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.oO Will Solace POV Oo.

Nico Di Angelo is unconscious in Will Solaces arms, this isn’t unusual for the pair of demigods, but gods did Will hate it. Sometimes Will wished he was as brave as his reckless boyfriend and had the courage to walk up to Hades and yell at him for always sending his adorable ball of darkness on stupid, dangerous missions. Will understood that since Hazel had responsibilities in New Rome Nico was the only one Hades could leave his jobs too, but more often than not Will wanted to wrap his boyfriend in bubble wrap, hold him tight and not let him go on missions that would get him bruised, bloody and exhausted.

Luckily this time it was just exhausted.

Will eventually made his way into the big house, but instead of going to the infirmary he decided to head to the rec–room where the seven, Reyna and Calypso were hanging out

“Hey Wi- WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY BROTHER!” Hazel starts then yells

“You better either start praying or explaining, sunshine!” Reyna barked glaring at Will

“Blame Hades he’s always sending Neeks on stupid missions that end with him like this.” Will states while gently laying Nico on the free sofa and covering him with a blanket, after softly pressing a secret kiss to his forehead he sits down leaning on the couch where the son of Hades lays.

“Um... Why were you carrying him bridal style?” Percy asked with his usual I’m so confused face.

“Are you serious seaweed brain?” Annabeth asked raising an eyebrow “Will and Nico are dating.”

“OOH” Percy says staring at Will, then his face snapped to stern “Don’t you dare do anything to hurt my little cousin!”

“Jason has promised lightning, Leo’s fire, Reyna’s going to stab, well, everywhere, Hazels cursed gems, Franks arrows, Pipers got some irresistible suggestions, Annabeth will judo-flip me, all the hunters of Artemis will hunt me, Hade’s eternal punishment, Persephone’s got some eternal hay fever in store, and my own siblings promised to kick me out.” Will ticked off on his fingers.

Percy nodded along to the list before adding “Put me drowning you on the list of possibilities.”

“Noted... Wait... Number one he’s technically older than you, number two how do you carry him if not bridal style?”

“Um like this” Percy said picking Nico up and tucking him under one arm while his head, arms and legs hung limply.

“Seaweed Brian-”

“That’s a terrible way to carry Neeks” Jason cut in, earning a glare from the daughter of Athena

“Yeah, maybe four out of ten.” Will sighed.

“He’s never complained.” Percy rebutted.

“Bro, he’s unconscious.” Jason giggled.

“If you’re so sure you take him.” Percy said sending a mock hurt face towards the son of Zeus as he handed their cousin over.

Jason proceeded to sling the son of Hades over his right shoulder, Nico’s arms, legs and head still flopping around like when with Percy.

“That’s the exact same! You just have a height advantage!” Percy cried.

“Seaweed brain... he’s only two inches taller than you.”

“But this way there’s no risk of him dragging on the floor.” Jason said sending a smug smile to the son of Poseidon

“Actually, it’ll feel the exact same to Neeks. five out of ten, because no foot drag.” Will said glaring at the two “Also it puts too much pressure on his stomach. Now give me back my boyfriend!”

“No way doctor solace, my turn.” Annabeth said a know-it-all expression on her face. Jason shrugged and handed the very unconscious Nico to her. Once she had him, she shifted around until he was on her back, head over one shoulder, arms loosely hanging around her neck and her hands under his knees.

“This is how it's done boys” the daughter of Athena stated smugly, the two big three boys replied maturely by sticking their tongs out at her.

“Well... He could fall backwards, so six out of ten.” Will pointed out “He can’t exactly hold on being, you know, unconscious.”

“HA” the son of Poseidon grinned, sticking his tong out at his girlfriend.

“Hand him here.” Reyna sighed.

Annabeth complied, and Will didn’t complain since Reyna was normally sensible. Her method was a Fireman's carry, Nicos chest was a cross her shoulders with one arm on either side of her right arm and both his legs over her left arm.

“Pretty good for when he’s just unconscious, but not if he’s injured, especially spinal injuries.” Will said, nodding at her,

“Well. I'd never let him get injured.” She replied smugly, sending a smirk to Jason and Percy, who’s mouths dropped open.

“Fair enough, eight out of ten, now, give me back my boyfriend.”

“Nope! It's my turn!” Piper cheered, Reyna complied, and once again Nico was being mauver into a new position.

Now Nico was upright, his right arm over Piper's shoulder, her left around his waist and her right hand holding his right hand. His head was drooped on her shoulder and his legs hung limp.

“I haven’t had to carry Nico much, it’s mainly happened once we return from the city, and he just passes out.”

“Humm, seven out of ten, its alright since it wouldn’t be that far, but I’ll pack more snacks for him.” Will replied. “Now, can I have my boyfriend?”

“Nuh uh, my turn!” Leo said loudly, because the small Latino could do nothing quietly.

Piper, of course, handed Nico to him. Which... one small problem was that they were the same height, so Leo kind of struggled to carry Nico. Eventually he opted for a similar method to Piper, except Nico was against his back, with both the Italians arms over the Latinos shoulders, his feet once again were dragging on the floor.

“three out of ten, so, cool, now, give me my boyfriend back!”

“Sorry dude, it’s mamacitas turn!” Leo quipped, not looking at all sorry as he passed Nico to his girlfriend.

The ex-goddess stared quizzically at Nico, “I’ve never been put in this situation before... but when Odysseus was on my island unconscious, I put him on a large palm leaf and used that to transport him.”

“Wait... in the myth You and Odysseus-” Annabeth started, only to be cut off with a blushing, glare from Calypso.

(I always found that bit of info kind of weird... so... sorry not sorry!)

“If you did get a leaf big and strong enough to carry him, nine out of ten.”

Nico was handed over to Will, ha ha, yeah no, Nico was passed to Hazel.

“When my brother falls unconscious around me I normally just...” she thrust her arm towards the window, and hundreds of small gemstones shot into the room, gathered under Nico, and lifted him up like a magic stretcher. “And Wal-ah!” Hazel grinned.

“Ten out of ten.” Will said, impressed.

“Ok, Frank, your turn!” Hazel cheered, handing her brother to her boyfriend.

“Oh, um, I just...” suddenly, there was a severe lack of Frank, and a sudden increase in polar bear, which, Nico was now laying on the back of.

“You know what, eleven out of ten.”

“WHAT!” Percy screamed,

“Frank the bear gets the highest rating?” Leo gasped

“Tell me, if you were a monster trying to get to Nico, would fighting an eleven-foot polar bear be worth it?”

the two both opened their mouths to argue, thought about what he said, then shook their heads.

Frank shifted back, “If we were in a larger area, I'd pick dragon.”

“Show of.” Leo muttered.

Will just sighed as Nico was handed back to him, and draped his boyfriend against his chest once situated on the couch.

.oO Nico di Angelos POV Oo.

Nico was having a weird dream, now those weren't totally out of the ordinary for demigods, especially him, but...

One second, he was floating on a cloud bathed in sunshine, then face down in the water, floating on driftwood. The next he was only supported by his torso on the branch of a tree, above a giant canyon, then on a Pegasus with no reins to hold onto. After that he was lying face down on a bed, not his bed, one of the firm infirmary ones with the scratchy sheets.

And after that his side was against a tree in a forest, he didn’t recognize the forest, there were pink flowers everywhere and no sense of what he should do, except listen. Then he was lent chest first, against something hot, something that made him want to teleport to Antarctica, then he was floating in the clouds again, just without the sunshine.

Suddenly he was lying in a cave, not a dark cave, the kind of cave that was homely, well, as much as a cave could be. Then he was on a very soft bed, a warm soft bed in a very cold room, odd.

Then he was back in the cloud, that fluffy cloud with the sunshine from the beginning.

How on earth was he supposed to describe this dream to Mr D and Will during their therapy session!?