost that jacket two months ago and "why do you have it, Will?!"
Hope I did it justice! One more chapter to go!
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