A/N: IT'S SO FREAKING LONG AND IT TOOK FOREVER!! To say it was a challenge to force Leo to open up (and find the right motivation and situation to do it) would be an understatement! (reminding you that TOA is NOT canon in this fic) I hope you'll appreciate it. And my new headcanon that has nothing to do with this chapter but I love too much not to share: Nico uses The Italian Hand Gesture ALL. THE. TIME. For those who don't know, it LITERALLY means "WTF...?" (can be also used as why/how/when/where TF?). NO ONE on Earth will convince me Nico-no-patience-for-bs-canon is not using the Hand at any opportunities. Stupid example, BOO, when Leo just swoops in and snatches Gaea. Nico would look at Will and do the hand while saying "what- how-?", 100%. Can we make it canon? Is it canon in TSATS? I haven't read it yet.
Leo's Flashback
SUNDAY, 19th February
P: Hey, I should've asked this before, but is the flower shop close to you open today?
L: It was, but they close in the afternoon.
P: Damn it.
L: If you're romancing Jason, Dr. Passionate Hotness here can help find alternatives.
P: I won't touch that even with a ten-feet pole.
P: And it wasn't for Jason.
L: Pipes, you didn't need to!
L: I knew what I was getting into when I decided to join you in our torrid affair.
L: I knew going in that being the side chick meant being used with no care for my fragile heart.
L: You don't need to buy me flowers to ease your guilty conscience.
L: I'm still yours, even if you only come to me for my body.
L: I beg you, keep using and abusing me, you know I can't resist your sexiness.
P: Oh, my darling hero, don't worry.
P: Next time I see you, I'll tie you up and relieve ALL my frustrations on you.
L: ...On second thought, I might accept the flowers.
P: Oh, love, who said they were for you?
L: Oh. OH, my heart! You're already disregarding all my devotion?
P: Not that your dramatic ass deserves to know, but they were for Will.
L: Will? Oh, why Will? Why him?
L: What could I do to seduce you back into my arms?
L: You know he's not a real doctor, right? He just binges medical series. It's all fake!
P: I'm telling him that.
L: Don't forsake me like that, my dove!
L: Do I need to beg on my knees for your love and mercy?
P: That does sound appealing, maybe later.
P: And he wanted to buy them for their mother.
P: I just forgot to check with you before we got inside the Uber.
L: You're coming here?
L: Callie and Erica leave close to the shop; I could ask them for a favor.
P: Would they say yes?
L: Of course, who can resist THIS?
P: Do you want the list? It's about a mile long.
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He'd forgotten Callie would be out for the weekend, but that might've been for the best. Erica was easier to convince to do him a favor. By the time Piper and Will arrived, Erica had already unlocked the door and turned on the lights. Maybe because he rarely saw the other demigods, but he had forgotten for a moment that Will was stuck in the opposite gender, and had a fraction of second of asking himself who was the girl with Piper and where was Will. He didn't know why, but the moment it clicked, he felt an almost uncontrollable need to laugh. Despite doing his best to conceal it, Eric still looked at him curiously. Luckily, by the time Will and Piper got close to them, he'd managed to play it cool enough to handle the introductions.
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