Thank you for the lovely reviews, midoritree and HoneyGoddess57! They seriously made my day!
Without further ado, here's an installment set a few months after Trojan Horse and pre-Phantom Rising, inspired by none other than the always wonderful Mido!
The huntress scowled and clenched her jaw. It had been six months already, but he was still at it. If he didn't shove a pie in his pie hole, she swore she'd do it for him.
Jay just groaned and rubbed the bridge of his nose. When he wasn't fighting harpies, Minotaurs, and certain gods of time, he had to battle daily nuisances like this.
The purple-haired warrior hissed. The hat wasn't even remarkable- it was a stupid, conceited thing for stupid, conceited people. And, at least as Archie figured, an overload of stupidity isn't ludicrous; it's inane beyond words.
Odie, for one, didn't seem immediately affected. He was too caught up in his alternate reality filled with C++, Java Script, and syntax, and the last time he checked, annoying people in annoying hats being annoying had no place in it.
The redhead psychic tapped her finger impatiently. How could he possibly think this foolery made him seem any more handsome? No, hat or not, he still came off as the exact same person she perceived him to be when she first met him; a lucky goof with a head so big it could hardly fit through the door. Although it was somehow small enough to fit a ridiculous hat on.
The brawny teen in the green shirt couldn't figure out what the fuss was about for all he was worth. Sure, maybe it was kind of annoying, but if Neil wanted to parade around the Brownstone in his captains' hat, even if the whole leadership thing had subsided months before, so be it. After all, the blonde had a right to do so. Zeus, could he help being the descendant of the most self-centered man in history? Could he help it if the silly hat accentuated his face in a nice way? Could he help being so handsome?
Herry x Neil never occurred to me until I read Mido's amazing slashes, so today realization finally hit me and I just went for it. It's not too major, but I thought it would be nice to explore a candid ship moment.
By the way midoritree- I just thought of another reason Herry x Neil would totally work- since Herry isn't the brightest bulb in the chandelier, he has the ability to think counter-intuitively and take things in rawly and literally, so he could probably appreciate Neil's good looks more than the others...plus I can't really recall him making crude comments about Neil's appearance or his attitude?