A/N: Hey guys, back with another one!

Objectively, Percy knows it's not real. Subjectively, it's still his girlfriend kissing another guy.

It never used to bother him (and he's been an Annabeth Chase fan for a long time, after all) but something about knowing how her lips feels on his makes everything different, apparently.

Annabeth doesn't exactly push her movies onto him, she tries to talk about work as if it's any other job. Except the thing is, she genuinely cares about her work, and Percy can tell when she's especially proud of something.

So he'd agreed to watch the last movie in the series, The Last Olympian, when it came up on TV as promotion for the movie she's working on now. (It's a spin-off of the franchise).

Plus, he's already watched it anyway and hearing Annabeth add in details about the behind the scenes is adorable.

But he'd forgotten about the ending until they're a few scenes away from the Kiss™ and all of a sudden his heart is thumping a little too loudly in his chest and his palms are sweating as if he's the one about to kiss her.

But he's not.

And that's kinda the problem.

It's stupid, but when it does happen, he just looks down at the blanket they've wrapped around themselves like a little kid watching a scary movie.

Thoughts and questions he'd never considered before surface like a tidal wave, washing him over with an anxiety he didn't know he could have. Like what if—

"Percy?"

He snaps his head up to look at Annabeth. "Huh?"

Real smooth. It also doesn't help that she's looking at him with concern, making him feel even more childish. After all, it's just her job and the kiss is about as real as the Greek gods that appear in the movie.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah." It's not even convincing to him, but he doesn't have it in him to try to make it so.

A hand covers his and Annabeth shuffles even closer on the couch. "Tell me what's wrong."

He wants to. But there's no way to say it without sounding like an insecure bastard. It's embarrassing.

She lets him stay silent, turning back to watch the last few scenes of the movie, clearly giving him space and time to vocalize what he needs to. And though he appreciates it, he doesn't think even an eternity would help him force out the words.

(And maybe if he somehow does say it, she'll break up with him 'cause they've only been dating a few months and who does he think he is making a comment about her job like that?)

"You know," Annabeth starts, "the scene by the lake was horrible to film."

The scene with the kiss… "Really? Why?"

"Well, they wanted it on location so we were at an actual camp in the muggy summer heat at 2 am because our schedule ran late. Pretty much all of us got bit by the mosquitos."

It really doesn't sound fun at all.

"Plus," she continues, "the kiss scene was the worst, 'cause we were all so tired and they wanted different takes. Peter and I were pretty numb by that point. I mean he's a good actor and everything, but those kinds of scenes are always a little awkward for me, so that didn't help."

"Oh."

He's processing.

Annabeth glances over to him as the credits start to roll. She shifts a little before speaking again.

"Sorry, I'm sure it isn't great to hear about your girlfriend kissing someone else."

The validation is apparently all he needed to open his mouth. "At least it wasn't the best kiss of your life," he jokes. Never mind, it would have been better if he hadn't opened his mouth.

Annabeth shakes her head, her lips quirking upwards a bit. "No, I don't think anyone can top that."

He's bursting to ask her what it was, but thankfully she spares him the embarrassment and continues.

"Because they wouldn't be you."

Okay, he'll admit that feels good. In fact, it's like she's checking all the mental boxes of insecurity that had popped up and crossing them out.

"Yeah, it isn't that great seeing my girlfriend kiss someone else," he confesses. "But that makes me sound like an asshole because you're just doing your job."

Annabeth squeezes his hand. "You're not an asshole. I thought that might have been what was bothering you, but I didn't want to presume."

"As always, you're right." Honestly, he's so glad she brought it up because he would have a hard time doing so.

"Sorry, I forgot about the kiss scene when I suggested the movie."

(It couldn't have been that good if she forgot about it.)

"No, no, it's okay. I'm an adult, I can handle it. But," he adds, "just give me a heads up with any of your new movies."

"Of course, we can also just skip the scene. Just 'cause you can handle it doesn't mean you have to."

He thinks he might be falling for her all over again. How did he get so lucky?

Annabeth, however, sighs. "Another downside to dating an actress…I'm sorry."

Now she's the one looking down on her lap and he can't have this. Not when she's been a gem about his irrational concern.

"I was just thinking about how lucky I am to be with someone so caring and kind."

She perks up, meeting his eyes. "Really?"

The thing is, no matter how many on-screen kisses she has to do, there will always be more off-screen. And the perk of dating Annabeth Chase is being able to kiss her whenever he wants.

So, when he leans in and her lips automatically pout as if she's asking for a kiss, he has no trouble obliging.

(And reminding her who gives her the best kisses, you know, just in case).

A/N: Shoutout to themadclown02 on tumblr for the prompt! This is something that would naturally happen over the course of a relationship with an actress and it was a fun prompt to write. (Shoutout to Touch Your Heart for getting me hyped to write this one)

Happy New Year guys and I hope you all enjoyed this! I can't wait to write this year and I hope to be fully back with my consistent uploads!

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