Mortals meet Percabeth (and others)

Solangelo meet: Jordan Abbott

I know I'm late but happy pride months for my followers that are LGBTQ+, you are seen you are loved and you are heard. I know it may not seem like it but you are and you always have my page as a safe place if you ever need it

JUST A PSA -- YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME OUT IF YOU'RE NOT READY AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUSTIFY YOUR SKIN COLOUR SEXUALITY OR GENDER BECAUSE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU IS VALID

I put that there because there is a lot. of pressure on LGBTQ+ members to come out during pride month when they are not ready and that's okay. Take your time. You DO NOT HAVE TO COME OUT IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE!

Anyway enjoy your day lovelies,

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Jordan Abbott

MIST

Pride to me was something very special

It offered me something that I haven't had, all my life: A home, of course, I know a lot of people who see Pride as an escape haven't had homes or come from broken families just for trying to be who they were and those that have somewhere to belong and can feel comfortable in their own skin it offers them a chance to be something more than what they are and let lose

I, unfortunately, fall into the first category 

My parents didn't accept me being gay I had known for a very long time that I was into the same sex but I only told my parents when I was in the middle of my teenage years, I honestly hadn't expected them to react the way they did we were a nice normal family and they seemed accepting of everything I did...Until I came out and then it all fell apart they would  scream at me saying that I was wrong for feeling the way I did, that it was a sin and that I was going to hell

Their words stung like a heated knife had been pressed into my skin and I was screaming and drowning but no one could hear me and they didn't stop. Words and phrases that no child should hear their parents tell them  so when I was old enough I left home and never looked back

It wasn't easy making it on my own, but eventually, I managed, starting from the bottom and working my way up. Everyone in their life has to work for something it doesn't matter if they were born into a life of privilege or not they may be working to find love or be happy and successful in their professional life or for many people it may be working past the struggle of loving your body for what it is and not hating it

Of course, you can do what you want with your body but don't do it out of spite or hate do it for love because you love yourself and want to be the best version of yourself. It's easy me telling people that because I don't know the demons that tie them down on a daily basis drowning them each and every day until they decide it's just better to stay there but I know what it's like to just see a flab of skin and wish you could cut it all of, my parents always used to ridicule me about my body shape as I was a little bit on the chubby side as a kid and even as an adult I haven't lost all the weight

But that's okay because I love myself just the way I am 

Freedom. That's what I had to work for, freedom away from my parents and the freedom to just be myself and luckily that's what Pride gave to me, the freedom to be unapologetically myself and now that's what I try to give back to others, the freedom to be themselves. Something I never had

And that's why Pride is special to me

That and the fact that I got to meet some of the most amazing people I have ever known while being at Pride festivals. Two of them being Will Solace and Nico Di Angelo. Will was a little drop of sunshine that seemed to spread positivity in everything he touched while Nico was like a dark cloud on a gloomy day, something that seems to clash with your mood and ruin your day but behind it all was the sun trying to peek out from behind the clouds

But they matched perfectly together you could see it in the way the Will sometimes became enraged when you insulted someone or something he cared about and you could see it in the way Nico would get excited about the smallest of things and would often babble on about it until someone had half a mind to shut him up 

They balanced each other out perfectly 

"Hey, guys!" I say greeting them cheerfully as I somehow manage to spot them 

"Hi, Jordan" Will replies offering me a toothy grin and a half-wave until I get close enough to greet them properly. Their little boy Luca sits on his shoulder his black hair and blue eyes shining as he makes a move to grab for me 

"Hey, bud having fun?" I ask and laugh as he bobs his head

"Yeah! Uncle Henry gave me this!" He informs me before proudly showing off the stethoscope that was hanging loosely around his neck and I look to Nico or Will to give me more of an explanation

"Henry finally finished medical school and gave this to Luca" Nico cut in

"Oh, that's cool. I must text them later or do you know if they're still here?" 

"The twins were getting fussy so they decided to go home early" Will explains with a small smile and I nod my head, knowing that I'm most likely going to see them tomorrow as we live a lot closer to each other than we do to Nico and Will and Henry was going to get a strong talking to for keeping it a secret that he finished medical school, after a long time of breakdowns late-night phone calls and achievements

"I bet you're thankful that Luca is ten, not two anymore"

"It does make things easier"

"I bet"

"You're makeup's dripping" Luca points out as he was lifted off Will's shoulder and was now in between his parents, gripping tightly to their hands as they didn't want to lose Luca in the throng of people, but even at ten Luca was already up to Nico's shoulders, he was definitely taking after Will in height "Right there"

I lightly touch my cheeks to see that the ten-year-old was right, rainbow makeup was dribbling down my cheeks, making me look daft but for once I didn't care. I was right where I wanted to be with the people I needed to be with

I was finally free.