A Solace Christmas | Solangelo Fanfiction

Chapter 3

"I hate the weather here in Texas."
Nico felt like he was dying.
"Gods, same." Will breathed out heavily, trying to fan himself with his hand.

Nico and Will were both laying on their backs on the bed, in Will's bedroom. Will rolled up his short sleeved t-shirt up, showing off his biceps, because he was that warm. It was a good thing he was wearing shorts too. Nico felt too awkward to have his bare legs out, so he decided to just suffer more with his jeans on.

"Y'know, you can take a shower if you want. Maybe it'll cool you down a little." Will said, turning his head to face Nico.
Nico glanced at Will and Will saw how uncomfortable Nico seemed to be by that idea.
"Dude, you gotta shower while you're over here, or else my family will make fun of ya."

Nico raised his eyebrows, sitting up and looking down at Will.
"... Is your accent coming out? Oh my Gods, you sound like a little cowboy!" Nico grinned.
Will's cheeks turned red. Nico guessed it was from the heat, but it was actually from embarrassment.
"No! Leave me alone! Go shower, stinky!!" Will exclaimed, looking away and turning around on his side.

Nico let out a laugh and he shuffled closer to Will.
"Pfft, haha! Will, relax. It's not bad, it's actually sorta cute hearing your accent coming through." Nico said, shrugging slightly as he brought his hand to Will's hair and ruffled it.
Will let out a whine and he buried his face into his bedsheets. Nico couldn't help but giggle at the sight.

"You're a dork." Nico said, getting up from the bed and going over to his bag. "Fine, I'll take a shower. I don't want to greet your mom when she gets back when I'm all sweaty and gross."
Nico went over to where he set one of his bags and he opened it up, grabbing a band t-shirt as well as a pair of shorts and some other necessities.

"Where's the bathroom?" Nico asked, looking at Will.
Will still kept his face hidden in his bedsheets, which wasn't helping with the fact that he was dying from the heat.
"Right next to my room." Will said, lifting a hand and pointing a finger to the other side of the room.
"Ah, thanks." Nico said, walking off.

Will heard Nico leave his room and he sat up, running his fingers through his blonde locks. Gods, why did that make him feel so flustered when Nico mentioned his accent and called it 'sort of cute'?

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Nico felt clean, and quite refreshed. He was still warm, but the shower did cool him down a little. He was laying in Will's bed right now as Will was taking a shower too.

Nico was bored. He knew demi-gods couldn't have phones because it'd attract monsters, but boy, did a phone sound good right now.

Nico fiddled with his fingers, twirling the skull ring around his finger. He stared up at the ceiling and Nico noticed that Will's room had some glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling. Nico smiled a little. Will's room must've not been changed since he was a child. It made sense, Nico knew Will had to go to camp at a young age and he didn't visit home often to keep his mother safe from the monsters.

Nico sat up when he heard some footsteps getting closer. He saw Will walk in, his hair quite damp, wearing a light grey tank-top with some plain shorts on that nearly reached Will's knees.

"Enjoying yourself?" Will smiled, going over and sitting down next to Nico.
"Love the glow-in-the-dark stars on your ceiling." Nico grinned, pointing his finger up to the ceiling.
Will's cheeks warmed up and he groaned.

"Maybe this was a mistake, you're gonna be teasing me this whole time." Will grumbled.
Nico couldn't help but laugh out softly.
"I think of it more as a way of getting to know more about you." Nico said, pressing his shoulder against Will's.
Will looked at Nico, a little surprised that he got closer.

"You already know me quite well though." Will said.
"Do I?" Nico tilted his head slightly. "I mean, the most I know is that you are a son of Apollo, you overwork yourself as the camp's best medic, and... you can be very scary when you wanna be."
Will raised his eyebrows.

"Very scary, huh? You like scary stuff, don't ya?" Will teased, leaning in a little closer to Nico.
Nico felt his heart skip a beat and he swallowed as his gaze switched to Will's lips for a moment.
"Trying to imply something, Solace?" Nico met Will's gaze again.
Will felt his heart pound against his chest when he saw Nico's gaze lower down to his lips for that split moment.

Will and Nico both backed away when they heard the front door open and shut from downstairs.
"Will! I got back from work!" Naomi called.
Will smiled at Nico as he got up from his bed.
"Let's go greet my mom." Will said.
Nico took a deep breath as he got up.
"Let's go." Nico said, waiting for Will to go ahead and leave first.

Will went ahead and left his room. Nico trailed behind Will. They made their way down the stairs and Will quickly went down them, rushing over and wrapping his arms around his mother once he saw her. Naomi seemed to laugh as she hugged Will back.

"Woah! You're excited to see me, kiddo." Naomi smiled down at Will, bringing her hand to Will's hair.
Will grinned up at his mom.
"Of course I'm excited to see you!" Will exclaimed. "It's been a while!"
Naomi took her hand away from Will's damp hair and she looked over to see Nico standing awkwardly on the last step of the stairs, holding onto the railing.

"Nico, right?" Naomi smiled as Will pulled away from the hug.
Will looked over at Nico and nudged his head as a way of telling Nico to come over.
"Erm, yes. Thank you for allowing me to stay here and spend Christmas with you, Naomi." Nico nodded as he stepped down and went over, standing nearby Will.
"Of course! I love meeting people who are dear to my son." Naomi said.

Nico's cheeks warmed up and Will's cheeks also turned pink.
"Mom." Will groaned, running his fingers through his hair.
Naomi laughed and she sighed out softly.
"Sorry, sorry. I'll quit it." Naomi smiled at her son.

"You two boys relax, I will get myself cleaned up and begin working on dinner. I'll on call you two to set the table, then hopefully we can catch up or learn things about each other!"
It was clear that Naomi wanted to catch up with her son and that she wanted to get to know Nico. Nico and Will nodded at Naomi before she went ahead and left, heading up the stairs first.

Nico looked at Will and Will smiled.
"Uhm, you up for watching some TV in the living room?" Will asked.
"Mmh, what are you thinking of watching?" Nico asked as Will began to walk off.
Nico followed behind Will.

"You interested in Star Wars?"
"I have never heard of that in my life."
"Sweet! I can rant about the whole lore while we watch through the movies!"
"... I think I made a mistake coming here."

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