The House of Hades

One More Spoon of Cough Syrup Now

Leo

LEO WAS REALLY WARMING UP TO DREAMS NOW

When he was alive, nightmares constantly plauged him. He saw his mom dying over and over again. Piper, Jason and him falling off Festus as they rode the mechnical dragon. The Argo II sinking, everyone on board. Percy and Annabeth never making it out of Tartarus was a recent one. And, Leo had to selfishly admit he had nightmares of Frank and Hazel kissing as she was dragged away by Gaea...

However, in Elysium, the dreams rocked.

Currently, Leo was standing in a school hallway, his hair (surprisingly) tidy. He was dressed in...woah. A suit. Fire red tie. Crisp jacket.

Leo was happy to see he was at least still wearing sneakers. (Hey, his dream!)

He leaned against the wall- or rather, what he thought was the wall. Leo felt himself falling backwards, brief fright, and then THUD! 

He had landed on his behind, and was sitting in the school's gym. Presumbly, he' fallen through a door. Kid around his age were dancing to Fall Out Boy, and everyone was dressed up in dresses and suits- much like Leo.

"Oh, Leo, " Said a girl's voice as a dark-skinned hand appeared in front of him, offering to help him up. Leo looked, and wasn't all that surprised to see the hand belonged to Hazel.

"Thanks." He said brightly, taking her hand and bouncing up, smiling. 

"No promblem. Did you see Piper's dress?"

"Um..."

"Oh, you've got to see it! I think you'll like-"

Leo zoned out a little, because he had just seen what Hazel was wearing. 

A pink gown, glittering in the dance lights, flowed past her ankles, covering her shoes. Her hair was in a sloppy bun, but it looked very good on Hazel. The daughter of Pluto wore no makeup, except for an exceptionally small amount of black eyeliner.

She pulled him through the throngs of people, and Leo was about to tell Hazel he had just seen Annabeth and Percy when she stopped.

"Pipes! Jason!"

Two figures turned, and Leo's breath actually caught in his throat.

Piper was in a red dress that went down past her thighs, but didn't go near her calves. It was a miracle, once again- Piper had makeup on. Not much, but still...

Jason was wearing  A SUIT, with a sky blue tie. His hair was slightly frizzled. He smiled at Leo. "Hey man!"

Leo waved weakly. "Nice dress, Beauty Queen." 

Piper smacked him on the arm, but glanced at Hazel. "Told you he'd like it."

Hazel grinned.

"So...um....where's Frank?"

A pause. Hazel pursed her lips and Jason looked at his shoes. 

"What?"

"Leo," Piper said in a sweet voice. "Frank decided he didn't want to come, after you..." Leo followed her gaze. She was looking at Hazel.

"Oh, I-....I.." Leo stammered. 

So, in this fantasy, they were all just....high school students. It was prom. And he'd stolen Hazel away from Frank. While Leo should have been happy, he just felt...empty. One- Hazel wasn't some prize to be won. She'd chosen Frank in real life, so Leo shouldn't be having dreams were they were dating. Two- As weird as it sounded...he felt guilty for stealing Frank's girlfriend, even if it wasn't real.