Percy Jackson One-Shots

Frazel: Sweatshirts and Pancakes

Frank always found it interesting how late Hazel slept on weekends. During the weekdays she was always up early, helping the camp get ready for the day,helping with temple designs with Jason, (when he was at Camp Jupiter) or going for a morning run, but when Saturday rolled around, she slept until two most times. Maybe it was a child of Hades thing, because her half-brother, Nico, did the same thing. So Frank was pleasantly surprised to see Hazel walk out of her bedroom, rubbing her eyes and wearing Frank's old sweatshirt. It was much too big on her so it went down to her knees and covered her hands. Her hair was a curly mess, and she yawned and walked over to give Frank a kiss on the cheek.
"Mornin' ",she said sleepily, her voice scratchy, but Frank found it cute.
"Your up early, " he said as he pecked her cheek as she blushed and gave him a tired smile. She rubbed her eyes again and looked at the clock on the wall. It was almost eleven. She sighed quietly and looked down at her feet which were in fuzzy red socks she had gotten for Christmas.
"Yeah, guess I am",she said with another yawn. "Too bad. I won't be able to go back to sleep again."
Frank chuckled and wrapped his arms loosely around her while she rested her head on his chest. Then her stomach rumbled loudly. She frowned into his chest.
"Hungry?" He asked.
She nodded into his t-shirt and sniffed weakly. "Very."
He thought for a minute about breakfast. He hadn't eaten yet, but it would be nice to have breakfast together. He looked down at his tiny girlfriend with a small smile on his lips.
"How about pancakes?" He asked.
She nodded again. " As long as you don't make them 'Percy Pancakes.'" Frank chuckled and Hazel smiled to herself. Percy had a habit of drowning his pancakes in sugary surup, which Hazel always found overwhelming.
"Alright", he said and let go of Hazel.
She looked disappointed at first, but then brightened when he took her hand and led her to the kitchen. Hazel sat at the counter as Frank combined the dry pancake mix and a half a cup of milk together while the stove heated up. He took a small piece of butter and let it sizzle on the frying pan. Then he scooped a good amount of the pancake mix and let it pour into the pan. The butter sizzled even more under it.
Hazel smiled. She loved it when Frank cooked, even when it was simple things like pancakes, or those muffin mixes they always got from the grocery store. And Frank smiled because he loved to cook for Hazel. He loved how her eyes lit up when she watched him. He loved how amazed she looked when he concocted a very complex recipe for their special dates he sometimes surprised her with.
Hazel watched him make pancakes and when he finished, he stacked three on his plate and three on hers. Then he lightly coated her pancakes in surup. He handed her the plate and a fork and walked around the counter to sit next to her.
Hazel and her brother must have a lot of things in common, because just like Nico, Hazel ate her food very quickly enough to make her stomach hurt afterwards. Even though they wete in silence, it was nice to eat together. Mornings like these rarely happened because of Frank's role as Praeter and Hazel's busy morning schedule, or her just as busy sleep schedule.
But they enjoyed the rest of the morning together when they had both finished and Frank had washed the plates off. Hazel kept his sweatshirt on all morning, and when they watched the television, she cuddled up to his side and he wrapped his arm around her shoulder.
"Hey", Hazel said, turning her head away from the television to face him.
"Hm?" He asked smiling down at her.
"I really enjoyed this morning with you", she said and leaned up to peck his cheek.
He blushed slightly and leaned down to kiss her cheek but she moved her head and instead he caught her lips. It was a sweet short kiss, but it was nice. And when they broke apart Frank was blushing madly and Hazel had a smug satisfied look on her face.
"Let's have these mornings more often", Hazel said to him and turned back to the screen.
"I'd like that a lot", was all Frank said, smiling and they watched the television together.