Nico woke up in a cold sweat, again.
Every time, he thought in disgust.
The dreams never left him alone. Ever since the war was over, since he'd been back from Tartarus, he couldn't control the nightmares.
Usually, he had dreams about The Pit. He thought he should've been used to it by now but, while his face stayed emotionless, a single tear leaked from his eye.
He hastily wiped it away, refusing to cry.
Nico sometimes wished he could just sleep through life; without the dreams. He lay there thinking, That would be so much easier...
"Nico? Are you okay?"
Nico jerked, he'd almost forgotten he was still in the infirmary (via Will's request).
He quickly pushed himself up, fussing with the pillow, "Yeah, really, I don't know what all the fuss was about. I just fell in the lake."
Will frowned, "And almost drowned it sounds like."
He snapped his head up, "Who said that?"
"Percy."
Nico grumbled, "Maybe, but the whole "mandatory time to rest " thing wasn't necessary."
Will slightly smiled, "Just had to make sure all the water was out of your lungs," he walked closer, "It looks like your face is still a little blue, and obviously you've been using the throw up bucket," he commented, looking down at the almost full bucket next to Nico's bed.
Nico blinked, "Oh, uh, yeah..."
"Oh, uh, yeah, exactly," Will said. "Does your chest still hurt?"
He shrugged.
"You must've been under for a while," Will sat down next to Nico on the bed, "Thank goodness Percy found you."
"Um, yeah," Nico said awkwardly, fidgeting with his hands.
"Are you okay?" Will nervously bit the inside of his lips, looking down, "I mean like, mentally and stuff."
Nico frowned before saying, "I haven't been for a long time, you don't have to worry about me, Solace," in a joking, sarcastic tone.
Will opened his mouth like he was about to say something, but then seemed to rethink his words and closed it again.
"Okay anyway, I should really get to the Mess Hall or I'm gonna miss lunch," Nico said quickly, sliding off the bed and fumbling with his shoes.
"Right, okay. See you around," Will smiled, giving Nico a casual wave.
Nico stopped at the doorway, trying to think of something not awkward to say, before just giving up and walking away before things got even weirder.
He hurried to the Mess Hall trying to forget all about how socially awkward he was.
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Cabin 13
FanfictionDeath- Her death- Unexpected. Quick. Unpreventable. Annabeth died in Percy's arms. Uncontrollable grief rips through him at the loss, his power scaring those around him. In an attempt to help diminish Percy's grief Piper uses Charmspeak. But when it...
