Nico eyed Will, his eyes practically sparkling with love. The way his blonde hair glimmered in the air made him feel -
No. That's definitely NOT Nico. That creation is an AUTHORS PERSPECTIVE of Nico. Would Nico actually do that in the books? No. But, here's what he would do.
"Dork," he muttered, avoiding eye contact with the Son Of Apollo.
Will smiled - why does he smile so much? - and just ruffled his hair in response. Nico huffed and attempted to glare at Will. But he couldn't stop the light pink dust forming on his cheeks.
Although I'm not perfect, I honestly think that my prompt is better than the first abomination..
So, yeah, maintaining character is most important... This is sort of why I changed my name to "TheDiAngeloDiaries" It's because I learned that well...
Readers don't care about what the author is writing.
They care about the characters and the world you create.
Well... Most readers anyway