Solangelo One-Shots

Serenade

Summary: "Will Solace," Nico said. They were so close now that Nico could see that there were golden flecks among the blue in his irises. "Are you trying to serenade me?"

or the one where Nico falls for Will even before the battle against Gaea and it all culminates on a warm summer night.

Notes: I was rereading the entire HoO series and had an intense craving for solangelo, and also re-considered my previous interpretations of this relationship (They are way more old-married-couple-bickering in canon than I ever wrote them!) and my solangelo hiatus. So this basically a different version of the first post-BoO solangelo fic I wrote (in CH1/"Baby Steps"). This is mostly me trying to present them as Riordan has presented them (as a bickering pair who still love each other a lot), and stretches their first main interaction to just before The Lost Hero. (Can't believe I lost sense of solangelo's true essence !!!!! they are truly such an adorable ship it's unreal) 

This also went a little more fighty-actiony than I intended, but it might just also be my other intense craving for a classic pjo quest-style solangelo fanfic. I listened to this soundtrack (youtube.com/watch?v=75EVP7LVZys) a lot, and it mostly matches with the last section than the others. 

Warning for canon unrequited Percy/Nico

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"You showed up pretty early for the sing-along."

Nico glanced up to see a demigod standing beside him with a large yellow scarf nearly obscuring his face. With the scarf, it was hard to tell who it was but Nico was sure it was someone from the Apollo cabin. He searched his memory for his name. What was it again? It started with an 'S' or a 'W'...

"I'm Will. I'm the head counselor of the Apollo cabin," the demigod introduced himself after the silence stretched out a little too long. He held out a gloved hand in front of Nico while pulling down the scarf from his mouth to smile wryly at him.

Nico looked at his outstretched hand and then turned his head away, hugging his knees closer to himself. "I knew that." Will Solace, of course he knew him. They had fought together in many different battles, the latest being the war at Manhattan just last summer before Percy... Nico clenched his fists at the thought.

Will lowered his rejected hand like it was no big deal. He put them into the pockets of his winter jacket. "None of us see you around very often so I just wanted to make sure you knew me."

"Hmpt."

Will shuffled his feet in the silence that followed. It wasn't like Nico was trying to be rude or anything. He just had nothing to say, and there was no point in trying to make friends if he was just going to end up leaving the next day. Still, he realized that he was being kind of rude anyways, but he wasn't sure what he could say. Remaining silent would be better – then he wouldn't be able to say something that would scare even more people away from him.

"So, are you planning on leading the song tonight?" Will asked, taking a seat beside Nico on the frozen log. When Nico looked over, he could see that the other boy was still smiling all friendly at him, and for some reason that irritated him.

"No," Nico replied without hesitation. He stared into the flickering bonfire in front of him that was fighting against the frigid temperatures. "I'm not here to sing. I was just cold."

"Well, nothing warms people up better than a song," Will said, giving Nico an almost concerned one-over. Nico scowled, curling up tighter into himself and shifting slightly away from the head counselor. He wasn't here to participate in camp activities, especially with people who he knew didn't even want him around, him being a creepy son of Hades and all.