After unknowingly saving a mafia boss from a botched bank robbery, Kiara accepts an offer to work for him as a translator, not realizing love may become part of the package. ***** Though Kiara Payne may be a genius when it comes to languages, what she knows of the real world largely comes from books and movies. But after foiling a robbery on her first day as a bank teller, Kiara finds herself thrust into a world of danger, her life resting in the hands of the infuriatingly sexy Italian mafia boss Milo Di Vaio. In exchange for her safety, Kiara agrees to serve as Milo's translator, accompanying him across Europe as he tries to clean up the mess his late brother left behind and save the reputation of the Di Vaio crime family. Cold, ruthless, and sinfully beautiful, Milo is hard to resist but even harder to love. As tensions rise and secrets are spilled, Milo and Kiara are both forced to question everything they thought they knew. Does love outweigh loyalty? And if so, is it worth dying for? [[Word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Content/trigger warning: Contains mature themes and violence

Leo smiles. He laughs. He jokes. But no one sees how much hurt he is going though. How much pain he has stored up inside. How close he is to breaking. They don't see that he already broke.

The original photo I used for the cover I found on Google, all credit goes to the artist who created it, I just added the title and my user for reference to the book. If the artist at any time finds this and asks me to take the cover off I will gladly do so, I am not looking to take credit for their art. Nico Di Angelo is a child of Hades. He has his sister and his friend Jason. Percy wants to be his friend but doesn't understand why Nico doesn't like him and why he's jealous of his friendship with Jason. When Percy and Nico get close, will there be a happy ending? Or are these two destined to be separate from each other? Trigger warnings: self harm, depression, suicidal thoughts There is mature content within this book. I am not your mother, father or guardian but please, if you are like 12 you probably don't need to read this, although you can choose to skip the mature pieces (although if you're like I was when I was 12 you probably won't and will laugh at this warning) Disclaimer: I do not own the characters in this book unless I ever create an original, all characters and places most likely belong to Rick Riordan, the plot line is of my own invention.

Nico Di Angelo is trying to live his life when an unexpected vist changes everything. *this can get a bit intense at some parts. I will be putting **** to warn you ahead of time.*

After nearly 20 years, Percy is back in New York after leaving the country for college. Now with two kids, he'd excited to return and for his kids to see America. However, his son makes friends with a boy from school. Carlos do Angelo. Upon meeting Carlos and his father when they first hang out, Percy is pulled back into this life that he so easily got away from. But he doesn't completely regret it.

When Gabe dies, Percy is ecstatic. He missed him sometimes, but most of the time, he was happy. The abuse was gone. Well, Sally started seeing other men. So Percy did, too. Not really. In his dreams. But in reality, he was lonely. When Luke is taken by Kronos, it's also when Paul and Sally decide that he should move in. Which Percy wasn't too happy about. Paul is a teacher, and Percy is a natural troublemaker. On top of that, he looks like he dipped his wardrobe in punk and teen angst. They constantly argue, and he's not getting help. But, against Percy's request, they get married. It doesn't get better. The arguing still continues. Percy continues to act out. And when Luke died, Percy lashes out. Luke was his hero. His will to live. And he's gone.

It was all bullshit. You don't come out of war unaffected. Nobody does. You can't walk out of hell without it leaving a mark. It's never the same. There's just no coming back.

Razors. Pills. Blades. Notes. The truth dressed in lies as Percy tried to keep it that way for his friends, eventually the son of Hephaestus walks in when Percy hadn't been in his cabin and found these things. Things that didn't belong there. That didn't seem to fit Percy. He found a suicide note.

((((COMPLETED)))) Percy Jackson is depressed and has succumbed to self destructive ways to release his frustration. Nobody notices a thing until Nico gets wind of his former crush drifting farther and farther away. Percy suddenly has new feelings for someone new, and he gets rejected by someone, but not who he thinks. He gets a quest and has to pick one other person from camp to go with him to rescue a friend. Percy gets cursed along the way and has to make it back to Camp to save a life. This story is about Percy self harming, and Nico helping him, there are mentions of dizziness, the feeling of starving, graphic self harm/injuries, blood, graphic thoughts of a person with depression, and probably something like psychological horror. If any of that makes you uncomfortable, don't read!!! I don't think I'm going to get any backlash for anything but if you comment, I'm probably not going to answer you! To the people who leave nice comments, I do read all of them and it is appreciated! this is my first published work, I just wanted to add something to this cool community and maybe live a little vicariously through the characters. So if any of this resonates with you, awesome, you're NEVER alone!!!! If your disgusted for whatever reason, GO READ SOMETHING ELSE, I don't want to hear you!! This story is also on Archive of Our Own. Its called Saving A Hero, enjoy! ((My first fanfiction, sorry if it's not that good!!))

Percy Jackson just can't get out of his head. He can't stop thinking about all his mistakes and how...useless he is. After finding out that Annabeth is leaving for early admissions to Harvard, Percy breaks up with her in a swirl of emotions. Nico's really worried about Percy. He just isn't himself lately. Can a certain son of Hades save Percy before it's too late? WARNING! Percy is depressed and cuts! Don't read if sensitive to subject! (If you need someone to talk to, I'm here)