Leo Valdez x reader (oneshots and the Fire Elementalist series)

headcanons: being besties with Will Solace

Yes, I know it's not about Leo but I just really love this gay of sunshine so much and I kinda desperately need a Will Solace in my life rn :< most if not all of these would prolly be based off of the FE storyline

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- idk when Will came to camp so let's just say you arrived before him,,, after your first quest and you and Percy finally got to stay at camp, you guys had a sing-along

- you may or may not have sung a bit too loudly and everyone heard you sing and thought you were amazing

- the Apollo cabin immediately loved you and invited you to lead sing-alongs and that's how you became close friends with Cabin 7

- Will arrived the next summer and tbh he was probably the one you were the least close with

- you, being a theater kid, were an extrovert while Will was an introvert

- this smol bean isn't as talented as his siblings in singing or archery

- but BOOOOIIII did he shine as a healer

- one time a game of capture the flag didn't go so well and the rest of the Apollo kids were shocked to find that half of the injured demigods were singlehandedly taken care of by this sunshine

- you would try to make friends with him but your popularity status with Percy's, honestly intimidated him and he would avoid you as much as possible

- one day you walked to the infirmary hoping to get to know him more, but you were shocked to see him alone in the break room crumpled on the floor

- he was honestly scared when you approached him bc he didn't know how to interact with u and probably thought u hated him by now

- he was shocked when all you did was sit down beside him and hug him tight

- eventually you got him to open up and he told you that his dad, being the god of prophecy, showed him the Battle of the Labyrinth in a dream

- this scared him because he was a healer and this poor sunshine child was only starting to realize that one day there will be deaths that even he cannot prevent

- at this time he's probably only around 11 or 12 years old and that's a lot of pressure to put on a kid, especially a new camper

- you hold his hand tightly and give him a sincere look, something that he saw from you for the first time

- you: "I know you're scared, and I'm scared, too. But that future will come and there's nothing we can do to stop it. I wish I could tell you that I could prevent it but I know that that's impossible. But I can promise you that when that day comes, I will be there for you to hold your hand and get you through it. We don't have to do this alone. We've got each other now."

- and you've had each other's backs ever since

- Will teaching you about healing bc you asked him to so that you can help him in desperate times (like the Battles of the Labyrinth and Manhattan)

- you teaching Will about music and singing because you're good at it and he wants to learn so he can lead sing-alongs with his best friend

- you being the main reason Will comes out of his shell

- being there for him as he struggles with his sexuality and reassuring him that he is valid and worthy of love as any other human

- you would literally punch anyone who dares to bully him for being gay

- lectures you whenever a camper comes to the infirmary with a broken nose after you punched them but at the end of the day he wants to cry and hug you for being so supportive of him