Title: I'm Back

Description: Percy comes home and Sally gives him a lot more than just a hug and some blue cookies to come back to.

Sally Jackson had been watching TV when she heard it. The knock at the door. At first her heart soared and started beating a mile a minute.

Percy. Her Percy was back.

But then, she remembered it's probably just Paul. Or... Poseidon, telling her that their son is fine. She sighed as she got to her feet and shuffled towards the apartment door. Creaking it open and letting Paul inside.

He didn't ask if Percy still wasn't back, because he knew. He knew the answer to that question just from the look on her face. Sally bit her lip and accepted the hug he gave her, and then she showed him to the livingroom. Offering him some blue cookies from her recent batch.

She had been baking them everyday since Percy left. She'd started dyeing almost all of her foods blue when he had mysteriously disappeared.

She still remembered the day when she had gotten the phone call from Camp Half-Blood.

"Your son Percy Jackson has gone missing, we are doing everything we can to find him, please, do not worry."

How could someone so foolishly tell a mother not to worry about her missing child? Of course she was going to worry! She even got a few white hairs from the stress it gave her.

She wanted her baby back.

She took a sheet of finished cookies and set it on the table. She sat down in the chair and took the ovenmitts off. She held her forehead in her hands, closed her eyes, and her shoulders shook as she began to cry.

Her hair was falling out of the loose ponytail, but she didn't care. She watched as her tears fell onto the table and rolled off the edge, splotching onto her jeans. She quietly gasped for breaths and brought her hand to mouth, biting down on her knuckles.

It hurt, oh her heart hurt so terribly.

She looked over at the phone sitting on the kitchen counter and stood up. She was grasping it in her hand within seconds. She tapped the 'Listen to Save Voicemails' button and sat down in the same chair, gasping when she heard his voice.

Percy's voice. Her son's voice.

She closed her eyes and leaned back in her chair as she listened to it, again and again and again. She missed her baby so much. Where had he gone? Was he okay? What was he doing? Was he fighting any monsters? Oh, gods, what if monsters had captured him?

She let loose a sob when the voicemail beeped off and she met eyes with Paul. Her lower lip trembled and he came over, wrapped his arms around her and let her cry on his shoulder.

She had cried everyday so far. She had stopped counting days and months after he had been gone for two months. It was much too painful to keep count. It only reminded her how much she loved him, missed him, wished she could see him.

Poseidon had been so helpful. Coming to her when she had begun to stress and panic. He told her that Percy was fine, he was able to supply the full details, but knowing that their child was alive... was enough for Sally.

After her teary episode, Sally stood up and began to clean up the kitchen. It was dark out by now, and Paul decided it was time he head home. He said farewell, kissed her on the cheek, and left.

Alone, completely alone, Sally focused on cleaning. If Percy were to come home today, she didn't want him coming home to a mess. Though, the house was perfectly clean, she managed to find things to straighten up. A good distraction so she wouldn't break down again.

Someone knocked on the door, probably Paul. He always did forget his phone.

Sally trudged to the door and swung it open. "Your phone is-

She didn't finish her sentence. Her tired blue eyes met with bright seagreen eyes. Her hand darted up to her mouth and her eyes widened. Words were nonexistent in her mind, the only sounds she made were gasps and squeaks.

"..Hey, Mom... I'm back." Percy Jackson, her son, her little baby boy. Perseus Jackson.

"OH! PERCY!" Sally cried out and tackled him with a hug. She held him so tight she knew he probably couldn't breathe, so she loosened it, only a little. She buried her face in his way-too-long shaggy hair, and sobbed. Her shoulders shook as she cried out her relief.

She felt Percy shake against her and felt her sleeve warm up and dampen from his tears. He held her tight against him too and her voice cracked.

"I was so worried! I missed you and I was just... so WORRIED!" Sally cried. She pulled back and cupped his chin in her hand. Seeing tears trail down her face, a smile grew on her lips. "Silly, you're not supposed to be the one crying..." She trailed off and held his cheeks in her hands, rubbing his tears away with her thumbs. She pressed kisses to his cheeks, nose, forehead, hair, and cheeks again. Oh, she had missed him so much.

Gasping she ran into the kitchen. "I-I baked cookies! Blue chocolate chip! Your favorite! Oh, and your room is clean too. There's... mint chocolate chip icecream in the freezer, I know you love that flavor. A-and!-

"Mom..." She whirled around to look at Percy and her heart stopped when she saw the horrified look in his eyes. She walked over to him and guided him inside, shutting the door behind him and looked at him worriedly. "No, no, oh my gods. I'm so sorry. You... This is just like Luke's mom. I... you..." Percy's eyes filled with tears immediately and he latched himself onto her. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." He whispered and clutched wads of fabric from her shirt.

"It's okay, baby. Ssshh." Sally ran her fingers through his hair and patted his back, gesturing him to look up at her. When he didn't she called, "Percy, look at me, I want to see your face." He looked at her and she smiled gently. "There must be a good reason for this, sit down, tell me, and I'm sure I'll understand. You went missing! For goodness sake, you're a demigod! ANYTHING, literally, anything could have happened! You could have turned into a hamster again, or... or... oh, I don't know, but I'm sure it's insane, because that's exactly what life as a demigod is, isn't it?"

Percy laughed and she closed her eyes. She had missed the golden sound of his laugh. She had missed his smile, his laugh, his frown, she had just missed her son so much.

"Well, it's a long story." Percy rubbed the back of his neck and smiled sheepishly.

"Well, good! Because we have all night long! Friday night, and I don't have work, you don't have school, and we can snack on blue cookies and coke too!"

"Wait, you have blue coke?"

"Well, I had to welcome my baby home with a big bang didn't I?"

"Mom, I love you."

"I love you too, Percy."

I was inspired by artist flockeinc on tumblr. She made this drawing of Sally listening to the voicemail Percy had left for her and this happened. I loved writing it. I feel like we need more Sally/Percy tbh. There isn't enough of it. I was very upset when there wasn't any in BoO :/ it was a great series though. PERCY AND ANNABETH ARE ALL GROWN UP ;A;

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Until next time~ :)