Nico slowly opened his eyes, rubbing them slightly as if awakening from a dream. He turned back to Percy, whom he was sitting next to under a tall oak tree. Percy was telling Nico about his day, his sea-green eyes crinkling as he smiled at the younger boy next to him.
He hadn't really been paying attention, but he noticed as Percy's monologue had tapered off and his eyes were focused on him. He watched, unable to breathe, as Percy reached out a hand to him, and smoothed a stray lock of hair from his face.
Nico felt the heat flood to his cheeks and shyly looked down at his shoes. But Percy moved his fingers to Nico's chin to redirect his eyes to his own.
They stared into each other's eyes for a moment before Percy's flicked down to Nico's lips. Nico gasped when the lighter-haired boy leaned closer.
"Is this okay?" He heard Percy whisper.
Nico's mouth opened, but no words came out. He tried again, but eventually just nodded.
Looking into Nico's eyes one last time, Percy closed the distance between their lips.
Nico's belly erupted into a swarm of butterflies as the heat of Percy's lips descended onto his own. A scorching hot path was formed across Nico's face as Percy's hand traveled down to his neck to pull the son of Hades closer.
A whine of disappointment was quickly muffled as Percy drew back. His eyes had fallen closed during the kiss, but he opened them again and was… confused.
No longer was he sitting in front of the son of Poseidon. Instead, Nico saw before him a man wearing bright, multicolored clothes.
"Damen?"
The son of Eris merely flashed Nico a smile before leaning in to connect their lips once again.
This time, it was not a swarm of butterflies, but a deep, slightly uncomfortable heat blossoming. Like lava oozing across his body or lit fireworks slowly preparing to explode. It was unlike anything Nico had ever felt in his life.
When Damen released his lips from where they had been captured in tingling fire, Nico's head spun and he grasped Damen's knee to attempt to keep his balance.
"Wha…what?"
"I'll protect you Nico," Damen whispered, pressing his lips to Nico's ear. "I'll keep you safe from my mother. And you can finally be happy."
Large arms encompassed Nico's body, and he folded himself into Damen's arms. Finally, for the first time in years, he felt peace.
A/N: I feel like this was way too short, but it made so much more sense to cut it off here. So I will just apologize profusely. I would promise an earlier update, but I plan on being busy as crap this week as well. But I hope you enjoyed mi attempt at fluff, and that you eagerly await Nico's reaction in the next chapter ;)