Solangelo Oneshots

Cosplay

Warning: major spoilers for Carry On
Will POV
"I don't understand why we have to do this. It's so lame." Nico complains. I have forced him into cosplaying with the camp cosplay group. I know he'll like it if he gives it a week or two. He's dressed as Baz from Carry On. I thought maybe he could be Nicodemus, because, duh, Nico. But I figured he'd want to be my boyfriend. I'm Simon Snow.

"Good! You're already in character!" I respond. As we reach the meeting place in the big house, I see the other members. Annabeth, dressed as Agatha, Hazel dressed as Penny, Jason dressed as the mage. Jason wasn't invited to join the club, but he heard about it when he was under my bed. He's a real creep.

"Oh. My. Gods. Nico, you look so cute!" Hazel squeals. "Like a little vampire marshmallow."

He glares at her. "I am the embodiment of darkness and despair, Hazel. Fear me." She laughs at that.

Jason steps forward and embraces me. "My son!" He cries. "You were birthed from my loins."

"You see, Jason, this is why we never invite you to these things. Because you're creepy."

"Who am I?" Asks a voice from the corner. It's Percy, who's wearing all beige and is so dull that no one noticed him standing there. The next think we knew, Percy had three blades and an arrow pointed at him.

"Percy. Don't sneak up on demigods." I say to him. He responds with, "I didn't! I just walked up here normally. And you guys attacked me!"

"Because you look so bland! You're wearing all beige." He looks scandalized. "That's not true. I'm also wearing tan. So anyway! Who am I playing?"

We look at each other awkwardly. Finally, Hazel speaks up. "Um, well, there aren't really any other characters. Have you read the book?"

"There's a book? Anyway, no, I hate reading."

Most of us hate reading. Dyslexia, ya know. But audiobooks exist, Percy. That's how Hazel and Annabeth read it.

"I know!" Percy exclaims, "I'll be Nico's character!"

"I'm in! That means I can leave, right?" Nico says. I look at him.

"That means I'll kiss Percy, Nico. Do you want that? I thought we had something."

I'm joking of course, but Percy thinks I'm serious. He kisses my cheek. I scream. I mean, Percy's handsome (everyone has had a crush on him at one point or another. No matter what your sexuality is, you've liked him. Straight guys and lesbians beware.) But I have a boyfriend. A boyfriend who's really cute and sees Percy kiss me. A boyfriend who gets really mad and told Percy that if he did that again Nico would kill him. A boyfriend who punches Percy when he says it wasn't a big deal, that Nico is overreacting. A boyfriend who barely complains the next time I ask him to play my character's datemate.