Riordianverse Oneshots

When Heroes Die

TW for mentioned abuse, swearing, character death

When Camp Half-Blood found out that Nico and Will were dating, there was an outrage from a single camper, Percy Jackson. The camp found out because Nico and Will were caught kissing by Clarisse, who then, with the twos consent, told everyone. When Percy found out the news from Clarisse, he stormed up to the two boys, who were with the rest of the 7 and Reyna, and proceeded to slap Nico. The camp went silent as he did this, staring at him in shock as he fumed, towering over Nico with rage in his eyes. Nico brought his hand up to his now red cheek, looking up in shock, his brown eyes meeting Percy's sea green.

"Perseus, what the fuck was that for?" Will growled, a sound never heard by camp, and placed his arm around Nico's waist, pulling the son of Hades closer to his chest.

"A lot of fucking stuff, but you? Why you?" Percy growled back, still towering over the boys. Will straightened up, matching Percy's height and bore into his eyes with a glare worthy of Hades. Percy glared back, his eyes swimming with rage and pent up anger before he raised his hand, the intention to hit Nico again plastered plain as day on his face. Will moved quickly, pushing Nico behind him into Reyna and Frank, Percy's hand landing on his face and the sound of a slap echoing across the pavilion and causing Nico to wince. Will stayed still, his cheek turning red slightly as he shoved Percy away, the black haired boy getting pushed down to the ground with a surprising amount of force. Will then walked forward, towering over Percy with such anger that he stayed on the ground in slight shock.

"If you have a fucking problem with me, then fine, have one, but Nico will not suffer because of that. Just because you dated him for a while does not mean you get to dictate and judge who else he dates. You were fucking abusive, you made him do things he never wanted to. If you ever so as look at him again, I will personally reign hell upon your whole life, got it?" Will glared at Percy, his eyes burning with the power of the sun. Percy growled, scrambling up and grabbing Riptide from his pocket. He never had the chance, for Will's hands sparked up with light and a sword formed. The son of Apollo swung it, hitting Percy's side and causing the son of Poseidon to drop to the ground, clutching his side. Will walked forward, bringing the sword's point to Percy's chest.

"You are worthless Perseus Jackson, and you did it to yourself," Will said in a low growl before stabbing the sword through Percy's heart, causing him to scream loudly. The campers watched on in awe as the great hero and saviour of the world died, blood seeping out of his chest. Will stared Percy down as he took his last breath, making sure the last thing he saw was the anger in his own eyes for hurting Nico like that. Nico and Hazel felt as Percy's life force faded, the son of Apollo making no move to heal him.

Once Percy was gone, Will turned around and the now 6, Nico, Reyna and all of the campers behind him saw the pure rage in his eyes. He walked forward, taking Nico's hand with grace and asking in Italian if he was ok. Nico nodded, tears forming in his eyes as he lunged forward and hugged the son of Apollo tightly.

"Grazie."

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