Will woke up at the crack of dawn as always. Not only was the sudden bright sun shining through the windows unbearable but the groans from his siblings were impossible to even try to cling to last of sleep. Will stared at the ceiling for a long moment before sitting up.

"Morning everyone." He called in his most enthusiastic voice. He was the head counsellor, he had to pretend that waking up at 6am everyday was an advantage about being the children of Apollo.

"Fuck off." Called one of his younger siblings, as he did every morning before he woke up properly.

"Not today Noah! Now, first person up gets first shower and hot water!"

Soon the cabin was bustling with campers arguing over showers or who's towel was whose or the ownership of a ukulele, but these were simple things that Will could deal with. He handed Nicky a new towel, and took the ukulele for himself to change the strings after James and Ava managed to snap one.

He had sorted out the schedules of the infirmary today- Kayla with Noah for breakfast to lunch; him and James for after lunch and Cecily and him on standby for after-dinner in case a particularly incompetent camper choked on a marshmallow or fell in the campfire.

Finally the whole camp was ready to go to the dining pavilion and Will ushered them out, feeling like a proud mother hen as he counted them all.

"I'll see you guys in there!" He called before running in the opposite direction to the Hades cabin. It wasn't as late as he knew Nico would've liked but Nico had to get up anyway.

He knocked on the door, as some kind of pre-warning before opening it. The room was dark with all the blinds shut and he could just make out the lump of Nico in the bed, bundled up in his duvet.

"Nico~" He called softly, heading over to the bed and leaning over his boyfriend. Peeling his blankets off of him -how Nico didn't suffocate to death or overheat under his mound of covers, Will would never know- to reveal his pale face, still relaxed in sleep.

"Neeks, c'mon time to get up, sweetheart." Nico made a groan and Will bent his head over him to dust kisses across his cheeks and forehead and neck.

"Nico sweetie, wakey wakey." Nico's eyes flickered open to glare at him, and he tried to roll over to get away from him. Will grinned at the back of Nico's head. He'd tried to be nice to his boyfriend but now it was time for the big guns.

Will pulled the duvet back further. Nico was wearing a skull-and-crossbones shirt and a pair of boxers and Will slipped his fingers under his shirt, before ruthlessly tickling Nico.

Nico immediately started flailing and yelling and Will had to duck back to avoid an arm to the nose. Nico was now properly glaring at him, trying to pull the duvet over him.

"Will, just five more minutes." He groaned, sleep-slurred and Will stroked his hair.

"You're going to miss breakfast." He told him and Nico grabbed hold of his wrist and tried to tug him in closer.

"Ten minutes?" He tried, pulling himself closer to Will so he could bury his face in his waist.

"That's not any better." Will cooed, still running his fingers through Nico's hair. Nico groaned softly, and Will could tell he was already drifting off again.

"Why do you hate me?" He asked in a muffled voice and Will smiled softly where Nico couldn't see him.

"C'mon baby," He tried to encourage him, and Nico finally sat up, rubbing at his eyes and pushing his hair away from his face.

"Baby?" Nico muttered, still glaring at everything. "I'm older than you."

"Shhhh, that's just weird now, babe." Will laughed pulling Nico in for a hug and felt the way his boyfriend relaxed against him. A few months ago he could hardly get a hug out of Nico and when he tried to wake him up, Nico would wake up disorientated and try to attack him.

"Get dressed." He nudged him gently and Nico tried to shift off the bed.

"No one would care if I just showed up." He muttered, just to be annoying. Will was more than used to this and began making Nico's bed to stop him getting back in.

"Yes they would sweetie." Nico gave him a half-assed middle finger as he picked up his favourite pair of tight jeans and a 'The Ramones' T-shirt. He shuffled to the bathroom to change, still looking like a zombie. Will thought about helping his boyfriend tidy up his room but decided that if he didn't even tidy his own cabin properly he wasn't going to tidy Nico's.

When Nico came out of the bathroom eventually he bounced up to meet him in the middle of the floor, greeting him with a kiss to the forehead.

"You ready to go?" He asked, lips pressed against his temple. Nico wriggled out of his arms and gave him a fond nudge.

"As I'll ever be."