Nightmares (Solangelo)

A Thing

A.N: Before I start the chapter, gotta do some self-advertising. Sorry. Earlier today I published a new story entitled "Camp Death." It isn't Percy Jackson, it's a fanfic for an anime called Soul Eater. If any of my lovely readers like Soul Eater, ya might wanna check it out! Okay. Sorry for wasting your time. On with the story!

Will's P.O.V

Nico drags me out of the theater, earning some odd glances from people, I'm terrified. Completely and utterly terrified of old people, now. And old lady walks past and gives us a smile, making me clutch onto Nico's arm... She probably thinks I'm quite rude... Oh well.

Nico leads me back to the car, opening the door for me. "Ladies first." He smirks, gesturing me inside. I let go of his arm and climb in, glaring at him, though my glare isn't nearly as skull-shattering as Nico's, so he just laughs... But it was worth it. His laugh is adorable. I'm so caught up in the moment I nearly jump out of my skin when I see a zombie in the drivers seat.

"Oh... Right. Jules..." I breath out, relieved. Nico climbs into the seat next to me, buckling his seatbelt and urging me to do the same. I do, of course, after all, I am a doctor.

We ride in silence most of the way home, with only the occasional road traffic noises, and as we got further away from the city, nature sounds. We're lucky not to have been attacked by a monster the whole time... Hopefully we'll make it home.

Eventually the silence between us is almost too much to bare, and I'm about to say something, but he beats me to it.

"Hey... Will...?" He asks, the moonlight reflecting off of his raven hair.

"Yeah?"

"Uhm... Does this make us, like... A thing?"

"Do you want to be?" I ask, I honestly don't know what I'm hoping for him to say... But I get scared when he looks down, refusing to make eye contact with me. "You, uh, don't have to answer that... It's oka-"

"Yes." He cuts me off, earning a smile from me as I move my hand closer to his.

"Does that mean I can call you my boyfriend?" He smiles slightly and nods. "Can we... Hold hands...?"

"Take a wild guess." He says as he grabs my hand, lacing our fingers together. We spend the rest of the ride happily sitting next to each other in silence. Not an awkward silence like last time, more of a happy, romantic-ish silence.
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We arrive at camp, and Nico sends Jules back, until next time he's needed. We walk back to the cabins before I realize we have to separate. Crap!

"Goodnight, Solace."

"You sure you wanna go to bed? I'm really not-" I cut myself off with a yawn. "-Tired..." He gives me a sarcastic look.

"Uh-huh." He looks into my eyes and his expression turns to amusement. "Are you scared?!" He laughs out.

"No!" I state defensively. "Well... Kinda... Yes."

"You have plenty of other people in your cabin! If anyone should be scared, it's me. I'm alone in a dark 'scary' cabin."

"But one of my siblings might kill me in the middle of the night! Do you want me to die?!" Nico's eyes glisten with amusement.

"Well, what? Would you rather sleep in the Hades' cabin with me?" I think he means it as sarcasm... But...

"Yes."

"Gods, Will. I was kidding! Do you even know how much trouble we'd get in?!" He raises his hands in exasperation.

"Well, kinda... But... I'm really freaking scared, Nico! It's your fault for forcing me to watch a horror movie!" I whine at him.

"Fine. Do whatever, but if you get caught, I am not covering for you." He states grumpily.

"I'll wake up at sunset, anyway. So the only people who might find out, are my siblings." He rolls his eyes and continues his journey to the Hades cabin, me trailing behind.

He leads me to his cabin and starts setting up a bed for me, while I go to my cabin to change into pajamas. When I come back, he's already lying in bed, though I can't tell if he's already sleeping... I slip in between the sheets of the bed he set up, and drift into sleep.
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I wake up a few hours later to the sound of whimpering. My first thought it's that out must be some murder, monster, or ghost... But then I remember that Nico sometimes had nightmares while he was in the infirmary... Two nights out of three, actually.

I get up, figuring I should try to comfort him, and walk across the room to his bed. "Hey... Nico." I say, shaking his shoulder, causing him to wake with a start. He wipes his cheeks, feeling the wetness of the tears.

"Was I crying again...?" He asks, looking up at me with his beautiful, dark brown eyes.

"Again?! How often do you wake up like this...?"

"Almost every night since I... Well... You know..." I do... His friends had told me what happened to him, with Tartarus, shortly after I took him to the infirmary. It explained why he had nightmares, but I didn't think they were happening every night...

"Scoot over." I order... Not the best way to comfort someone. He looks at me funny, but slides his body to the other side of the bed, giving me enough room to slip in next to him.

"Wh-what are you doing?!" He blushes and tries to push me out of the bed.

"Shh..." I wrap my arms around him, pulling him into my embrace. He's stiff and stunned at first but melts into my touch after a minute. He rests his head on my chest happily, and falls asleep.

I could definitely get used to this.

A.N: Sorry this chapter's shorter than the others. Have some fluff to make up for it! :3 Love all of you highly functioning sociopaths (if anyone gets this reference, then I love you.) Who read this shit! <3