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1. I still feel his touch against my skin (Past loves linger like phantom limbs) by Regina_Draconis

   Fandoms: The Trials of Apollo - Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types  

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   • Complete Work

   13 May 2026

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   • Apollo & Paul Blofis
   • Apollo & Sally Jackson (Percy Jackson)
   • Apollo & Estelle Blofis
   • Apollo & Paul Blofis & Sally Jackson & Estelle Blofis
   • Apollo/Commodus (Percy Jackson)
   • Apollo (Percy Jackson)
   • Paul Blofis
   • Sally Jackson (Percy Jackson)
   • Estelle Blofis
   • Commodus (Percy Jackson)
   • Post-The Trials of Apollo
   • Author Is an Apollogist (Percy Jackson)
   • Apollo Needs a Hug (Percy Jackson)
   • Apollo-centric (Percy Jackson)
   • Hurt Apollo (Percy Jackson)
   • Sad Apollo (Percy Jackson)
   • Apollo gets a hug
   • WHY ISNT THAT A TAG GUYS IM SCREAMING
   • commodus sucks
   • he also has 0 tags lolll
   • pre-trials-commodus
   • doomed yaoi
   • apollo has a panic attack
   • paul comforts him
   • thats it thats the fic
   • just those 2 tags
   • Good Parent Paul Blofis
   • Protective Paul Blofis
   • paul blofis the man ever
   • Good Parent Sally Jackson (Percy Jackson)
   • Awesome Sally Jackson (Percy Jackson)
   • Protective Sally Jackson (Percy Jackson)
   • sometiems a family is a mom a dad a baby and also a god they adopted that is older then all of them combined
   • and i think thats beautiful
   • apollo deserves to be adopted by sally and paul
   • i know ive written very similar things a million times and i dont care
   • take ur umpteenth cake and like it
   • more paul and apollo scenes please
   • waiter waiter i like this
   • waiter waiter i want more
   • apollo canonical ptsd haver
   • apollo and his aquaphobia
   • Cute Estelle Blofis
   • estelle blofis is very wise
   • and she has no tiem for apollos crap
   • she loves her weirdo extra brother
   • she had no patience for his low self esteem
   • estelle will have the world in her grubby little hands
   • sally and paul are very proud
   • also percy does NOT know this is happening
   • one day he will come home early to surprise his parents
   • and hes going to find them tuckign apollo into bed or soemthing else disgustingly domestic
   • and hes gonna freak
   • and then hes gonna go quiet
   • and Percieve what is Happening
   • and he will also adopt apollo as a brother
   • and apollo will NOT know how to handle that
   • and it will be wonderful
   • but not yet!!
   • its not a secret they just. havent gotten aroudn to telling him yet
   • anyway
   • sad gay apollo
   • Title From a Crane Wives Song
   • Song: Pretty Little Things (The Crane Wives)
   • why is that actually a lowkey copollo coded song

   Summary

   Day 7: Beneath the Surface

   Apollo has changed and grown, and even found closure- unpleasant as it was- for his past murder of his lover, Commodus.

   That means he's overcome his aquaphobia, right?
   (wrong)

   Series

   • Part 7 of 2026 Toapril Drabbles

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