Leo

I went to Percys cabin to see if I could borrow something from him and I walked in. Said to just come in and I saw somebody in there. A chick. Obvious by what she was wearing. Back to me. Had a build like Clarisse from what I could tell. A guy cut. But damn that ass.

This bitch was sexy. Even from the back.

No, I'm not with Calypso. Some other bitch stole her and I cried for a month.

Don't judge.

It took me forever to actually find the island and I found her having intercourse with some fucking duchebag. Yes, he was an actual duchebag. I had met him once before. So I went straight back to camp and cried for almost a month. I was ready for a relationship. If this chick was really nice. And not dating Percy, I'd like to at least get to know her.

But since when can Jackson pick up a girl so fast?

She took a blue Pepsi from the fridge and turned around and dropped her Pepsi and it spilled everywhere.

"Holy shit.' They said. " I didn't hear you come in, Leo."

It was Percy...

I was hitting on Percy...

I had no words mentally. But I didn't show my shock. If he wanted to wear that, he can do that.

"Uh, yeah." I said, handing him a wet rag as he quickly cleaned up the pop and threw the can, grabbing another to actually drink. "You wouldn't have a few old shirts I could use by chance that are too small? My shirts have gone to shit and for some reason they won't give away any new ones. They want us to wear our own clothes this year not realizing because they don't pay us we don't have money to buy the clothes."

"Uh, yeah." The son of Poseidon told me and opened a drawer in his room. "What size are you? Small or medium?"

"Either works." I told him. "If its a little big I can just wear that when I'm working in the bunker."

He took out about 25 shirts and handed them to me.

"Take them." He told me. "I haven't worn any of these since I was 14."

"You've been here since you were 14?" I asked him.

"Since I was 12." The son of Poseidon informed me. "Thalia and Annabeth came together about 11 years ago. About 6 or 7. With Luke, too. But Annabeth would never admit that anymore."

"Yeah." I said as the question came to mind. "What is it with her and Luke anyways? I mean, she tried killing him."

"I don't know the whole story.' Percy started off. "But all three of them ran away around the same time. First Thalia and Luke met and later on they found Annabeth. Annabeth was 6, Thalia was 12, Luke was 14. And long story short they kind of turned into family. It was a promise really. That they'd be each others family and itd be better than the family they swore to leave behind forever. Getting into camp the whole Thalia's Tree thing happened and for 6 years it was fine. Although Luke was older and knew his dad unlike Annabeth or a lot of kids coming into camp. My first summer his anger... Or really frustration with his dad and the gods was just too much and be had been the leader of Camp at the time. And he left the camp at his first chance to rebel against the gods. With Kronos. Annabeth didn't believe me. Then again, she barely tolerated me. But I was able to convince her to go home and she did. The next summer the Golden Fleece, Thalia was out and really she was upset but she didn't make a huge deal about it like Annabeth because she could see where Luke came from. She also knew her dad. He had left them twice. Once with her and then left after Jason was born. She ended up joining the Hunt that winter when we recruited Nico. The following summer Kronos overtook Luke's body as a host. Long by now their 'family' wasn't so much a family anymore. Thalia was off leading the Hunt, Annabeth was overwhelmed with this war that was bound to come pretty dam soon and it did. Later in the summer there was a battle. It wasn't Luke anymore, it was Kronos. We thought Luke was dead. He had no control. The power of a Titan, especially Kronos would usually kill somebody unless you took a dive into the River Styx. Battle destroyed camp, they rebuilt it. Most demigods took the next summer off, staying on call. August 10 came rolling around and Camp had found the army ship they had. We had a plan. Beckendorf and myself would get on the ship, get in the control room I believe it was, patch up Greek fire on a detonator and get the hell out. We got in easy. But Telkhines were about to come in so I go to kill them and of course they had back up, we got caught, I was convinced Luke wasn't even in there anymore. Didn't get out in time. The water pressure killed Beckendorf. I woke up later that day at my dads. After taking a dip in the River Styx, and being in battle for a week straight it had been Grover, Annabeth, Kronos or Luke, and somebody on his side, Ethan; up in Olympus. Ethan ended up dead. Annabeth was almost unconscious. Grover was at her aid, working a few powers to keep him from moving. And Luke gained control of his body and there had been a Great Prophecy saying I was supposed to die that day. My 16th birthday. And he didn't beg or anything like you'd expect. Annabeth had slid her dagger over to me and when I picked it up the plan was to kill him with a cursed blade. The dagger was cursed with a broken promises, Luke had given her that dagger when they first met. And he told me to give it to him. So I was thinking either he's going to kill me or kill himself. This was a bitch of a trust exercise and I ended up giving him the knife and he mustve taken a dip also because a spot hard as hell to reach with the armor he cut open and a huge force knocked everyone back and blacked us out for who knows how long. When we woke up Luke was laying there. He told each of us a few things. Didn't want help or anything. We offered it. But nope. And he died. The war was over. The gods came up expecting a battle and we pronounced him dead. Two summers later Hades decides to bring him back. For whatever reason Annabeth just doesn't agree with it and its more than likely because he broke that promise so many years ago to her. Because I wouldn't doubt he asked for a second chance and that's what set her off. So... I mean she's going home tomorrow for nearly killing him. And as long as he's here, she isn't coming back."

You learn something new everyday, right?

I nod my head.

"Lived a traitor and died a hero?" I guessed.

"Sort of, yeah." Percy agreed on that. "So did Silena. Although we didn't know that until she died. She served Kronos but died getting Ares cabin to fight because Clarisse was really stubborn that year and hated the old councilor of Apollo. It wasn't Will. After the war he became councilor."

"There's so much you guys don't talk about." I commented. "But one question."

"Hm?"

"What are you wearing?"

"It's kind of like a rube thing." He tells me. "Just transparent. Why? Are you jealous you don't have one?"

"Totally." I joked. "Jealous my girlfriend doesn't have one."

"You have a girlfriend?"

"No." I said. "No girlfriend. No boyfriend. No transfriend. No androfriend. Is androfriend even a thing?"

"Yeah." Percy assured me. "Annabeth had one once."

"Interesting." I said. "Anyone I know?"

"Yeah.' Percy told me. "I think so."

"But why are you wearing that?" I asked him. It looked nice, don't get me wrong. But he's a guy.

"Because." He explained. "I'm genderfluid and I like it. So I'm wearing it."

Well he's confident about it.

The son of Poseidon looked at the time.

"Well you're stuck here." He tells me.

"Are you seriously keeping me prisoner?" I asked.

"Not intentionally." He joked with me. "But I don't think you want a harpy to eat you."

"How about I stay here." I agreed. "I'll be happy as long as I can actually sleep somewhere not two inches from somebody else.

"You can take Tyson's room or the spare room." He told me. "I'm usually the only one here, Leo. I have one other brother who works under my dad in blacksmith or something like that. Building and metal. He hasn't been here in like 3 years. But take whatever you want. If you take Tyson's room just leave it how you found it, though. He has things organized in his own kind of system. He's a goofy dude. You'd get along with him easily."

"Hopefully one day I will." I commented. "But seriously? You have no other siblings?"

"Hades cabin has only Nico and Hazel." Percy points out. "Zeus cabin only has Jason and techincally Thalia although she'd stay in Artemis cabin with the whole Hunt thing. After WWII those three gods weren't supposed to have any kids. Obviously that didn't work out. So its nice. I spent a while in the Hermes cabin and there was no room. We were on floors, in the halls. Because if you weren't claimed, its where you stayed. Which was terrible."

I don't know why, but I was curious.

"Well that you explained Luke and Annabeth." I said. "What about you and Luke? I mean, he's obviously some sort of friend. You shot Annabeth in the hand for the dude."

"Yeah..." Percy said as a small smile appeared on his face for a moment. "It's weird. He was leader when I showed up here, looked up to the guy and after he left we did keep in contact. It was a secret from the camp. They wouldve killed me if they found out I was talking with him and not threatening to kill them and we talked up until that summer Kronos over took his body. A good friend of mine."

Not 30 seconds later here came in Luke, panting.

"What the...?" I said. Did he hear us or something?

"Harpy." He explained. "I forgot about them."

He just went into one of the rooms.

"Well I'm going to go to bed." Percy told me. "I usually wake up around 7:30 so feel free. Bathroom is at the end of of the hall. Snacks are in the cupboards and drinks are in the fridge. Just don't tell Chiron I have food in there."

"I won't." I agreed. "I'll tell him after you leave for college."

He just laughed.

"It'll be the last thing Ill say to him." Percy agreed. "Night, Valdez."

"Night, Jackson." I said as he went into the same room Luke had. There are two beds a room. So its not weird.

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Percy

I walked into my room where Luke was. Wearing what he usually slept in. Just his boxers. He knew I was genderfluid and androgynous.

No, he didn't know because we've had sex. We haven't. I told him. But now I was actually closer to his age being he didn't age in the Underworld or with Kronos. And he's 20, so... I'm 17.

I approached the son of Hades for the first time ever since the War and we shared our first kiss ever since the Mag before Kronos over took him.

Gods I missed it so much. I missed him.

Now I was actually almost as tall as him. I'm 6'. He's 6'4".

Our foreheads rested against each other, our noses barely touching as a smile rippled across my face. Arms around his neck, his around my waist.

"I missed you." I told the son of Hermes as I opened my eyes to his. A smile on his face also.

"I missed you, too." Luke told me. "It sucked having to watch and not being to do anything."

"It did." I agreed. "But nice harpy excuse."

"I didn't know Leo would be here." He said.

"Neither did I." I related. "But he needed to borrow some old shirts and had a few questions so..."

"I'm assuming Annabeths hopes with you didn't work out." Luke guessed.

"When I walk into camp and she has a gun to your head." I tell him. "Even if it was like fucking... Somebody I hate I'd still shoot her in the hand."

"That was you?" Luke asked me. "Since when do you use a gun?"

"I usually don't." I answer. "But I still suck at Archery and I'm good with a gun. I wasn't watching you die again. Especially so soon."

We shared another small kiss before we got into bed and just put on some music in the background. Quiet. Slower  music. We did this a lot after he left. Hed get a hotel room, I'd tell my mom I'm going to a friends, which wasn't a lie, and we'd have a night together. Every few weeks or so when we could. Once he picked me up from school and I knew about it and he just told the school he was my cousin. They went with it. Believed it.

"I love you." I tell him.

"I love you, too."