Percabeth Oneshots

Marriage

By angloie

Marriage, come to think of it, Percy's never really thought about marriage.

Marriage. A sacred bond of love. The very thought of it- actually being able to marry- was a thought distant to him as it was to a lot of demigods. Every day could be a nightmare. You never know when your last day could be, or your last meal, or a last kiss from your lover could be- so why even bother? Why bother seeking out such things?

Percy struggled to understand it for a long time. He's seen what marriage does to people, he's seen what kind of arguments and fights and anger it brings. It's not like love was something he was distant towards, because Percy knows what love is to him. 

Love is warm blue cookies. Love is the feeling of fresh air on your skin, the feeling of warmth under the summer sun. Love can be fickle, but it can be sweet too. He knows what love is, and he doesn't need another definition of it.

But when Annabeth Chase comes into his life, Percy thinks he can afford to make a few changes. He loves Annabeth. He really does. He loves waking up with her, he loves sharing meals with her, and hell, even being in the same room as her can lighten his mood. It hurts him to imagine a loving future, a future where he could be bound together forever with her, only for one of them to not be there to live it- so he won't imagine it at all.

"Have you ever thought about marriage?" The question comes raw from Annabeth on a lazy Sunday morning while they're still in bed. It's seven AM, and small, golden slivers of sun shine through the blinds of their shared room. Birds chirp from the oak trees outside their windows. It's the beginning of a beautiful day.

Percy doesn't want to lie to Annabeth, so after a beat of hesitancy, he replies with a quiet "...No."

She turns to face him, and he realises she looks a little relieved. "Me neither." A ghost of a smile graces her lips.

"Well, do you think you... Do you think you would ever want to marry someone?" He asks.

"Only if it's you," Annabeth confidently says with a bashful look on her face. "What about you?"

He's never even thought of it, but the answer comes naturally from his mouth. "Yes." A beat. "Only if it's you," Percy affirms. 

And from that day on, marriage is the only thing Percy can think about.