This is my first time writing a polyamorous relationship and I am very very excited.
That is all.

Contains some out of context spoilers to the first Percy Jackson book just a warning.

Also, this is something very cute and easy. Nothing heavy or anything. Just some fluff and good times.
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Micheal x Jeremy x Rich x Jake

Micheal is curled up in the corner clutching a book. His eyes scan each line, soaking up each word like it's gospel. It's Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief, so it kind of is gospel. And he has reached a part that twines into his heart

He's so entranced that he forgets that he's in his apartment. He's so entranced that he can't hear his boyfriends screeching. So entranced that he doesn't notice that said boyfriends are throwing around a cantaloupe like it's a football.

Poor guy; he's so entranced that he doesn't notice Rich failing to catch the cantaloupe, causing the cantaloupe to crash into Micheal's face.

"FUCK!" Everyone yells in unison.

Simultaneously:
• Micheal grabs his face, dropping his book and leaning back
• Jake practically leaps to his side, making sure that his face isn't broken
• Rich screeches again- he screeches louder, in fact
• Jeremy leaps to grab the cantaloupe before it hits the ground, pulling it close to his chest to protect it.

"Mikey oh my god is your face okay?" Jake panics, really unsure what to do with his hands so he just waves them frantically.

The room goes still as Micheal slowly lowers his hands. He keeps his head tilted back as he breathes unnaturally fast.
"My nose isn't broken"

"Thank fuck I love that nose" Rich says. Is he joking? Does he have a nose fetish? Don't ask me I'm just the author.

But as Micheal takes away his hands, something broken falls to the ground. Micheals vision goes blurry as everyone watches in horror.

The cantaloupe broke Micheal's glasses.
The round Australian fruit split his vision repair-ment equipment.

Micheal doesn't move, frozen with his head back on the chair.
"Did my . . . did my glasses break?"

His boyfriends all look to each other, unsure what to say. After a painfully too long silence, Jeremy gets to his feet, still hugging the cantaloupe.

"Micheal" he takes a deep breath. "Your glasses are broken"

Micheal snaps forward, looking down at the book that he dropped. Well, he tries to look at the book. He really just sees a blue blur.

"I was on . . ." He says slowly. ". . . such a good part of the best book ever to be written. And now . . . my glasses . . . and I can't . . ."

"Oh yikes" Rich says under his breath, practically tugging his collar.

Jake furrows his brows, trying to set this right. It was his idea to play catch with a cantaloupe after all.
He snaps his fingers, a lightbulb practically going off over his head.

"Okay I have an idea" He grabs the book off the ground, opening it where Micheal left off.
He waves his other boyfriends over, Micheal staring at him in squinty confusion.

"Okay Micheal sit down and close your eyes. Jeremy sit on this side of me- okay and Rich you sit here. Okay good good" Jake opens the book in front of the three of them.

Jake starts reading.
"I looked at Annabeth and Grover. Their faces were grim. 'We were tricked' I told them. 'Set up'"

He elbows Jeremy, who has no idea what's going on.
"Jeremy you voice Annabeth"

"Heh?"

"I'll be Percy- who's also the narrator. You be Annabeth, and Rich can be Grover- and Hades cause I think he's in this chapter" Jake explains, nodding Jeremy along.

Jeremy straightens up, reading in a shrill high pitched voice.
"'Yes, but why?' Annabeth asked. 'And the voice in the pit-"

"'I don't know yet' I said" Jake reads in his normal voice. "'But I intend to ask'"

"'DECIDE BOY!' HADES YELLED'" Rich cuts in, screeching as loud as he can.

Micheal laughs, putting his hands behind his head and relaxing into this storytime.

"Rich you're reading again" Jeremy says.

"Oh fuck- 'Percy' Grover puts his hand on my shoulder. 'You can't give him the bolt'. I'm sorry but what the fuck is happening in this story"

"Rich shush this is Micheal's book" Jake jokingly scolds. "'I know that'"

"'Leave me here' he said. 'Use the third pearl on your mom'" Rich pauses, throwing his hands into the air. "Again, the fuck is happening"

"'No!' That's what Percy said that's not just me being dramatic" Jake clarifies.

"'I'm a satyr'- am I saying that right? I am? Cool. 'We don't have souls like humans do. He can torture me until I die, but he won't get me forever. I'll just be reincarnated as a flower or something it's the best way'. Sorry to interrupt again, but is Grover not a human?"

Poor rich. He knows absolutely nothing about this series.

"Grover is like a horse thing or something" Jeremy guesses with a shrug.

"Oh shit I've been reading him as a human I have to give him a horse voice"

"Jeremy it's your line" Jake shoulders him.

Jeremy goes back to his strange girly voice.
"'No' Annabeth drew her bronze knife. 'You two go on. Grover, you have to protect Percy. You have to get your searchers licence and start your quest for Pan. Grover is going to go on a quest to see if he's worthy to be pansexual it's canon. 'Get his mom out of here. I'll cover you. I plan to go down fighting'"

"'nO wAY!" Rich reads in a horse voice. "I'm StAyInG bEhiNd!"

"'Think again, goat boy' Annabeth said'. that's racist annabeth. Shaking my head." Jeremy says.

"Stop it both of you!" Jake screams dramatically. "I felt like my heart was being ripped in two. They had both been with me through so much. I remembered Grover dive-bombing Medusa in the statue garden, and Annabeth saving us from Cerberus; we'd survived Hephaestus' Waterman's ride, the St Louis Arch, the Lotus Casino. I had spent thousands of miles worried I'd be betrayed by a friend, but these friends would never do that. They had done nothing but save me, over and over, and now they wanted to sacrifice their lives for my mom.
'I know what to do' I said. 'Take these'
I handed them each a Pearl"

"Annabeth said, 'But Percy-"

"Sorry sorry sorry. I'm sorry Micheal I don't want to interrupt but what the fuck is happening" Rich cuts in again. "Percy's mom is dead or something and they have magic pearls and they met Medusa and this book makes no sense"

"Rich- as someone who has read the whole series- I can guarantee that it makes sense. You're just missing three hundred pages of context" Jake reassures him.

"Then we should start from the beginning" Rich insists.

"We should read Micheal the e n t i r e book just so you can have some context?" Jeremy laughs, nearly falling off the coffee table.

"Don't laugh at me! I just want to really- how would Christine put it- I really want to know my characters, yeah? I need to feel his pain in every word I speak" Rich says so dramatically that his hair flops over his eyes.

"Literally all you have to do is read. No acting involved" Jake says.

"Wow Jake. I think Mikey deserves better than just 'reading'"

"Damn right I do" Micheal says from his armchair, eyes still closed. "Is my story gonna get an ending or what?"

"Yes!" Jeremy grabs the book, flicking to the last page.

"Me down to cabin three, so I could pack my bags and go home" Jeremy reads dramatically.

"I think you're missing the start of the sentence there babe" Rich points out.

"Shhhhh Richie. There you go Mike. You got an ending" Jeremy frisbees the book so it lands on Micheal's belly.

"Wow guys that was great"
Micheal opens one eye, smirking at his boyfriends.
"But you guys did break my glasses"

"Don't worry Micheal" Jake says with a smile, taking his hand. "Rich will pay for them"

"Rich will what now?" Rich cuts in.

"You're the one who threw the cantaloupe. You're paying"

"You threw the cantaloupe first!"

"Yes but I didn't hit Micheal, did I?"

"Ugh shut up we all know you're right"

The three boys squabble over the glasses as Micheal stands up. He kisses them all on the head before leaving them to their argument.

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Wasn't sure how to end this one but here you go! First time writing Boardwalk Boys and I had a blast! Make sure to request any ships, types of one shots or scenarios you want to see. I am a token people pleaser so I will write anything you want.

Happy pride! 🌈
- Avery