Solangelo Oneshots

41

By fooooof234

Nico angrily slammed the door to his cabin shut, cutting himself off from the faces of his concerned friends, and stormed his way over to his bed. As much as his rage fueled him, he was still drained from his shadow travel; going all the way to Waco, Texas and back in the span of half an hour was no small feat, and Nico was feeling it. Collapsing onto his dark bedspread, he put his hands over his face and thought about what had led him to this desolate state

It had been a little over a month since Nico had seen his boyfriend. Will had come to visit Camp Half-Blood while he was on Christmas break from college, but hadn't been able to visit since due to his busy schedule.

"I know I said I'd try to fly to New York this weekend," Will said while Iris messaging Nico on Friday afternoon, "but I have this big chem test coming up on Monday, and I should really stay here so I can study for it. I'll try to visit soon, I promise."

Nico tried to hide his disappointment, knowing that Will was busy with all his college pre-med courses, but feeling a gross sadness settle into his stomach nevertheless.

"I understand," was all he said, not wanting to bother Will with his own emotions.

"Thanks, Nico. I'll make it up to you, ok? Love you."

"Love you, t--" but the Iris message had already disconnected. Sighing, Nico stepped out of Cabin 3, thanking Percy for letting him use his fountain; he then started trudging back to his own cabin in order to properly wallow in his own misery.

"Hey, Nico," called Percy, standing from where he had been sitting on the ground with Annabeth, "Everything ok?"

Nico stopped and turned around, shrugging his shoulders and replying, "Yeah, it's just that Will isn't going to be able to visit this weekend. He has studying to do."

"That's a shame, I'm sorry" Percy responded.

"It's fine, I'll be ok," Nico said, shrugging his shoulders again.

"Well, he can't study all weekend, can he?" said Annabeth slowly as she stood up as well, as though there was an obvious solution.

Nico tilted his head suspiciously as he looked at her. "I guess not."

"So why don't you go visit him?"

Nico stopped for a second, considering. Why not? I can just shadow travel over there, spend a few hours with him, then come back to camp. I already know that his roommate isn't in his dorm because we were Iris messaging, and he won't be busy on a Friday evening. It just might work.

"You know," Nico said to her with the beginnings of a smile, "I think I might do just that. Thanks for the suggestion."

Waving goodbye, and receiving a wave in return, Nico closed his eyes and felt himself melt into the shadows.

Present Nico exhaled his breath and wondered how a plan so simple could go so awry.

Will stood staring at the spot where Nico had just been, hardly believing all that had transpired in such a short amount of time. He sat at his desk where his textbook was open, slumping forward so that he rested his weight on his forearms; all he had originally planned for the evening was getting a head start on his assigned reading, not to have his relationship come to an explosive end.

Will turned off his flashlight in order to end the Iris message with Nico and flipped his chemistry book open to the appropriate chapter. He hated blowing Nico off, hated that he had to see that look of disappointment come across his features, hated that it was his fault. I'll just have to do something really special next time I see him, he thought, settling down and putting in his headphones in order to clear his mind of anything other than absorbing information of the pages.