Epilogue

Almost 1 year later

The campers were spread across the beach, murmuring to each other, waiting for something. They were stretched across beach towels laid across the sand, huddled in excited groups.

All the demigods gathered by the water, both Greek and Roman, loved the fireworks. Leo and Nyssa never ceased to amaze them with their creativity, and the show-goers eagerly awaited the disappearance of the last rays of sunshine.

Percy turned to the man next to him carefully so as to not jostle Annabeth's head on his shoulder, whispering something and making the other man laugh.

Nico felt Damen's laugh vibrate through his body from where his own head rested on his shoulder, mirroring Annabeth and Percy. The excitement coursed through him both from the anticipation for the fireworks he greatly enjoyed and for the feeling of complete happiness that he was still unaccustomed to and the greater sense of belonging than he had ever felt before in his life.

While they naturally had their inevitable bad days, Nico was still pleasantly surprised that most of his days for the past years held equal amounts of contentment and calm.

Damen was not quite easy to get used to. The man could go from cracking wildly inappropriate jokes to complete seriousness in less than a second. Nico never knew how he would react to a new situation, or even situations they had faced before as Damen never could get a handle on the chaos that still seemed to dictate his life. But this chaos seemed different somehow. While his life used to feel like getting sick on a roller coaster, now it felt like coming home to a cozy but messy home.

Most of the other campers had readily accepted Damen. A few were cautious of the strange man, but after the meeting with Chiron and his acceptance into the camp, Damen was just another half-blood. The oldest in the camp, yes. The brightest and glitteriest, of course. But anyone who had a problem with it kept their mouths shut.

As was now standard protocol at camp, a new cabin was built a few months after Damen's acceptance, a cabin to Eris. Annabeth included Damen's wacky wardrobe and intense personality into the design, using warring colors, white and black, silver and gold, red and green, and the cabin seemed utter chaos. A depiction of a golden apple graced the front. In short, it was perfect.

While Nico's life still was not completely fixed, they all knew it never would or could be, it was an amazing improvement that Nico found it difficult to complain about.

After dating, Nico unfortunately still had to fight not to cringe at the implications of the word, for six months, Damen showed Nico how he was able to move from place to place so quickly. Even Damen did not entirely understand it, but he attempted to explain how he was able to manipulate the order of space and time for a few moments. It wasn't nearly as powerful or effective as shadow travel. He had yet to move forward or backward in time, and he could only move a few miles at a time, resulting in bunny hops across long did, however, have more practice in doing so, making it easier for Damen to move them place to place than Nico.

For their sixth month-iversary, Damen had been able to sneak them to New York, where he bought Nico a necklace: a silver skull and crossbones pendant on a dark cord. Despite its cheesiness, Nico never took it off. In return, he bought Damen a multi-colored leather bracelet with an attachable metal pendant of an ancient symbol for chaos that resembled a sun with arrowed rays emitting from all sides.

That night, walking through Central Park holding hands, Nico told Damen that he loved him.

Now they were trying to decide how to celebrate their one year anniversary. Despite them denying it anytime Nico asked, he was entirely sure that Annabeth, Piper, and Hazel were planning them a surprise party.

Suddenly, a bright orange light exploded across the sky. Nico gasped and snuggled his body further into Damen's so that he could raise his head slightly.

He felt Damen's lips press into his hair lightly, before letting his head rest lightly against Nico's. Their fingers found each other and they both relaxed, watching the display that mirrored the happiness they felt together.

A/N: Tried mi best with a cute, fluffy ending. Sorry it took so long. We are on fall break, so I've been really busy, had to make a six hour drive up to mi hometown and spending time with all mi family and friends. Hope you enjoyed. Will definitely start uploading the new story before the end of October.