So I'm so sorry for the long wait but I do have an excuse. My laptop's been broken for months now and I only just got a new one today. Suprrise, surprise, one of the first things I did was write a chapter for this fic because goddamn it's been weighing on my mind and this couple is really starting to become one of my ships. I can't wait for Trials of Apollo to shred my shippers heart with all of the Caleo sure to come our way.
Anyway... hope you enjoy! I am back for good now my lovelies, expect more regular updates, stay tuned for the end!
96. Odd
Leo Valdez had been odd his whole life.
Come on, an ADHD kid with no mother, jumping from foster home to foster home, never able to make any real friends, with trouble following him around? Who'd want to get near that kid?
So he was labelled as odd and Leo didn't know any better to dispute that.
Reyna was not labelled an odd kid.
She was a hard worker, scary, sometimes unsocial, but not really odd.
Loving her however... that was odd. Reyna had one person in the world who loved her, in the form of her older sister Hylla. But even Hylla had left Reyna in search of a new life for herself.
Being loved by somebody was odd for Reyna. She was used to being alone.
Then the war happened.
The war happened and Reyna became friends with Nico. She was reunited with Jason and slowly assimilated into the little group of friends that had been created.
Reyna gained some friends.
Suddenly being alone didn't sound so tempting anymore.
And eventually when Leo and Calypso realized the issues in their relationship- "You're immortal, Calypso, and I won't let you sit here and watch me grow old and die without you!"- it ended up being Reyna who comforted him.
After that... it was predictable really. They were the two single ones left, they found out they were amazingly different which led to arguments and banter and passion.
Then one night after a particularly nasty and pointed fight Leo had cornered her in her Praetor House and slammed her against the door, his mouth on top of hers with so much want.
Eventually Leo Valdez grew to love Reyna, even if nobody else would.
He didn't care. He'd always been a little odd anyway.