Hey there! It's Ajluv! Jason/Piper coming up next, I swear. But that chapter is going to be long, so I wanted to get this short snippet out of the way.
Life as a nature spirit was simple. You lived in harmony with the earth (when it wasn't plotting to kill you) and lived a good life until the day of your peaceful demise where you restarted your life in nature.
Another thing about life as part of nature was time. You had a lot of it.
Grover treated the first few months of his relationship like the first week. It took six months to become official and Juniper didn't feel the need to tell Ash and Birch, her best friends, about Grover until the fifth date. With so much time, there was no reason to rush.
Their first I-Love-You came maybe a few days after Percy and Annabeth's wedding. They were in a romantic mood, despite Grover's broken arm from the monster attack that had interrupted the cake.
They were relaxing underneath Juniper's tree when she had spontaneously taken out the small knife that she had taken to carrying around after one Hydra too many had come close to her life source.
With a wink at a curious Grover, she had slowly carved through the brown bark she was so proud of.
The resounding heart with two initials and a plus sign, caused a small tingle to burn gently on her arm.
Grover nodded when he saw it, a look of contentment on his face. He was happy. There was no need for words.
With so much time, permanence was something that you didn't see often so it was reassuring in a way to see that small, but forever lasting token of love.
Shoutouts! Yeah!
The First Marauderette- *smiles gleefully wearing noise canceling headphones* Thank you! I'll get around to soon, but first, tonight's a posting night.
Peace! Request, request!