Prompt from kmc995: Percy and Annabeth in a compromising position
continued as part of the Maine Mission series
A/N: Super sorry I'm so late in updating!
It starts with a susurration of leaves, with the occasional snap of breaking twigs, accompanied by the soft sound of footsteps. It's quiet, with the loudest sound being that of the cameraman's breathing, and even that is shallow and calm. Well. It was, until there was a loud thump-crack, as if someone had fallen into a bush.
"Percy, I know you know we're supposed to be stealthy. That's the third time you've fallen, and we have been walking for ten minutes. Try not to be such a klutz. You are Poseidon's son, unless you forgot."
Percy, assumably, huffs out a reply that can't be picked up by the camera. There's a rustling close to the camera, and the conversation between Annabeth and Percy becomes louder.
"I heard that," Annabeth says, after a few seconds of shuffling.
"Yeah, well–" Percy's no-doubt awful comeback is cut off by Annabeth's sudden screech, followed by Percy's "Holy–" (followed by a word that, in no context, could be holy) and muffled cackling from behind the camera– the audio is strange and muffled, but loud thumps and the distinctive noise of leaves crunching can be heard, along with quick footsteps.
It stops, silent (save for the slightly-strained breath of the cameraman) before Annabeth says, through gritted teeth, "Did you have to keep walking, Seaweed Brain? I clearly stopped for a reason!"
"Sorry! Sorry!"
"Yeah, 'sorry' completely covers for tackling me down a hill!"
"Sorry, Annabeth, I didn't know–" There's shuffling, overriding the muffled laughter of the cameraman, who is clearly overly amused.
"Whatever, Percy. Can you get off me, now?"
"What, and give up bragging rights that I pinned you in a fight?"
"Percy, shoving me down a hill and then happening to land on... top... of me– that does not qualify as a fight. At all. Unless you meant to tackle me." Annabeth's tone turns darker.
"About that, it's totally going t–"
"Dude!" Grover's startled gasp is punctuated by the sound of sticks being dropped, and there's the sound of shuffling and Percy's "Grover, it is totally not what it looked like–"
"No, no, I don't want to know! I never even saw it– I'm still collecting kindling, that's it– Never saw a thing. Carry on– or don't– or– I'm leaving now." Grover bleats, and there's the sound of hooves on leaves.
"Ow!" Percy exclaims, once the hooves fade away. "What was that for?!"
"You know."
"No, I don't! Nothing I've done in the past– twelve hours dignifies you to punching me– again, by the way."
"Ugh. Now I need to go tell Grover that he doesn't need to bleach his brain."
"Annabeth–" As her footsteps faded, the cameraman's laughter is stopped from being contained, and Percy yells, "Nico?!" before there are footsteps approaching the camera and Nico's muffled "P-J blackmail tape number five, closing" and Percy's affronted "Five?!" before the video blips to a close.