Percabeth One Shots💅🏻✨

Coping with R(edacted)

Annabeth Chase was just one of those people who everyone knew. You didn't have to be friends with her to know she was someone you wanted in your life. Her closest friends, didn't matter if they were gay, straight, bi, whatever you were, if you were still figuring it out, you had a crush on her. When her friends would hang out, with or without her there the topic always came up. Not just her body, or her face but her personality was something you just wanted to stare at. The giddy feeling of seeing her name on your phone screen when she asked you to come over to play game or cards and smoke some pot, or go for a drive around town, whatever you were doing instantly became insignificant.

Connor knew firsthand just how amazing she was. He may not have known her long, or had more than five real talk conversations with her, but he knew she was an amazing person. She was intelligent, well spoken, gracious, and most of all; beautiful. She didn't just look beautiful, but her entire presence emanated the essence of what beauty was.

Then she walked into school hand and hand with Percy Jackson. Connor had known she and Percy were friends, at times felt a bit jealous of how often they would see each other, but he never expected her to date him. She was too perfect for Connor.. Too perfect for Percy. Too perfect for anyone at the good for nothing school. She had up and until that moment seemed untouchable to people like him. She should be with someone older, more sophisticated. Not— Percy Jackson...

"What is this?" Piper asked outright, indicating to her and Percy's entwined hands.

"Should we tell them?" Percy leaned in close to Annabeth's ear to ask her. Annabeth just nodded. "Well, as you guys know, Annabeth is my best friend and she always will be, but we've always talked about being more..." Percy's voice became a distant background noise as he watched Annabeth's face light up as Percy explained how they got together. How they had been laying on her bed and he just made his move. Connor could feel his jaw tighten at the way she looked at Percy. She should be looking at him like that. Not Percy. Connor wanted her. He knew he could never have her, but he still yearned for her, still craved her attention, wanted to do the things she was doing with Percy.

Connor met Annabeth their freshman year Drama Club. Annabeth was far too talented to be in the ensemble, but she was a freshman, and freshmen have to pay their dues. She never complained, never mentioned anything about the talent she was withholding from them all. Percy knew about it though. He heard it the first time he sat next to her in the chorus tower. She had a voice that sounded professional to him.

He heard it again when he sat next to her in art class.

When they were sophomores Connor made it his mission to become her friend. His love life seemingly took a backseat as he tried to develop a deeper friendship with her. Inviting her to family events, saying how boring it would be without her, all about his crazy cousins, and what they were up to these days. She just listened and laughed when he made a joke. It was so easy.
Then she invited him and only him to accompany her to an event where she was a showcased performer. He will forever consider it their first date, but she'll never know.

(She treated him to dinner, and a show, how is it not a date?)

Then she invited him to her birthday party in July. Sure, all their friends were there, but it didn't distract him from the fact that she still personally invited him.

Connor decided for his birthday that he wanted to take just her to see AvenueQ, his favorite off-broadway show that she introduced him to. She knew all the extra bits there was to know about the show, like what the original cast members had been up to, what shows they were in, what the playwright wrote after it. Just because he couldn't pay attention to anything but her lips that evening, doesn't mean he didn't learn anything about theater! (And just because he can't remember what she said doesn't mean he wasn't paying attention)