Truly Madly Deeply
...Well, Kind of
Note: For @Zany_Dreamer. I missed her birthday (hooooooooowwww???) so I wrote Percabeth fluff . . . :3 It was nice to get a little break from A Crown of Golden Leaves . . .
“YOU know, Annabeth, I really don’t like your name…”
Annabeth Chase looked up from her book (Alice in Wonderland). Percy was focused on putting the finishing touches on his sandcastle; he used a pink seashell as a window for one of the towers and drew a smiley face on the flat area in the middle.
“Uh, excuse me?”
“Your name. Particularly your last name. It sucks.” He sat back and brushed his hands off, ignoring the way Annabeth’s eyes narrowed.
“What’s wrong with my last name?!” Her glare turned into a scowl. Percy shrugged and stood.
“I don’t know . . . it just doesn’t suite you. You should change it.”
She stood too, balling her fists. She would hit him. She would. No, she would break his fingers, put them in boiling hot water, and-- “Change it?! To what?!”
“Jackson.” He walked away.
She stood there for a moment, blinking in as she tried to understand his answer.
“Did you just . . .” she began, still staring at his back. He did, she realized. Of all the proposals, he had to choose something that Seaweeded Brained? “DID YOU JUST PROPOSE TO ME?” He waved his hand a little, but didn’t stop walking. “DON’T YOU WALK AWAY.” His eyes crinkled. “ARE YOU SMIRKING? YOU ARE. GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE—”
That was when he broke out into an all out sprint.
(No one understood why Percy rushed into camp like Hades' dogs were on his feet, but they figured it was because he a) did something stupid, b) was chased by monsters, or c) said something stupid to Annabeth.
And then Annabeth came in yelling about a proposal and "doing it properly" by "not insulting her".)
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"When Fate Aligns" ~ A Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus Oneshot Collection
FanficA series of oneshots for the Percy Jackson fandom I've written through the years.
