Leico Valdangelo just another heartache

Nico

Nico replayed Hazel's words in his mind as he sat by the lake. He wanted to go find Leo but thought better of it. The poor guy was probably still upset over Calypso and everything.
So Nico decided to sing one of his favorite songs to himself.

"Every carpet, every floor
Everywhere I look I fall,
I'm climbing up the walls, I'm climbing up the walls
What goes on behind these doors
I'll keep mine and you keep yours
We all have our secrets, we all have our secrets

Behind every door is a fall, a fall
And no one's here to sleep

You were always faster than me
I'll never catch up with you, with you..
Oh I can feel them coming for me"

"Wow..."

Nico whipped around so fast and almost snatched his Stygian iron sword out of its sheath. Just to find a shocked Leo staring at him.

"Oh shit." Nico sighed. "I'm sorry you heard that."

Leo blinked at him like he'd grown an extra head.

"Dude what are you talking about?!" Leo looked like he'd seen the entire universe in the blink of an eye and lived to tell about it. "That was-that was-oh my fuck."

"That bad huh?" Nico asked turning away.

"What?! No!" Leo grabbed his arm. "Keep going." He urged.

Nico looked down at his hand on his arm and Leo quickly let go and pulled back.

"I don't really sing in front of people.." Nico said quietly.

"That's cool cause I'm the only one here." Leo smiled his goofy grin, probably the first time he genuinely smiled all day.

Nico rolled his eyes at him, but if this really cheered Leo up...

"What should I sing, Leo?" trying his best to sound miffed instead of excited.

"You listen to Bastille?"

"Yeah but I only know a few of their songs by heart.." Nico admitted.

"Sing one of your favorites." Leo smiled at him and sat down on the lakeside shore.

Nico immediately thought of one, but it reminded him of Leo.. Maybe he shouldn't sing that one..but then again he won't know that the song reminds Nico of him.

'Fuck, so here is how I'm gonna die' Nico thought before sitting next to Leo, closing his eyes, and singing Flaws.

"When all of your flaws and all of my flaws
Are laid out one by one
The wonderful part of the mess that we made
We pick ourselves undone

All of your flaws and all of my flaws
They lie there hand in hand
Ones we've inherited, ones that we learned
They pass from man to man

There's a hole in my soul
I can't fill it, I can't fill it
There's a hole in my soul
Can you fill it? Can you fill it?

You have always worn your flaws upon your sleeve
And I have always buried them deep beneath the ground
Dig them up; let's finish what we've started
Dig them up, so nothing's left untouched

All of your flaws and all of my flaws,
When they have been exhumed
We'll see that we need them to be who we are
Without them we'd be doomed

There's a hole in my soul
I can't fill it, I can't fill it
There's a hole in my soul
Can you fill it? Can you fill it?

You have always worn your flaws upon your sleeve
And I have always buried them deep beneath the ground
Dig them up; let's finish what we've started
Dig them up, so nothing's left untouched

Ooh
Ooh

When all of your flaws
And all of my flaws are counted
When all of your flaws
And all of my flaws are counted

You have always worn your flaws upon your sleeve
And I have always buried them deep beneath the ground
Dig them up. Let's finish what we've started
Dig them up. So nothing's left untouched

Ooh
Ooh

All of your flaws and all of my flaws
Are laid out one by one
Look at the wonderful mess that we made
We pick ourselves undone"

When Nico opened his eyes Leo was open mouth staring at him.

He tried not to think of all the things he could do with that pretty mouth but failed.

Nico didn't realize he had been leaning in until Leo's nose was pressed against his cheek. Leo kissed Nico's cheek softly, the way he does with people he's closer to, but it was different he had never done that to Nico and his face was wet with tears.

Nico moved back to original spot slowly, not wanting to break the closeness but wanting to look at Leo's face.

"I-I guess I have this thing for people who are amazing at singing." Leo tried to smile but his face fell.

Nico reached out and did something very uncharacteristic. He wiped Leo's tears away and asked "Is this about Calypso?"

Leo thought for a moment. "Yeah it kind of is, but she's nothing compared to you."

Nico's breath caught and Leo's eyes widened realizing what he said "At singing I mean." He clarified.

Nico smiled and Leo told him he should do that more often.

Nico took a mental note, knowing he wouldn't have to try that hard if Leo stuck around.