Knights, above all else, are loyal to the royal court and their kingdom: not to cute boys they see in passing.
However, Nico di Angelo isn't a knight-not yet, anyway. He's been a squire since he was 14, attending to every need of the drunken, arrogant knight, Hades. Now after years of being on the bottom ranks of the palace, he's got only one year left of being the perfect apprentice until he can finally become a knight.
That was before the King of Apolla and an array of knights went missing.
With no one to protect the royal family, Hades rises up the ranks, and unfortunately, so does Nico. This should be a blessing, and it would be to any squire, if it weren't for the impossible Crown Prince William: a spoiled, irritatingly handsome, immature age one rule is to keep Will safe as the scion. However, the rule didn't account for his unpredictability and visions of heroic grandeur-Will's determined to find his dad, even if it kills him, and has a sparkling preposition to offer Nico for his assistance. Nico's willing to do whatever it takes to squash the boy's dreams and send him crying back home to his momma.
The two find themselves on a riveting adventure across the land of Olympia-running into unlikely characters, getting into endless trouble, and finding passions outside of a future thought to be set in stone. And of course, figuring out love could be right under your nose the entire time.
-Tangled inspired-
Nico di Angelo is finally happy. He's learning to accept himself for his sexuality and as a son of Hades. After everything horrible that has happened to him, he's slowly getting better with the help of Will and his friends.
Will Solace finally got the boy of his dreams. The boy he had a crush on since he was 11 years old. He's starting to realize that he isn't as useless as he thinks he is, and that he's actually worth something.
Everything is going great for a while. But just like it always is for demigods, nothing good ever lasts. The death of Nico's first and closest friend Jason Grace puts a sudden end to the sunshine that currently brightens Nico's life for once. His death triggers a lot of things for him, and shines light on a lot of his unresolved trauma.
Will Nico be able to make it through this without his mental stability completely breaking once and for all? Will Nico be able to let people in enough to help him get through it? And what about the mysterious dreams that Nico keeps having of his mom? And who really is this little girl that knows nothing about her past? In this sequel to Out of the Shadows, Nico sees familiar faces and revisits past places, but at least this time he has Will along for the ride.
Spoilers for basically every Percy Jackson book, including Tower of Nero.
⚠️ Trigger Warning ⚠️ death, homophobia, mental health issues that includes but not limited to PTSD and depression, heavy angst later on, brief harassment and brief physical violence (someone gets slapped once).
Thank you so much, Selene (aka @riptide2406) for all of the help! I couldn't have done this without you! Everyone, go check out her page and follow her! She's super cool, and one of the very best friends I have on here!
All character, world and basically everything rights goes to the amazing Rick Troll Riordan, except for the plot points I made and the characters I created. Art credits to unknown artist, please tell me if you know who made it.