❝ thanatophobia: (n.) the phobia of losing someone you love ❞ • • • This must've been the first dream about that night in many years. The first night terror in a month or two, actually. Percy was twenty-one now, years after the end of both wars and over a decade after that wretched night. However, he knew the ending scenes of his dream were far from what really happened. While he would have liked to introduce Gabe to the wrath of Medusa earlier, that only happened after his first quest. At ten years old after his mother's death, Percy did not stand up at fight. He ran. He ran and ran and ran until he collapsed in an alleyway, near ready to follow his mother's descent. He may have been successful, if he hadn't met Gotham's Dark Knight. Percy sat up in his bed, his memories effectively pushing the sleep from his system. Batman had scooped him up and whispered promises of a better life, one with his friend Bruce Wayne. Percy could never recollect how he ended up in a plush bed inside Wayne Manor that same night, or how he ended up joining the coveted Wayne family. All he knew of was the gentle hands of their butler tending to his wounds and the warm smiles of Bruce Wayne and his other ward: Dick Grayson. • • • in which percy jackson returns to wayne manor, in hopes that he hasn't made his old family wait too long for him. 𝙊𝙍 in which two heroes who have lost so much don't want to lose each other. again. 【 contents 】 ► old childhood friends to lovers ► slow burn + mutual pining ► romantic angst 【 basic info 】 ► dc x pjo crossover ► percy jackson x dick grayson (m/m) ► book i | phobias series 【 contests 】 ► 1st Place - FIREWORKS: The Demigods' Choice Awards 2025 Crossovers Category ► 1st Place - FIREWORKS: The Demigods' Choice Awards 2025 Best Writing Style