Solangelo One-Shots

In Words

A/N: Thanks for the prompt! This comment has been sitting here for over 6 months now and I had almost completely forgotten about it I'm so sorry! But I finally got back to it and I finally wrote it, so without further ado~

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Nico needed to talk to someone about this. Keeping these feelings to himself was eating him up inside. The only problem was, he didn't feel like he could talk to anyone about it. And even if he could, he was terrified of other people finding out. 

For a while he thought that if he just avoided Will then he could avoid his massive crush on him as well. But Will smiled at him at dinner today and Nico couldn't take it anymore. He stood up and walked as quickly as possible to his cabin, slamming the door shut behind him in frustration. He needed to get this out.

Nico looked wildly around the cabin. He wasn't sure exactly what he was looking for until he found an old notebook and a pen in a drawer. The pages were blank and he tore one out. He had no plan, no idea what he was going to write, but as soon as his pen touched the paper, the words just flowed out from there:

Will, you're never going to read this because I'm never going to give it to you, but I need to say this somehow.

I need to say that I care about you so much. Too much. I need to talk about how the world feels warmer and safer whenever I'm near you. I need to share that I wish we spent more time together and that I'm disappointed every time our conversations are over. I need to tell someone about the way my heart jumps when you smile at me and when you talk to me and when our arms accidentally brush together. I need to admit that I kiss you in my dreams and in those dreams I never want to wake up. 

Will, I love having you as a friend but I want us to be more. I really, really want us to be more. And I know now why a crush is called a crush because it crushes me to think about how you probably don't feel the same way.

Nico signed it to make it official that yes, these were his thoughts and this was how he felt. It only got some of the weight off his chest but it was a relief nonetheless. 

For the next few days, he kept the letter on his nightstand and whispered it out loud to himself whenever he needed to.

One day he came back to find the letter missing and he nearly had a heart attack. He searched the room frantically, but it was gone.

Instead, it was folded up in Reyna's pocket as she set out to give it to Will. She'd dropped by CHB for a quick visit and tried looking for Nico in his cabin. He wasn't there, but the paper on his nightstand caught her eye and made her curious. She knew Nico was going to hate her for this, but she pocketed the letter anyways. He'd thank her later once Will Solace was his boyfriend.

Meanwhile, Nico was panicking. If the letter wasn't there, that meant someone took it - which meant someone knew. And that someone could do whatever they wanted with that knowledge. He hated that. The thought was making him shake and he had to take multiple deep breaths to calm himself down.

There was nothing he could do about now except sit there and try not to drown in his anxiety.

A knock on the door ten minutes later made him jump. His next breath was shaky and he took a second to regain his composure.

The knock sounded again, this time accompanied by Will's voice, "Nico, are you there? Can I come in?"

Whoever took the letter must've told him. Nico's mind ran through every single horrible scenario that could play out if he opened the door. He shook his head, stood up, and opened the door anyways, letting Will in. "Hey."

"Hey. So, um, Reyna found your letter. She gave it to me. I read it." Will's words were careful, slow.

"Reyna. I didn't even know she was here." Nico muttered to himself. He looked at the floor, refusing to let himself look at Will as he said aloud, "You weren't supposed to read it. It wasn't even supposed to leave my room. You weren't supposed to know."

"Well I did read it, and I do know. And I'm glad of it, too," Will said, "Nico, I had no idea you felt that way."

Nico kept his eyes locked on the ground, "That was kind of the point."

"You should've told me!" Will exclaimed, but his voice got softer as he continued, "And you shouldn't be afraid to look at me right now, because I'm not rejecting you. You wrote that you want us to be more than friends...and I want that too. I have for a while."

"Wait, really?" Nico finally looked up. Will's expression was genuine and Nico's heart did a backflip.

"Yes, really." Will confirmed. A smile spread across his face as he spoke, until Nico couldn't help but smile too.

"Okay so...what now, then...is this like...are we like...?" There was so many things Nico wanted to ask and say, and they were all trying to come out at once. He closed his eyes for a second as he sorted through them, finally deciding on, "Can I kiss you now?"

Will's smile grew as he took a step closer and said, "I thought you'd never ask."

Nico moved forward, tilting his head up so that their lips could meet. And then they were kissing, and Will's hands were on Nico's waist and Nico's hands were in Will's hair, and this felt good. This felt right. Above all else, this was real, and it was even better than Nico had dreamed. And just like in his dreams, he never wanted it to end.

He was still going to murder Reyna though. 

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A/N: remember that you can always comment prompts! I will get to them eventually~