Now, Annabeth knew that she would and did overthink things sometimes. Okay, a lot of the time. She was trying to do better, even if it was hard. But the simple thing was... she needed to not think. She needed to be impulsive! Which kind of resulted in her reading a few self help books on how to be more spontaneous and get in contact with her impulsive side. Which, despite the fascinating list of exercises and case studies was not actually helping her with her Very Important Percy Issues. Mainly, how to get Percy for herself. As it was... he thought the traps were just new parts of the obstacle course.
And she pouted, as she had worked hard making the model based on that Mouse Trap board game first before trying to use it on Seaweed Brain. And of course he managed to escape easily, because he weas Percy. She was not desperate enough to ask Cabin ten for tips... even if she HAD gotten Thalia to help her with the traps. Because... yes, on the one hand she noticed how well they were doing together, and she was happy, really, she was!
But she had once harbored dreams of looking up at Thalia and calling her mommy while she called Luke daddy. She still did want to call Thalia that... but Luke... he broke their hearts, betrayed their family. And she wanted a different daddy now. Not a father, a daddy. So. She decided that she would do one of the more radical things that was in the research material she had discreetly and through several cutouts acquired. Sure, the trenchcoat was a bit much some would say, as she knocked on the cabin door, and she looked up at Percy. "Can I come in?"
He smiled, it was warm and her stomach fluttered. "Of course you can Wise Girl." His tone was friendly, it was warm, it was everything she ever wanted, as she followed him inside... and as they they moved into place. "So, what do you need..."
She may have shoved him, pushing him onto the bed, as she shrugged, the trench coat falling from her, revealing a very small bikini. "So. I am going to sit in your lap and you are going to pat me and call me YOUR good girl, okay?"
Now, she said that confidently, as he nodded slowly, as she smiled and sat down, a radiant smile on her lips as as she cuddled into him and as he began patting her. This was... calming as she purred, as she nuzzled and kissed (well, she tried to anyway). He smelled so good and she never wanted to leave, doing her best to mold herself into his body. Because she was were she always wanted to be, his firm hand moving up and down her spine, his warm and proud words into her ear as he called her HIS.
Now, even as she relaxed into him... she just needed to get Thalia involved and it would be the perfect family she always dreamed of.