Leo Valdez x reader (oneshots and the Fire Elementalist series)

Memory lane

TYPE: Fluff
T/W: none
CONTEXT:
- kind of a spin-off from Fire Elementalist, just something I think would happen between the scenes
- takes place after the blood of olympus

Enjoy, darlings 💜

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You were staying at Bunker 9 with the seven, Will and Nico. You were all just relaxing and exchanging stories, trying to enjoy quiet times like these when the world wasn't in danger.

You've been in camp as long as Percy since you both came in together. You've went on quests together with Annabeth and Grover. You had as many beads as Percy had on his necklace.

"Remember that time when we kept on saying 'dam' just to annoy Zoë?" said your brother, Percy.

You and Annabeth just stared at him blankly.

"Oh come on, that was when Nico first came to camp and we had that... oh nevermind." Percy trailed off.

"Ohh you mean that quest that you weren't supposed to get involved in?" you said.

"Hey, the prophecy clearly meant that I had to go too. Zoë just had other plans."

"Yes," said Annabeth, "while you were busy tagging along someone else's quest, (y/n) and I were too busy holding up the sky."

You gave her a high five and Percy just rolled his eyes.

"Hold up, hold up," Leo said from behind you. You were cuddling on one end of the couch while Percabeth was on the other end. "What do you mean by 'holding up the sky'? Please tell me that's a metaphor, (y/n)." He subconsciously rubbed your shoulders as if you were tired from a long day's work.

"Sorry, Repair Boy. But I wish it were a metaphor."

Then Nico spoke up, "Hey (y/n) weren't you also NOT supposed to get involved in the quest?"

"It's getting spicier." Piper muttered to Jason who was sitting on a sofa chair while she was in front of him sitting on the floor.

"In my defense," I started, "I literally just got back at Brooklyn House trying to enjoy the holidays. And then I look out my window and I see a flying horse who I assumed to be Blackjack. So I went to Annabeth."

They stared at you as if they wanted to hear more details.

"How did you get to me so fast, though?" Annabeth said. "You were there for three more days before Percy came."

"THREE DAYS?" The others looked at you with shocked expressions. You felt Leo tighten his grip around you.

"Okay first of all, Annabeth and Percy also held up the sky, so nothing special about me. Second, I borrowed our pet griffin, Freak. I travelled through the Duat. It's kind of like shadow travel for Nico."

"So I wasn't hallucinating when I thought you came riding a boat pulled by an eagle pegasus?" Annabeth said.

"Nope, it was what it was."

The others looked at the three of you as if demigods just got weirder. Except for Will and Nico, of course, because they've been with you during those times.

Hazel and Frank told them about the days they were on probatio and guard duty. Jason recounted his days as praetor and some funny moments that Reyna would definitely kill him for if she found out he told someone else about them. Piper would talk about all the stuff she and her dad would do when they weren't being attacked by paparazzis, like surfing and telling Cherokee stories. Leo would usually tell stories about the pranks he did in Wilderness School. He mostly talked about that because you knew he hated talking about his childhood. It was too painful for him.