I said I'd get this up, so here you go!

Dedicated to fairyaverage, for help with editing the letter!

TRIGGER THE ENTIRE TIME

"Yeah, so I was-" Nico was cut off, as someone began talking to the seven - Frank and Hazel were visiting, so everyone was at Camp. Usually, Nico would threaten this person, but oddly, he stayed silent. The rest of the seven noticed, but didn't say anything. Nico just looked away, and pretended to listen.

This continued to happen. Nico would speak, but his voice would be drowned out by a deeper  voice, one with more authority.

Annabeth was the first, and last, to bring it up. Nico had zoned out again, after being talked over, and was pulled back by his name being called. He looked up, to see Annabeth looking worriedly at him.

"Nico? You OK? You haven't been talking much." Nico shot Annabeth a warning look, but it was too late. The rest of the group noticed.

"Yeah, that's true!" Jason says, looking at Nico with narrowed eyes. Nico just shrugs, looking at the ground.

"He lost his voice." Someone says. The same one that's been interrupting Nico for months. "Isn't that right, Nico?" The boy shoots Nico a glare, and Nico nods, gulping. The five look at each other, before shaking their heads.

"For over a month? Yeah right." Percy says.

Nico just shrugs, not making eye contact with anyone. They continue to talk, before Annabeth grabs Nico's arm, and pulls him away. Against his will, he lets out a yelp, flinching as Annabeth drags him to the edge of the woods.

"What's going on Nico? I know you can talk."

Nico shrugged.

Nico. . ." Annabeth trailed off as a figure walked over, towering above Nico. The male rests his hands on Nico's shoulders, and the raven haired boy instantly stiffens.

"He's not bothering you, is he?"
Annabeth narrowed her eyes, as what was happening finally clicked. They'd thought of him as a friend, but he was hurting Nico.

"No." Her voice was quiet, deadly. Nico's head snapped up, and he shook his head, begging silently for her to drop the subject. But she ignored him. "He has opinions too-"

"Annabeth!" Nico broke, pleading with her. "It's OK, rea-" He gasped, cutting himself off as he fell to the ground with a cry. Immediately, Annabeth was standing over him protectively, a glare on her face. The rest of the seven rushed over, seeing what happened, but when they got there, Percy didn't stop.

He launched himself at the male, screaming profanities. It took Frank, Jason, Annabeth and Leo to hold him back. Hazel's golden eyes flashed angrily, as Piper held her around the waist, to stop her from rushing the older boy. Though they stopped the two, all of them wanted to do the same, but they knew bringing him to Chiron would be better.

In the middle of it, the boy who started it yanked on Nico's arm, and started dragging him away. Nico screamed, fighting against him, finally having enough.

"Everyone, ENOUGH!" Piper yelled, and everyone - except Nico, who charmspeak doesn't work on - froze. Nico scrambled away, and rushed to Percy and Annabeth, Jason sliding closer to them too. Nico hid in Percy's side, gripping the boy's sea green muscle shirt. Percy wrapped an arm around his shoulders, still shaking with anger.

Suddenly, Nico was yanked away from Percy, but before Percy could latch onto whoever it was, and throttle them, Nico stopped him by relaxing.

Percy gave a terse nod to the blond who was hugging Nico. The said blond ran his hands through Nico's hair, before holding out his hands.

"Tie him up."

Percy grinned, taking the bandages, and tossing the son of a bit- I mean Ares to the ground. Percy flipped him onto his stomach, tying the stretchy material until it was taught, causing the male on the ground to wince.

Nico watched as Percy yanked the male onto his knees, and then his feet. Percy glared down, the son of Ares only up to his chin. With a snarl, he uncapped Riptide, and dragged the solemn boy to Chiron, everyone else following.

Everyone except Nico and Will. Annabeth hesitated, before kissing Nico's forehead, and running after the group.

Will looked down at the son of Hades, who had his arms wrapped around himself. Will stepped closer, pulling the younger boy to his chest. Nico relaxed, slipping his arms around the blond's neck. Will tilted Nico face up, turning his head and frowning at the swelling purple bruise forming on his high cheekbone. He gently ran his thumb over it, watching it disappear, a satisfied smile on his face.

"Will?" Nico mumbled.

"Yeah?"

"I, I don't feel good." Nico managed, before his eyes rolled back, and he collapsed. If Will's arms hadn't been around his waist Nico would have fallen to the ground. Will quickly picked Nico up bridal style, and ran to the Hades cabin, knowing Nico hated the infirmary. Will managed to hold Nico in one arm - which scared the blond, Nico was too light - and reach in his pocket, grabbing the piece of obsidian that unlocked the cabin, that Nico had given him, back when they were friends.

Nico had broken their friendship, by saying it was better if they didn't speak. Will didn't understand, searching Nico's eyes. They held pain, but it was overrode with fear, and Will could only nod mutely. Now he understood. His 'boyfriend' had forced him. But he hadn't seen Nico walking to the sin of Ares before hand, so Will still wasn't sure what was going on between Nico and himself.

Will lay Nico ono the bed, before quickly shutting the auto locking door. He jogged back over to the bed, where Nico groaned, waking up. Will held the boy's head still, grasping both sides of his face with a  frown.

"What happened?" Nico mumbled, blinking.

"You passed out. Did you hit your head?"
Nico hesitated, thinking back to when Anthony smacked him, and he fell. He fuzzily remembers smacking his head on the ground, and the world disappearing for a few seconds, so he nods at Will.

Will sighs, but nods. "You have ambrosia in your cabinet still?"

Nico shook his head. "Behind the panel under the sink." Will shot him a confused look, but nodded when Nico looked away.

Will slid open the hidden panel, and grabbed the ambrosia. A flash of color caught his eye, and he lifted up a picture - of himself and Nico. Will couldn't help but smile, gently putting back the picture. As he did, he saw a folded up sheet of notebook paper, and picked it up, not caring how angry Nico would get if he knew. If. If is good. (bonus points to those who understand! *cough* fairyaverage is eliminated, *cough*)

Will unfolded the paper, and skimmed it, before going back and actually reading it.

Nico,

You listen, and you listen well.
You will stop talking to the blond William Solace, if you want him to stay unharmed. You will not go near him, associate with him, or go to him for anything.
You are going to submit to me in every single way, and let me use you as I wish. You are to follow my directions without complaint; if you do not do as I tell you, I will punish you.
If you do not comply with this letter, you're poor little William will not be so nice looking anymore.

Be ready in the morning,
Anthony, son of Ares.

Will wanted to scream, but he bit his lip, and shakily put back the letter.

So that was why Nico unexpectedly stopped talking to him, and avoided the blond at all costs. He was doing it to keep him safe. Will knew he had to talk to Nico about this, so he got up and returned to the main room. Will looked at the limp form of the son of Hades, and decided against talking about the letter immediately. They could talk about it later, when Nico wasn't so vulnerable.

"Hey." Will said, and Nico flinched.

"Hi."

Will gently handed Nico the matte gold square, who nibbled on it. His head cleared, and he let out a relieved sigh. Will sat on the bed, and Nico leaned into the blond, resting his head on his shoulder. Will wrapped his arm around the boy's shoulder, his other snaking it's way around the front of his waist, hugging him closer.

Will pulled Nico to lay down, cuddling the boy securely. He ran his hand through the thick black locks, trying to calm the boy, who'd gripped onto Will's shirt, and shoved his cold nose into the crook of the tan boy's neck.

Nico closed his eyes, trying to work up the courage to push Will away.

"Will," Nico said, fighting panic.

"Hmm?" The older boy noticed the edge to his voice, but didn't say anything, instead, he held Nico tighter.

"Stop, you can't, get out, I, I need, you," Nico voice raised an octave as he began to struggle in Will's grip, eyes wild.

"Nico, hey, talk to me, what's going on?"

"He, he'll kill you Will! Please, just, if he finds us, he'll think I'm cheating on him, and, and, he'll hurt you!" Nico struggled more, but Will rolled him onto his back, pinning him down on the bed. "Please," Nico's voice was desperate, and Will couldn't bear to hear his pain.

"Nico, he's being taken to Chiron, OK? He won't hurt you, I promise. I'll stop him if he tries, but you saw how Percy reacted, I'm sure he wouldn't make it within ten steps of you without being attacked." Will couldn't help but chuckle, and Nico relaxed, his struggles ceasing. Will wrapped his arms around the boy's back, flipping them so Nico was on his chest, their legs tangled.

Nico rested his cheek on Will's chest, his hands resting on either side of his head. Will's arms encircled the younger boy, holding him tightly.

"Nico?" Will said, but regretted it. It would only hurt the boy.

"Yeah?"

"I," Will hesitated. He held Nico tighter, who looked at him confused, before he spoke again. "I, I like you."

Nico froze, looking at the son of Apollo with wide eyes. "I, I, Will, I,"

Will shook his head. "You, you don't have to say anything. I understand. Just, let me lay here with you in my arms for a little while. Please."

Nico looked at him, before shaking his head, and Will felt his heart begin to break, before Nico spoke.

"No. I can't have you for only a night Will Solace! I need so much more than that, and you are not leaving me dangling!" Nico's grip tightened on Will's shirt, and he scooted closer to the blond's face, staring him in the eyes. "You can leave now, or you can stay, and be, be with me! I will not be played like that Will! Not, not again."

Will looked at him, wide-eyed with shock. He reached out with his hand, to the boy who had sat up and was straddling his waist. Nico unconsciously flinched away, before he realized what he did and started apologizing profusely.

Will only shook his head, pulling the boy back down, and wrapping him in a hug. "Nico, shhh, it's OK,"

After a while of this, Nico managed to relax.
"Nico, I, I'm not going anywhere. I promise."
Nico smiled, resting his cheek on Will's collar, closing his eyes, and falling asleep on Will's chest, the blond running his hands soothingly through his black hair, smiling softly as Nico unconsciously held Will's shirt tighter.

Eventually, Will too fell asleep, wrapped protectively around the younger boy, as if to block him from the terrors of the world.

fairyaverage also wrote an abuse one shot, but this has absolutely no reference to that. I've already asked them, and she do not mind me writing this, and the fact that I didn't get my inspiration from them helps (no offence, ;) ily). Go check her out! (not in that way! Pervs.) She's an incredible author, and - just go!!