PJO/HOO- Headcanons

Our Future

"Percy?" His girlfriend's voice sounded small. Percy didn't blame her though, as he wasn't too sure what mysteries - and monsters - were held in the depth of Tartarus.

"Yeah, Wise Girl?"

"Are... Are you scared?" She sounded so unsure of herself.

Percy pulled her into his arms where they sat. They had stopped for the night because of Annabeth's ankle. Percy didn't want to push her too hard, but they couldn't afford to stop for long. Tartarus was a nasty place. "I guess so, yeah," he said, kissing the top of her head. "But I have hope. I know we're going to be alright."

"When did you become so wise, Seaweed Brain?" Annabeth chided him. She fit in his arms like a puzzle piece, making him whole and complete.

"Falling down a giant hole into a gaping pit of death changes your outlook on things," Percy said with a sad smile.

She smacked the back of her hand against his stomach. "Oh, Percy."

"I'm serious, though," he continued, leaning back. "Losing my memory, falling down here, it makes you realize what's important."

"And what conclusion have you come to, then?" There would have been more fight in her voice if she weren't so tired.

After a few minutes, Percy said, "I think it's about relationships. Your friends, your family, that's the kind of stuff that really matters. And I mean, it's not as though I don't care about the people in my life, obviously, with the trouble I get myself into being overly loyal and all, but I think it's what you should focus on."

"And you came up with all that on your own? Maybe I'm underestimating you," Annabeth teased, wrapping her arms around his waist. He just laughed. "So is that the most important thing then?"

"You," he said as though it were the most obvious fact in the world.

Annabeth looked up at him. "What?"

"You heard me, Wise Girl," Percy said, pulling on one of her curls. "You're the most important thing to me."

"Never mind about the underestimating thing," she glared at him. "Are you crazy?"

Something howled off in the distance, snapping the two young demigods out of the almost happy atmosphere they had created. Percy tightened his grip on Riptide and Annabeth scrambled to her dagger, only to remember that they hadn't found it yet. They sat huddled together for quite some time without talking. Annabeth was the first to break the silence. "Percy?"

"Yeah?"

"Tell me something happy."

A small smile graced his face, but he didn't loosen his grip on his sword. "Alright," he said. "We're gonna make it out of here together."

She grabbed his free hand and began playing with his fingers. "More."

"Okay. So, after we get out of here and put a rest to all of this global takeover business, we'll graduate from high school, and you'll go to college. Get a big fancy degree in architecture, and I'll, well, I'll open up some kind of skateboard store or something. Maybe I'll even do something crazy and become a marine biologist," he teased, knowing that he'd make her smile by calling school crazy.

He continued, "Then, after you're thousands of dollars in debt, I'll ask you to marry me. I'll probably have to ask both of your parents - and by asking your mom I mean she'll probably have me on my knees, begging."

Annabeth laughed out loud, fondly recalling the conversations they had had about Athena's dislike for Percy.

"So then, we'll have a wedding out in Montauk, on the beach. After that, you'll get a big fancy job being an architect, and in a couple of years, we'll have a kid. I think the first one should be a boy. We'll call him... Alexander. Then when he's about four or five, we'll have twins. A boy and a girl. We'll name the girl Charlotte, and the boy Noah. And a few years after they're born, there will be a surprise baby and we'll call her Grace," Percy said, winding his and Annabeth's fingers together.

She looked up at him and smiled. "Is that all?"

"Life will never be dull," he told her. "We'll always be on the go, and hey, we might even teach the kids how to fight monsters."

"That would be fun and dangerous all at the same time," Annabeth said sleepily.

Percy wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "Have our lives been anything but?"

"You have a point there, Seaweed Brain," Annabeth yawned.

"Get some sleep, Wise Girl," Percy said, placing a gentle kiss on her forehead. "I'll take first watch."

She murmured agreement and readjusted so that her head rested in her boyfriend's lap. "Hey, Percy?"

"Hmm?" He asked, looking down at her. Even days of being in Tartarus couldn't distract him from just how beautiful she was.

"I love you," Annabeth said, her eyes close and a smile on her lips.

He leaned down and kissed her lips ever-so-softly. "I love you, too, Wise Girl."

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