True Love - Percabeth - Human AU

Percy's Past

(A beautiful picture taken somewhere in Korea. Jungwon from ENHYPEN posted this picture on Weverse recently.)

Percy's POV
(Percy is 8)

"Mommy?" I wander out to the living room.

I see her bloody and battered on the floor.

"MOM!" I shriek and race over.

"Percy, call the police." She whispers.

I grab her phone off the floor. "Hello, this is 911. How may we help?" A voice asks on the other end.

"My mommy. She's hurt. A lot of blood." I say whimpering.

"Where do you live?"

"________________" I respond.

"Okay we'll be there as fast as we can."

10 minutes later I hear sirens. Police and paramedics burst in.

They take my mom away on a stretcher.

Tears slide down my face.

"Honey? Was that you mom?" I turn around. A police is crouched down behind me.

I nod wiping my tears.

"Okay. Do you know what happened?" I shake my head. "Is there someone abusive in your family?"

"No. Well...Smelly Gabe hurts my mommy and me." I say quietly.

"Who's—" She gets cut off by the door slamming open.

"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!" Gabe, my awful stepfather, storms in. He holds a beer bottle.

"Sir did you harm this woman?" The nice lady asks.

"Of course." He shares an evil smile.

The police look at each other and rush toward him. I cover my eyes.

I remember the police taking Smelly Gabe away. My mom lying in a hospital bed. She's fine now. Gabe, on the other hand, was sentenced to prison for 30 years. More was added due to past troubles. The nice police lady helped me when my mom was healing. But after that...I didn't really see her again.

Time skip 3 years (Percy is now 11 years old)

I unlock the door to my mom and my apartment. It's a simple 2 bedroom 1 bathroom apartment. But it's home. I guess.

"Mom!" I shout.

"In here Percy!"

I walk in and ask what was on my mind, "What happened to dad?" I've never asked this before. Every time I do she just avoids it.

"Well. . .Sit down Percy I have a lot to explain."

We sit down together at our small foldable table.

She stares off into space for a bit, "I met you dad at the beach. Kind smile. We were in love Percy." She pauses tearing up. "Then you came along. He worked as a General. He was called back. I never had the chance to tell him about you." A few tears slid down her face, "He died that day." Tears streamed down her face.

"What was his name?" I ask.

"Poseidon." She buries her face.

I slowly get up and walk to my room. Still processing everything I sit down and close my eyes, trying to imagine what he looks like.

"Percy?" My door opens.

"Hm."

The bed dips next to me, "I found a picture of him."

I sit up and take the photo. It shows a man in a Hawaiian shirt, shorts, and a baseball cap on. A small beard covers his chin. Next to him is my mom. She looks so happy. I've never seen that smile.

I smile down at the picture.

I look closer realizing my dad's eyes are staring at my mom.

In that moment I realized how much my mom loved him and how much he loved her.

Ok y'all!

I know this chapter is shorter than Annabeth's Past but.... that's all y'all need to know!

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