The child of the Sea (Leo Valdez x reader)

Chapter 13

Time skip: Five days

Y/N's POV:

I was with Mark and Lily on the lake... or well should I say frozen lake? Yes apparently it still snowed at CHB. I was fucking freezing. I was born and raised in California even after my mom's accident since my aunt lived there. And even after Nyssa took me in we stayed in warmed climates. And on top of that most of my teen years were in Florida. To say I was not used to the cold was an understatement.

"Lily, Mark I don't understand how you're not cold." I say. "Well we went to visit Gram in the winter." Lily shrugs. "And I lived in NYC apart from the summers and some breaks." shrugged Mark. "City boy." teases Lily. "Country girl." Mark smirks. I roll my eyes and shiver from the coldness. Lily grabs my hand. "Come on cuz it's not that bad." she says as she starts to skate. I roll my eyes and yank my hand away. "Sure not that bad." I grumble. Mark chuckles. "You defiantly dislike the cold." he comments. "Hate. I hate it.." I scowl. Lily rolls her eyes.

"Come on N/n. You're so slow." she groans. "Well not all of us are professional ice skaters." I scoff. "You roller-skate. You'll be fine." Lily argues. I sigh. "Just try so Lily will stop pestering you." Mark burgers. I roll my eyes and let Lily take my hand dragging me along. She was right. Ice skating was kind of easy since I knew roller-skating. "Okay I'm going to let go." Lily says. I nod. She lets go and I somehow don't fall flat on my face. Lily was dancing on the ice. Somehow this daughter of Demeter loved winter like a lot. 'I'm staring to wonder if she's a child of Khione.' I think. Mark was also a natural on the ice. My two best friends did figure skating. I just stood and watched them dance across the ice. 'You know what? Fuck this.' I thought. I skate off the ice. I took off my skates and put on my boots. I start walking to my cabin.

"Not used to the cold California?" I hear a voice say from behind. I stope and look behind to see Leo coming over. "California?" I chuckle. "You were born and raised there and you're used to the sun. Seemed suitable." Leo explained. I roll my eyes playfully. "To answer you question Valdez no I'm not used to the cold. I'm freezing." I answer. "You're wearing a coat." Leo pointed out. "And?" I say rising an eyebrow. "You really live up to your nickname Sunshine." he teases. "Shut it Repair Boy." I say. "Come on." he says grabbing my hand.

He leads me to Cabin 9 which was empty apparently. "It's warm in here isn't it." he says. I nod taking off my jacket. "Yes for once today I'm not freezing." I reply. "Well that's the benefit of having a son of Hephaestus who also has fire powers as a boyfriend." he grins. I roll my eyes and nudge him playfully. I eye a hot chocolate machine and raise an eyebrow. "Has there always been a hot chocolate machine in the Cabin?" I ask. "Maybe... or maybe not I just found from sources you hate the cold." he says. I laugh. "You asked Mark and Lily didn't you." I snicker. He raises and eyebrow as he starts the machine. "Of course I did. What I should've let you die from freezing? What kind of boyfriend would I be?" he says. I chuckle. "A horrible one that's for sure." I tease. Leo snickers. "Well good thing I didn't then." he mocks. "Good thing." I agree. He looks at me and grins. I end up staring at his smile. "You're staring." he comments smirking nd I blush. "Shut it Valdez." I mutter.

Leo's POV:

"Nope." I say grinning as I add marshmallows on the hot chocolates. "And voila." I say. I take her cup and mine and head over to the sofa. "Your order señora." I joke. She chuckles and takes the drink. "Thank you kind sir." she says. She takes a sip. "Leo this is really good!" she says. I raise an eyebrow playfully. "Oh you thought it wasn't going to be good" I tease. "Maybeee. Maybe not." She grins cheekily. I roll my eyes and get up grabbing her hand. "Leo! What are you doing? I haven't finished my hot chocolate." she asks. I grab her jacket and mine and hand it to her. "Oh no. You are not  taking me out there." N/n groans. "Yes I am. And I'm gonna show you how cool winter is." I say. "Not even Mark and Lily can do that." she raises an eyebrow. "Well I'm gonna try anyway. So get on your coat." I smirk. She groans as I drag her outside. I chuckle. "Come on California." I say. "Leo it's cold." she complains. (A/n: Sorry if I'm making Y/N kinda a brat.) "Child." I tease. She rolls her eyes. "Where are we going anyway?" Y/n asks. "You'll see." I say. She rolls her eyes.

I lead her to the fields. "Why are we here?" she asks. "Lots of snow... to build snowman." I grin. "Really Valdez?" she laughs. "Yup." I nod. "You know this is only going to make me hate the cold more right?" she says. "You'll change your mind." I say confidently. She rolls her eyes. "You know I'm not a child right?" she says. "Celine would be wounded." I say dramatically. "Fine, fine but no Frozen references." Y/n sighs thought not of annoyance. I grin and and together we roll the first part of the snowman.  She starts rolling the second part. "Aren't you going to help me Leo?" she grunts. I chuckle. "Yeah, yeah California." I say. I help her roll the second part and put it on first one. We roll the last part and put it on top of the other two. (A/n: Sorry if I did the snowman thing wrong. I don't live in a place where it snows so I don't know what building snowman is like. I have seen snow before since I used to live in the UK.) 

Y/N's POV:

I groan as Leo rushes off leaving me in the cold. A few minutes later he come s back with pebbles and a carrot. I roll my eyes but laugh. "Where did you get the those?" I ask. "Katie. Cabin four somehow has an indoor garden." he says. "Trust me I know." I say. "Right cause of Lily." he says. He puts the pebbles on as eyes, a mouth and buttons. I add the nose as the finishing touch. "Wow Thomas you really must have it bad for Valdez if you're out in the cold." a familiar voice says. Me and Leo turn around to see Mark and Lily coming our way. I huff and roll my eyes. "He dragged me out here. He's trying and failing to make me like the cold." I say. "Valdez you're playing a losing game." Lily chuckles.  Leo grins. "It's worth a shot." he shrugs. Mark raises an eye brow. "A long shot." he comments. "Well Thomas, Smith you're welcome to tag along and see me change her mind." Leo says. "Not happening Repair Boy." I say. "We'll see California." he smirks. "California? Smart Valdez." Lay chuckles and Leo grins.

Time skip

I was now sitting with Leo, Mark and Lily on a horse and carriage ride. Somehow Mark and Lei had been able to snag us a ride. Apparently the Aphrodite kids convinced Chiron to allow it because it was cute. I didn't understand how anyone could like sitting in a carriage in the cold. Anyway Lily's head was on Mark shoulder and their fingers were intertwined. Her eyes were closed not because she was asleep but because she was resting g her eyes (same difference). Leo rested his head on my shoulder and was fidgeting with my fingers. "I heard from Pipes you fidget with stuff because of ADHD." I comment. He shrugs.. "You don't mind do you?" he asks. "Not if it keeps you satisfied." I say. "So did you change you mind about winter?" Mark asks. "No. Obviously not." I say. "So Valdez will you admit you mission was a fail?" Lily asks. "Nope." Leo answers. "So does that mean you're gonna keep trying?" I groan. "Yup." Leo grinned. 

"Oh come on N/n. You can't hate everything about winter. What about mistletoe, fire places, hot chocolate or snow and etc?" Lily asks. "Screw mistletoe. Fire places and hot chocolate sound good. And snow is cold." I grimace. "And why exactly screw mistletoe?" Leo asks. "Because it's stupid and my first kiss was under the mistletoe." I grumble. "Shit I forgot. You and and Tony first kissed under the mistletoe." Mark said. "I agree. Screw mistletoe." Leo says. "Jealous much Valdez?" Mark teases. "No because Tom never deserved her." Leo replies. "Agreed my cousin deserved much better." Lily says. "Are you all gonna talk like I'm not here?" I ask. "Yes."  Mark, Lily and Leo says. "Fine but at least can you stop talking about my ex?" I ask. "Happily." Leo says. "Thank gods. I mutter. "I still don't understand how you like winter Lil." I say change the subject. "I don't understand how you dislike it." Lily retorted. I roll my eyes. "Alright break it up you two." Mark chuckles. The carriage stops back at the stables. "Ladies first." Leo gestures. "Why thank you." I say getting off. "Can we go back inside now?" I ask. "Yup." he says. "Finally." I sigh. We start to head back to Cabin 3.

A/n: So a few things to explain: Y/n grew up in Santa Monica but her family (Grandparents, Uncle Sam, Mom, Aunt Sabrina) are originally from Texas (Georgetown). Also about the timeline when she grew up. I know it's a bit complicated so this is it:

First five years were in Santa Monica with her mom before the car crash, Aunt Sabrina took her into custody and abused her till she was ten and she tried to drown herself, Nyssa came and took care of her until she was fourteen/ fifteen (when Percy saved the world), Nyssa couldn't take care of her for a while so she went to live in LA with her cousin and Uncle (Mark also moved there from NYC as a transfer), Y/n moved to CHB.