A/N: Alright. This is Jason's. I know you guys want to see Leo, but he will be in a few days because I seriously cannot come up with anything for him right now, but I WILL get to him.

This is really short, and originally, it was supposed to be way longer, but I just couldn't make myself finish it out because it turned out the way I wanted it to this early. So sorry, lol.

I have always thought that this fandom (me included) focus so much on how Tartarus is going to affect Percy and Annabeth, we forget that the others have to be affected too. This one-shot really focuses a lot on that.

If I get some extra time in the near future, I could possibly expand this into it's own one-shot, so watch for that.

Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

Jason's fingers tightened around Piper's.

Up ahead, he could see swords and spears held high, shields locking in place, defense lines forming against each other.

Right now, Jason could barely keep his eyes open. He fought the entire time at Epirus to try and get the Doors of Death closed. After they had been closed (special thanks to Nico) and they had Percy and Annabeth back on board the Argo II, Jason told Leo to set course straight for Camp Half-Blood and then go get some rest. Jason had taken point right up until they were finally over Long Island Sound, and he was exhausted.

While they were fighting, Jason had been close to losing Piper. She had been turned around, fighting and charmspeaking a group of monsters at the same time, and she didn't see the hell hound that had come up behind her. Thank gods that Frank had been close enough to dive down in between them and take care of it before it hurt her.

Jason still hadn't stopped shaking from it.

On this quest, he had come to realize his feelings for her. Sure, they had been dating since they got back from that first quest, but Jason had really been doing it just because he didn't want to make her upset. Somewhere along the way, he had fallen in love with her.

There. He thought it. He loved Piper.

He couldn't imagine having to live without her. He simply couldn't function without her in his life. He couldn't.

Maybe at one time, back before any of this ever started, he had liked Reyna. Maybe he had thought that they could have been together. Things with Reyna would have been fine. But it would have only been fine. It wouldn't have ever been oh-this-is-so-freaking-perfect like things were with Piper.

Maybe in a perfect world, without war and loss, things could have gotten close to perfect with Reyna. Maybe he could have been happy staying in New Rome and growing up and having a family and life with her.

But he knew it wouldn't ever work out between them now that he had met Piper. He wouldn't ever be able to walk away from her. Gods forbid if she wanted to be with someone else because Jason wouldn't ever be able to let her go.

"Jason!" Leo yelled to him, breaking him out of his complicated thoughts. "They're about to start fighting! What do you want me to do?"

Jason thought for a second. He needed to get them to stop fighting before they even started. They couldn't fight with each other. The whole thing was way too messed up for demigods to be killing each other.

"Set us down directly in the middle of their two offensive lines. Plow right through them if you have to. We have to stop them before they start." Jason said.

Piper didn't say anything to him. She just squeezed his fingers.

She had been beside him as much as she could in the last few hours, but she had been helping Hazel down in sickbay with Percy and Annabeth. Jason needed Piper to stay beside him, but he knew that Percy and Annabeth had needed her a little more than he had.

"Piper?" He said suddenly. They were within a few seconds of being on the ground.

"Yeah?" She asked.

"Don't let go of me." He warned, squeezing her hand again.

She looked him straight in the eye. "Never."

A/N: Let me know what you're thinking and if you have any suggestions! I love some reviews!

-SomethingMoreCreative