Well...No one requested, so I pulled a couple from the handy dandy bag of couples and got Tratie! So, enjoy, review and request some couples.
"You run fast." Katie remarked, as she found Travis leaning up against a tree, in the forest.
"Eh. Apollo kids are slow." He grinned as modestly as a Stoll could get, and nudged her little red wagon with his ragged sneaker.
"What's with the wagon, Girl Scout?" Katie rolled her eyes.
"Gardening supplies is a perfectly normal thing to have in the forest. A crate of empty orange spray cans? Not so much, Travis."
He sighed, but still grinned, plopping the broken crate in her wagon, causing dust to fly, and grabbing the handle.
"Who said I was normal?" He replied, with what he probably thought was a devilish grin. It turned out more like a crooked smile.
"Stop trying to flirt, and pull that wagon Mister." Katie ordered.
"If you want protection from Will Solace and his angry basketball players, then you'll have to earn your keep."
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To is surprise, he actually enjoys planting the garden. He goes there every chance he gets. Katie does too.
Sometimes they sit together, near the cliff that overlooks a rocky beach path, watching the sunset. They've grown older, and they've learned that there were more important things in this world then the trivial matters of pranking. Besides, opposites attract.
Once they compared scars.
"This," Travis pointed to a white slash across his hand "was from helping the Hephaestus kids with weapons."
"I got this from sliding on a rocky path." Katie says, pointing at a sprinkling of white and red dots on her leg.
Once she asked him about his half brother.
He was in a good mood, and he was smiling, which Katie figured meant the perfect time to ask him something that had weighed heavily on his mind.
"Were you close to Luke?" He starts, and stares at her, using the blue eyes that are so similar to Luke's. A wave of pain crosses his face.
"I'm sorry-I didn't mean-"
"It's fine." He sighed. "We had a lot of kids, sure, but we were half brothers and he was always kinda nice to us."
He doesn't mention the tantrum of pure rage that had happened when Luke found out that the Stolls weren't twins. He still has the mental scar, even though the physical one has long since faded.
He doesn't mention the taunts and threatening, distrusting looks he and Conner suffered.
He doesn't mention the judgmental whispers, and rumors.
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During the battle against Gaea, Katie almost faints when she sees brown curly hair, matted with blood, lying in the medical tent. Then she realizes that it's Conner and Travis is still out fighting underneath the fiery sun, and she berates herself for the relief she felt.
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They eventually become very good friends, once the Aphrodite children or "Pink Devil Spawn" stop trying to lock them in a closet together, they become pretty close.
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"No Katie! You gotta throw it like this!" He angles her arm just right, and steps back as she launches it at the passing figures.
"Now this is my favorite part!" He whispers excitedly, blue eyes scanning the horizon. "It's a life or death situation!"
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She doesn't dread it until it happens, but the sinking feeling in her stomach when he comes up to her, all clean and smiling with a flowers, makes up for it.
"I'm sorry Travis. But we're just too different." He's sad, but she never knows the true extent of it, and Conner never tells anyone.
Then he's gone off to the Roman camp, excited about some kind of Demi-god extraction team, and she's happy for him, even though it hurts.
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Katie hates the clock and its slowness. She hates the world, hates the sun, hates everything, including the monsters that kidnapped Travis on a mission.
Needless to say, when he finally bursts in through the medical bay doors, she doesn't hesitate to hug him tightly. Then scold him for getting himself captured.
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Since they're older and more mature, it doesn't take long for their romantic relationship to develop, and they have their first date sitting among the flowers of their garden.
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"Love you, Katie!" He calls back behind him, waving with the arm that doesn't have a sword tucked under it, running to catch up with the other marching demigods.
"Love you too, Travis." She whispers, smiling into the sun as it peeks over Half Blood Hill.
That's my take on Tratie...anyway. Shoutouts!
The first Marauderette- Of course. And I didn't sob into my pillow (with joy) when Percy was reunited with Annabeth. ;) Thank you so much! And I totally agree with the sidekick thing.
The Lillith Jae-Nice catch! Yeah...Sorry about that. I just got some really good inspiration.
peace!