When The Day Met The Night - Solangelo oneshots

ironies and swordplay

Prompt: Will ends up being the one in bed in the infirmary + Will's insecurities about his fighting skills

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Will Solace woke up to a frowning son of Hades above him. He jumped, getting up and hitting his head on Nico's.

"Solace!" The raven-haired boy yelled, immediately putting a hand to his forehead. The Apollo counsellor smiled, running a hand through his hair.

"Not every day I wake up to an angel's face." Nico looked away, probably trying not to have Will see the blush on his face.

"A-anyways," Composing himself, Nico went back to staring at Will. "When did you decide collapsing in the middle of an arena was a good idea? Jason had to come and carry you."

"I-It's nothing, Nico." Nico glared even harder, if that was possible. Reaching his hand to flick at the blonde's forehead.

"It's nothing? Collapsing is nothing? Goddamnit Solace, you're a healer, for fuck's sake." Nico sighed, trying to calm down. "You're an idiot. Apparently you didn't drink water at all. The fuck, Solace? You didn't do something as simple as stay fucking hydrated-"

"Whoa, sunshine, calm down." Will smiled, and Nico's Rain Cloud Of Anger seems to have stopped raining.

"Sorry. It's just... You were already overworking yourself in the arena. In fact..." He stopped to glare at Will for extra effect. "I told you to take a break, and yet..."

"it's not your fault, trust me." Will strained to smile.

"Tell me the truth, then."

"Huh?"

"Why did you overwork yourself in the arena?"

"Oh..." Will frowned, eyes darting around the room nervously. "Well, I'm just a healer. Everyone's getting hurt while I'm sitting back in the infirmary."

Nico suddenly got up.

And slapped Will.

"W-what was that for?" Will grabbed his cheek, wincing.

"Well, yeah, you're just a healer, but you're the best healer. You're the reason why we've still got soldiers around. You're the reason this place hasn't gotten taken down with the amount of people who've fallen into the lava lake."

Will's eyes widened with surprise. "You're saying-"

"Definitely not some useless healer. And maybe I can teach you some swordplay." Nico smiled, looking away after realizing he had. The Apollo counsellor smiled, and nudged Nico.

"Deal."