Mortals Meet Percabeth💙

its gonna be okay..

•ALL CREDITS TO RICK RIORDAN

⚠️trigger warning: talks of miscarriage and child loss⚠️

3rd Person PoV:

"Jacksons?" A nurse called out. Percy squeezed his wife's hand before helping her up. They were waiting for their first ultrasound in the doctors office, nervous but excited. After so many negative tests, they were finally going to see their baby...

Percy PoV:

Annabeth and I followed the nurse down the corridor until we got to her office. She smiled and beckoned us to go in. "Okay Annabeth, if you want to just get comfortable on that bed right there, I'll go grab the gel" she instructed before leaving again.

"Need help or you good?" I asked Wise Girl, who was getting on the bed. "I'm good, thanks though" she smiled. I could tell she was nervous though, she was twisting her wedding ring on her left hand, just like she did with her camp necklace when we were teenagers.

The nurse arrived back, holding a bottle of clear liquid and a folder. "Alright, firstly, I'm Janie and I'll be with you for the first few ultrasounds and check ups this trimester" she explained, turning on her computer. Annabeth answered a few questions on her file about how she's feeling and if theres been any differences, but all seemed okay.

"Okay, so if you just lift your sweater up to your ribcage Annabeth, then we'll be able to hear your baby" Janie instructed, squeezing some of the gel onto Annabeths stomach. It must have been cold because she shuddered at its touch.

Janie sat down, picking up the machine and slowly rolling it on Annabeths stomach, trying to see into her womb. When the screen cleared, it was dark and there was a tiny white shadow in the background. "Hmm okay guys, baby must be hiding, let me take a closer look" Janie muttered. She pressed down harder on the machine, gently enough that it wouldn't hurt though. "Okay guys, you see that circle there? That's the yolk sack, which feeds the baby until the placenta takes over" Oh so that was what that lump was, kinda looked like a deformed baguette..

"So I'm going to zoom in as much as I can and see if I can find a heartbeat" Janie mumbled. I looked at Annabeth, who was still tense. I rubbed her shoulder, but she was so tensed up I don't think she noticed it.

"Can we usually hear a heartbeat at this stage?" I asked Janie, who was after turning on the microphone. "Typically yes, you would definitely either hear it or see it at this point of a pregnancy" she replied, frowning. There was still silence. Surely its just taking a little longer to pick up right..?

Annabeth looked like she was gonna cry, she was so worried. After another minute of listening to nothing, Janie switched off the machine and stood up. "Guys I'm just going to grab something from the office, one minute" she muttered and hurried out the door.

"Percy... somethings wrong" Annabeth whispered. I wish I could tell her no, it's all okay but...I couldn't. "Percy there's no heartbeat...what if my mother was right?" She asked, a tear escaping her grey eyes.

~flashback~

They had just told Athena about Annabeths pregnancy. She surprisingly didn't blow up Percy or boxkick him to Mexico so that was... improvement?

Suddenly Athena frowned, her expression worried. "Annabeth you do know...no child of mine has ever carried a pregnancy to full term". "What?" Annabeth asked, eyes wide. "Yes, because of how half-blood children of mine are conceived from a thought in my mind, that it causes difficulties during pregnancy, resulting in miscarriages and stillborns.." Athena rambled, pausing when she saw Percys face.

"That explains why you found it so hard to even get pregnant Wise Girl, remember there was nearly 20 negative test results?" I explained. Annabeth nodded, deep in thought. Surely nothing would happen to us right? I mean, we've been through enough, they'll definitely give us a break now..

~end of flashback~

Janie walked back in, looking sympathetic. She took a deep breath and turned to both of us. Annabeth gripped my hand. "Alright, there's absolutely no way I can say this easier but...I've looked everywhere and...I can't find a heartbeat, I'm so, so sorry" Janie explained. My heart dropped down into Tartarus, Annabeths hand went slack. "I can try again, but there's a 99.9% chance there's nothing, I'm so sorry to both of you" she sighed, rubbing Annabeths arm. "We are going to run a couple tests though, measure some of your hormone levels and try and see what's happened okay?" Janie promised, standing up. She left the room and Annabeth crumbled.

"Percy I- I'm so sorry, this is my fault and now..now the baby's gone and-" I stopped her, wrapping her in my arms, letting her cry into my neck. I felt numb inside, grieving already. We had come in with a baby and we were leaving without one...

AN: Hey guys, sorry for the delay! Also sorry im writing about pregnancy a lot lately, i just find it easy to do i guess? Anyway if anyone reading has had any issues like this, i am so, unbelievably sorry. i hope you are healing, you're doing so well x