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valgrace wip (do we fuck w wasian Jason)

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"Jason." Leo's voice rang through the other side of the telephone, breathless and airy as if he ran for miles and miles until he inserted the quarters, dialed his number, then called.

Jason waved off Nico, pointing to his phone held to his ear, gesturing that he'd catch up once the phone call was to end. Jason shoved his free hand into the pocket of his jacket and leaned against an office building with a smile gracing his face. "You took so long to call, idiot."

Leo laughed, warming a fast beating heart and overran the electricity that surged and powered his body and brain with heat. Even in the cold temperatures of New York, Jason had forgotten all about the icy sensation pricking his nose and cheeks. "I know. The bus got here late and it wouldn't even stop by the booth. It robbed me of my money too, you know? What bullshit is that?"

He huffed out a laugh. "You called in time because I completely forgot to charge my phone before I left the apartment. I would've missed your call." Jason scratched his cheek, lowering his head to glance down at his shoes and tapped the tip of it against the concrete. He cleared his throat, nerves building in his stomach and swallowed. "Are you...are you coming tonight? To Nico's birthday, I mean."

He heard a groan then a faint smack that could only imply Leo slapped his hand onto his forehead. "I'll be there but don't tell him. Gotta have the best gift for last as a surprise and all that. I'll be there, promise. Listen, I gotta get going. Piper should be here with the car in a few minutes-"

"No, yeah, I'll, uh, I'll see you tonight."

They both had said their goodbyes and as Jason glanced at the screen of his phone, it shut off. He watched the loading circle for a few seconds until it went entirely black and he sighed.

He hadn't seen Leo in months, traveling overseas with Annabeth for their studies since the end of summer but he was overwhelmed with anxiety. They called, of course, but hearing the one person he loved for years over the phone was nothing compared to seeing him in person after an annoyingly, agonizingly long while.

Jason placed a hand over his chest, near his heart as he started to walk down the sidewalk to meet Nico and inhaled sharply. He's just a friend, Grace. Nothing more, nothing less.

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part two

#valgrace #leo valdez #jason grace #percy jackon and the olympians #heroes of olympus #hoo #pjo #fic #my writing #percy jackson #an au i guess #midway i remembered demigods can't use phones and i was like #well shit #whatever #au!!!! #west coast by lana inspired this #then reflections by the neighborhood #then et by katy perry #mainly west coast though #anyway

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yes I ship valgrace and I will until I die

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the seven plus nico, reyna and will going to the carnival eating fried food and sweets that makes their stomachs ache, riding on rollarcoasters and rides that drop from large heights that threaten to make them throw up what they ate but they're laughing and joking around, gathering pictures from photo booths and buying them from the rides so it doesn't matter.

they split off into pairs for the ferris wheel and coincidentally, once valgrace reach the top, the ferris wheel stops, the conductor saying its a malfunction and it'll continue shortly. so they talk and talk sitting there, watching birds fly and the sun setting in the background. and they kiss naturally.

once they're back on ground, holding hands and impossibly close to one another, the others give knowing looks and in the corner of jason's eye, he spots nico and piper high-fiving and handing the conductor money.

#valgrace #the seven #reyna avila ramirez arellano #nico di angelo #piper mclean #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians #heroes of olympus #jason grace #leo valdez #pjo #hoo #fic #my writing #the group dates go crazy #half of them offering less than safe ideas #the others saying 'absolutely not' but then encouraging it #love them my skrunklies #might write smth abt this might not #decisions decisions #choices choices #nico and piper best wingman and wingwoman to exist

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don’t think about how leo never got to see jason again and how jason probably died thinking of him

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the way my stress about colleges and my future goes away whenever i write valgrace should be studied actually (i’m dying and on my deathbed i actually hate this so bad)

powering through it I GUESS

#personal #send help #i’ve spent like all week researching actually and my brain explodes every time #i was also reading up on so many things and i almost cried ngl #well that’s a bit dramatic #i slammed my laptop closed and flipped onto my bed is what i did #i’ve also been struggling with writing some things aka this big pjo fic project i’ve been on for two months #which might be writer’s block stemming from said stress but it’s ok #i’m living on sleep #coffee #tears and a dream #i just wanna write silly little fanfics about silly little characters is that too much to ask for #apparently

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valgrace except they parade around pretending to hate each other. leo plays pranks and jason says offhanded comments, both getting on the other’s nerves and it’s like entertainment for pretty much the entire camp. popcorn in their laps and bets are even placed between cabins.

yet late at night, someone sneaks into jason’s cabin past curfew.

“did anyone follow you?” jason whispered.

leo shook his head. “nope.” and they kiss. they kiss and hold each other in their arms on stolen time.

and of course, thinking none the wiser and keeping their act but way back in the distance, campers are paying up and there’s stifled laughter and giggles especially from annabeth and piper. they know but they also know it’s exhilarating sneaking around with someone you can’t stand (you’re in love with)

#valgrace #leo valdez #jason grace #heroes of olympus #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #pjo #hoo #fic #my writing #annabeth chase #piper mclean #annabeth and jason #piper and leo #got this from rewatching ouat with mary margaret and david #and i was like oh my goodness imagine #and here we are

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Jason walked into the saloon, the doors swinging behind him as he took a seat at the bar and rested his cheek in the palm of his hand. He watched as Nico worked behind the counter, swishing drinks and mixing alcohol into juice that made a gradient of colors.

Annabeth soon came in handing him torn paper from her notepad with a couple of orders. "Wow, he really does leave the office, huh?"

"You act like I drown in papers, Annie Beth."

Nico chuckled, sliding a drink across the counter. He grabbed the towel draped across his shoulder and began wiping down the counter, casting Jason a glance. "Don't you? Unless you're out because of another reason. A particular blacksmith returning maybe?"

Jason sighed, tapping the counter implying his mouth was as shut as the abandoned tracks to the mines if he weren't to recieve his usual order of his whiskey on the rocks.

Annabeth snickered and spun around to quickly make his drink as Nico skimmed through the orders with soft mutters and made work of several glasses with several drinks. The two bartenders finished around the same time, Annabeth had gotten distracted talking with Hazel as Nico delivered the drinks and kissed his sister's cheek in the process.

They stood side by side, Annabeth leaned against the counter on her elbows as Jason took a sip and set the glass down. "Come on, what's so bad you needed a drink on the job, Sheriff?"

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part three

#jason grace #nico di angelo #annabeth chase #percy jackon and the olympians #heroes of olympus #pjo #hoo #valgrace #fic #my writing #percy jackson #more wild west au #leo valdez #idk i have ideas #or an ending in mind #part two will be longer promise promise #perhaps #no idea actually #might need to do research about this though #which is fine because i did when i first started this so #google and reddit are about to become my bsfs

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As they strolled down the endless paths of the mall, directed by signs and asked questions by the concession stands, Jason fidgeted with the teddy bear. His fingers would pick and pinch the fur, his eyes fell down to the beads with small glances, and for the first time, he couldn’t keep up with Leo.

He was quiet once they entered the court. Thousands of voices drowned out the music and the carousel, children’s laughter and family conversations. He remained silent until they sat down with their food.

Jason raised the fork to his lips, tongue melting with flavor from the cheese fries and the sip of soda he drank beforehand. He chewed slowly, staring at Leo as he unwrapped the monstrosity of a burger and bit into it happily. 

With a small, quickly fleeting burst of courage, Jason swallowed and spoke quietly, as if he hoped for the mall ambience to drown out his voice as well. He was never lucky that way. “I do. Dream about you, I do.”

“Do you?” Leo asked again, mouth filled with food and his words muffled but enough to be coherent. Jason’s heart paused for a moment, the calm before a wave of thunder washed over his body and rang in his ears that reddened each passing second brown irises stared past his physical body and directly into his soul.

Jason glanced off to the side. He felt breathless and lost the appetite to eat, instead reaching for his soda with a shaky hand that he also hoped wasn’t visible. He knew it was. He confirmed, lips moving around the red straw, “Yes.”

Almost like he was pleased, Leo nodded and let the conversation go. Jason’s fries had long became cold once they were ready to return to the arcade.

They played for hours. Basketball, bowling, racing simulators, and even games of ping pong— Leo won all three. Not fairly though as he had tossed Jason smiles and comments that sent the boy reeling and weak in the knees. It was cruel. He should’ve never told him the truth to his question, he realized too late that Leo was never going to let it go. He could still blow out the fire but a small spark could still ignite it. Once the flames grew in volume and size, there was no turning back.

Jason didn’t want to turn back, not at all. Instead, he’d rather stay and inhale the smoke in his lungs. Has he always been this hopeless? Yearning for something so close but so far out of reach? 

He and Leo were leaving the mall as the sun set beneath the skyline— covered in all sorts of colors with sun rays that formed a perfect halo around the other that it was unfair— when he tugged on the hem of Leo’s shirt, stopping both of them in their tracks just outside the doors.

“What..was that?”

Leo turned, tilting his head to the side that his dark curls fell over his eyes. “What was what?”

“That. Everything. All of it.” Jason said breathlessly, the words tumbling like he needed to push everything out before he overthought every single thing they did and kept it inside, locked away.

Leo didn't answer, grabbing Jason's wrist and pulled him into a photobooth after inserting a couple of bills to pay. Unease settled in Jason's chest as he held the stuffed animal on his lap, Leo's arm around his shoulders as they posed for the first picture and watched the numbers countdown before the camera clicked and the light flashed.

The first picture, they smiled. Leo held up a peace sign with his eyes crinkling as it reached his eyes, glittering like honey in the sun. Jason's smile was smile but genuine yet as they posed for another, Leo pulled him closer, their cheeks against one another. The camera clicked and the light flashed for a second and third time.

On the last picture, Leo cupped Jason's cheeks, his thumb brushing the faded scar over his lips with a dreamy look and a lovesick gaze. Leo pressed his lips against Jason's, the college printed out and ready to be taken as their lips moved in a gradual motion of yearning, fitting perfectly within each other's.

I dream about you too, Leo thought as he placed his hand on the wall behind Jason's head to deepen the kiss, running out of air but he was sure, he wouldn't need any. Jason had always managed to draw the oxygen from his lungs with breathless laughs and his softspoken voice.

Jason pushed Leo away gently with his hand on his chest, lips red and swollen with his ears burning in heat and a blush across his skin. "Wait, I— holy shit, wait. I thought—"

"I've been, like, so obvious," Leo whispered with a smile and Jason rested his head on the wall, beside Leo's hand and breathed heavily.

He pressed his hand to his forehead with a deep sigh. "That's what it was? With Piper and Nico and— oh my go— I'm sorry. I think I wouldn't have noticed if you didn't kiss me."

"Oh, you think?" Leo teased and leaned in for another kiss, pecking the corners of his lips then his cheeks and jawline. Jason laughed into his lips, cradling a head of dark curls and paid for another photo collage. Evidence printed with colorful ink of their kisses, catching small smiles and intertwined hands.

#valgrace #leo valdez #jason grace #percy jackon and the olympians #heroes of olympus #percy jackson #pjo #hoo #fic #my writing #leo and jason #i would've posted yesterday but like #the weekends are my off days of writing so monday!!! #dont ask me what happened to the teddy bear #its forgotten on the floor in the presence of young love

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“Do you ever dream about me?” Jason pressed the red button on the machine, startled as he watched the claw lower itself into the sea of stuffed animals and plushies. He exhaled softly, turning to face Leo who had been leaning against the machine with his head resting against the glass, arms and ankles crossed, silently observing.

Jason reached into his pocket, digging out another few coins to insert it. His hand wrapped around the joystick, brows furrowed in concentration with squinted eyes carefully calculating the distance of the curved metals to the stitched fabric. “Where’s this coming from?”

Leo shrugged lazily, his eyes roaming Jason’s face. “I’m just curious. I think a lot, you know.”

Jason pressed the button once he was sure, silently praying and hoping for the ridiculous claw to grab the animal he had his eyes on since they stepped into the arcade hours ago. He straightened, the entire body perfectly inside the claw, the arms and legs dangling and just as it brought it to the left to drop it into the basket, it fell.

Leo snickered and pushed himself off the machine to stand beside Jason, taking a few coins he’d been mindlessly fidgeting and inserted it into the slot. Jason’s lips parted in awe as Leo effortlessly managed to grab the dark blue and brown teddy bear, his eyes following the rigged machine as it dropped it into the basket.

Leo bent down to retrieve it and tossed it into the air victoriously. It landed perfectly in the spaces between his thumbs and forefinger, presenting it to Jason with a grin. “Now that you got it, let’s head to the food court. I’m starving.”

I could kiss you right now, Jason thought but he didn’t say so. Only nodding as he swallowed thickly with a dry throat and followed after him.

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part two

#valgrace #jason grace #leo valdez #heroes of olympus #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #pjo #hoo #fic #my writing #i was thinking abt them at the arcade #this is actually from like a oneshot i was starting #but i haven’t finished yet #a lot of songs give me ideas i’m ngl #valgrace just fits everything i listen to #i might continue this actually #or finish it and then post it on ao3

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Being a writer your brain is either

A) STUFFED TO BURSTING with ideas you have no clue what to do with or how to make them make sense

or

B) It's a black hole that devours every inkling of creativity in your cells and you are just hoping it'll consume you too

THERE IS NO IN BETWEEN

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oh i’m so sick

The moment Leo finds out Jason dies a part of him dies as well. But the anger grows.

He left Jason alone.

He stayed away all for some girl.

He was the one who wasn’t meant to live.

He was the one who got left in the end.

And Leo doesn’t mean to do it, not at first, but he starts to shut Calypso out. Fire gone cold but still so very dangerous and harsh. Because when he looks at her he doesn’t see the girl he thought he was in love with. He sees the girl who he chose to spend months with instead of going home, instead of telling everyone he’s alive, instead of being with Jason.

And when he looks at Piper he sees the girl his best friend chose to die for. The girl who broke his heart. And as much as he hates himself for it, he finds comfort in it. How despite how much they love Jason, have always and will always love him, they both hurt him. That they share the same pain, of mourning him and hating themselves for how things ended. A silent bitter comfort they share.

And one night, after nearly a week of no sleep, hair and eyes wild, hands shaking, Calypso long gone, Leo can’t help but to laugh.

It was always Piper and Jason from the beginning. Everyone could see it. But then Piper couldn’t and Leo can’t help but to think, can’t help but to hope, no matter how terrible it is, that Hera’s fucked up logic and how she messed with their heads kept them from realizing what was there the whole time.

Because gods, how was he supposed to realize Jason was the very air he breathed until it was taken from him?

How was he supposed to understand the warmth in his chest wasn’t just because Jason was his best friend?

He didn’t know any better

And sometimes, when he lies awake at night he thinks of the moments they shared. Of what he and Jason could have discovered together the same way Piper was able to. How he was gone and so the two of them didn’t get to. How he left Jason alone and Jason clung to the one person he could remember clearly, even if those memories were fake.

He didn’t know

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thinking about valgrace taking a nap together. whether it's in one of their cabins or on the grass, they're just napping with jason sprawled over leo, their legs tangled and their arms embracing eachother while leo's soft breaths and snoring is muffled because his head is in the crook of jason's neck.

pictures were taken of course and they were embarassed at first but then they asked to print it out. its a picture they kept in their wallets or on their person.

if asked about it, they'd smile with so much love in their eyes

#valgrace #leo valdez #jason grace #percy jackon and the olympians #hoo #pjo #heroes of olympus #percy jackson #fic #my writing #leo and jason #guys i love them so much u dont even freaking know

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valgrace at an arcade except jason SUCKS at claw machines and he’s just wasting credits or money because he really wants this one stuffed animal he had his sights on ever since they got there and once he gave up, leo takes a turn and gets the stuffed animal first try, handing it to jason before they’re off to the food court (jason couldn’t focus and even if he was, leo’s staring was too intense to ignore it)

#valgrace #jason grace #leo valdez #percy jackon and the olympians #heroes of olympus #percy jackson #hoo #pjo #might turn this into a oneshot actually #not a long one i think i’ll die #BUT one nonetheless #fic #my writing

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the reason leo didnt come back to camp after the burning maze was because of jason. btw

#i avoid reading toa purely for the fact #the he dies #like i don’t mind spoilers at all but MAN #i refuse i refuse

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Leo Valdez who loves like a lovesick puppy, who follows who he has a terrible crush on.

Leo Valdez who loves like a hurt dog who was given the bare minimum and loves them so fiercely he defends them with all his heart and love.

Leo Valdez who can't help but shove himself the depths of a relationship like it's the last thing be will ever have because he can't bear to have them leave him and he can't bear to ever have them disappear.

Leo Valdez who lays awake at night waiting for them to text back because they're his everything but to them he's just another boy.

Leo Valdez who falls in love with Jason Grace but by time that happened he's so tired and sick of loving people who doesn't love him back he blinds himself from all the obvious signs that Jason likes him because that's what friends do.

Jason Grace who loves Leo Valdez so softly and treats him gently and takes his hand so softly in his own and waits patiently for him to come to him and love him back, Jason who waits for his crush to love him back so he can show him that love doesn't have to be pure devotion and that he's always there.

Okay goodmorning!

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“Gods, everyone is busy.” The warmth of the room increased, heat radiating from Leo’s body as he stepped closer, a chair’s distance stood between the two of them and Jason wanted nothing more than to close it. To pour everything he wanted to say and more. But Jason, as much as he was well-versed in communication with years of experience, never could speak correctly around Leo. He could never convey what he thought and instead kept his mouth shut. “I know..when you’re lying, okay? You– you don’t look at me when you lie. You scratch your cheek and you turn your attention somewhere else so what is it?

Jason sighed, mentally berating himself because how could he have not noticed before? He convinced himself he lost his sight longer than he thought he did because how could he have been so blind? Leo drifted away because Jason never had time and if he had, he’d find things to fill it. He avoided and avoided and for what? Busy with shrines and temples, with cabins and dedications to those who never had a chance to be acknowledged? What good was it that he’d done all that for others but never the one he truly wanted?

my future is you (i'll hug you tight as promised on the first day) 9k words. FINALLY FINISHED THIS AFTER SO LONG (its been two weeks)

#valgrace #jason grace #leo valdez #percy jackon and the olympians #heroes of olympus #percy jackson #leo and jason #my writing #fic #pjo #hoo #now i am free to work #on my long awaited project