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#Jason is leo's best friend and vice versa
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Its canon that Jason and Leo sneak into Chiron 's rec room in the big house, to play Mario Party six on Nintendo switch. And Leo would also program to game to do stupid stuff so they both can win all the time. I have no idea what you will do with this information, but I'm letting you know anyway.
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jgracie · 28 days
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🌊 DATING PERCY JACKSON
masterlist | rules
jason’s version | leo’s version | frank’s version | travis’ version | luke’s version
in which he pauses and says, "you're my best friend"
pairing percy jackson x fem!reader
warnings mention of a scary quest where percy almost died
Dating Percy is like dating your biggest fan, because he is. You are dating your biggest fan
It takes him a while to realise he likes you and that all the things he’d do for you aren’t just because you’re his friend, but once it finally clicks it's all he can think about 
From that moment, he becomes #1 loverboy
“Percy, what are you doing?” Annabeth asked, watching as Percy frantically sifted through his many blue t-shirts. Acknowledging her presence, Percy breathed a sigh of relief as he pulled two of them out of his closet and held them up next to his face.
“Gods, Annabeth, I’m so glad you’re here! Now, I’m about to go see Y/N at the beach and I need you to tell me which looks better with my eyes: the teal or the aqua.”
(They are one hex letter apart)
It's very endearing and he doesn’t even try to hide it!!! But of course you’re the only person who doesn’t notice, thinking he just really wants to be your friend, because Percy’s nice and friendly with everyone
He follows you around everywhere trying to find out more about you so he can plan the perfect first date
You’re an Apollo kid who works in the infirmary? Percy’s first in line for Will’s first aid summer course. You harvest strawberries with the Demeter and Dionysus kids? Percy’s there before everyone else with 3 wicker baskets on each arm
Eventually, you do end up becoming really good friends because he’s just always there and really fun to talk to and super nice and good with kids and maybe he’s a little cute, you’re allowed to have cute friends! 
You would’ve been teetering the thin line between friends and dating for ages if it wasn’t for Annabeth, who devises a plan to get you alone and somehow managed to get the whole camp in on it
That’s how you both ended up at the beach, Percy with a note in his jean pocket that read, “tell her or I will - A” 
Turning to you, the corners of Percy’s mouth couldn’t help but lift as he watched you admire the way the waves lapped over the shore. That moment would be ingrained in his head forever, because it was the moment he fully understood he had to have you
His nerves betray him
When you ask, “what’d you wanna tell me?” Instead of saying some heartfelt confession that’d make you swoon, Percy states a simple fact: “You’re my best friend.”
It turned out fine though, because you knew what it was. You felt the same way. (listen to you are in love by taylor swift!) 
Once you start dating, you are practically attached at the hip. Wherever you go, so does Percy and vice versa
When dating Percy, you truly get the best of both worlds because not only is he your boyfriend, he is also your best friend and truly someone you can lean on when needed
Loyalty is his fatal flaw so expect a LOT of loyalty. Like a concerning amount. He would find ways to justify you murdering a whole family if he had to
However, what comes with loyalty is protectiveness and jealousy. He doesn’t get that jealous because he knows that you two were literally written in the stars by Aphrodite herself, but he still can’t help but get a little jealous when he sees you with some other guy
Just kiss him a little and maybe stay the night at Cabin 3 and never speak to that guy again and he’ll be fine
Inherited motherly traits from Sally. Always checking you for cuts and scrapes after capture the flag, makes you a lunchbox before quests and then insists he goes with you to make you more food when needed and definitely not because he’s worried you won’t come back alive!
He knows you can handle yourself and all but he can’t help it. Out of everyone at camp, Percy’s your number one guy when it comes to dangerous quests
One of his biggest fears that kind of kept him distancing himself from you when he was crushing on you was that he didn’t want you sucked into all the dangers he goes through on a daily basis. He’d rather watch you date someone ‘safe’ from afar than put you in harm’s way 24/7
You’d choose him over a literal God though, so he has no choice but to be stuck with you. Power couple! 
After a really bad quest, one where almost died, Percy sat you down at his cabin for a talk. Part of him didn’t want to tell you what happened, but he knew it’d be unfair on your end if you were left in the dark.
“Look, I understand if you don’t want to stay with me. If it weren’t for Grover’s quick thinking, I don’t know what would’ve happened to me, and it’s not right for you to be stuck with a guy who’s basically friends with death. You deserve someone more sta–”
You shut him up with a kiss :) “Percy, when I agreed to date you, I didn’t just agree to all the good things, I agreed to the uglier parts of your life too. Sure, I was really worried while you were gone, but that’s just part of being a demigod, and it's a price I’m willing to pay for all the amazing moments we have together, so don’t even think about me leaving you.”
Anyways, he introduces you to Sally and Paul as soon as humanly possible. They already know a concerning amount about you considering you guys never met, but that’s just because Percy would rant to them about his crush on you on a daily basis
He's so incredibly happy watching you get along with his family. All of his favourite people gathered <3 very sweet
He also loves to see you interact with Estelle!! Percy is a huge fan of kids so he can’t help but stare as you play peekaboo with his younger half-sister (babysitting Estelle fic here!)
Percy also introduces you to the ocean and everything about it. You liked it before, as it was beautiful and reminded you of camp, but Percy painted it in a whole new light
He’d constantly take you on trips under the sea, using his Poseidon kid powers to allow you to be able to see and breathe underwater like he does
This also means lots of making out underwater. After that one time you two got caught kissing by the Stolls, suffering major consequences, he hasn’t been able to risk it
Overall, dating Percy is very fun & your relationship never ever gets boring trust
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anachronisticcrab · 1 year
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So I reblogged my original post w/ this stuff, but gonna do a separate post too. Soldezangelo and Valdangelace HC’s
Nico/Leo/Jason get together first
After a few months, Will starts dating Nico and Leo
He’s jealous of Jason and vice versa
Jason cause abandonment issues and Will cause he’s like ‘only room for one blond white boy here’
Also neither of them like each other in the slightest to begin with
So Will starts trying to outdo Jason on dates and stuff
Jason’s really sweet so he gets his boyfriends gifts all the time (flowers, chocolates, little things he finds that remind him of his boys)
Will starts getting bigger bouquets, fancier chocolates, new expensive equipment for Leo, etc
Jason knows what he’s doing and is terrified of losing his boys so he takes them on a trip to New Rome and shows them around his hometown (it’s really cute and romantic)
Will then takes them on a trip to his hometown, introduces his mom and shows them around his grandparents farm
Jason can’t compete with that; his boys are his only family
He decides to take his boys to Houston and Venice (Will insists on joining)
They try to outdo romantic and cutesy dates with their boys
Nico and Leo love both of their boys, but like. Neither of them care about grand displays too much. They’re simple guys who like cuddles and quality time
So Jason tones it down again, deciding not to let Will get under his skin, knowing his boys love him and don’t care about Big Things
Will takes this as an ‘I win, Grace gave up’ kinda thing and continues to make grand gestures and displays
Will then tries to be like ‘hey, babes, look how many chin ups I can do’
And Jason’s like ‘no. I will beat him I know I’m strong’
And to get a one-up on him Jason starts making dinner every night and baking for his boys
Will then starts making breakfast and bringing his boys lunches
Jason writes cute notes for them which he sneaks into their rooms and bags
This can end one of two ways: angsty Valdangelace or a continuing pettiness between Will and Jason where they eventually start to like each other (as friends. These two Could Never date) but continue their stupid competitions and never admit they like one another
But angsty Valdangelace:
Jason breaks down with his boys one night
Goes ‘I can’t do this anymore, we need to break up’
He’s so tired of feeling inadequate and fighting to keep his boys and he has SERIOUS abandonment issues
So he leaves his boys who are complete messes without him
And Will tried to get them to lean on him for support cause he proved he was the Best Blond Boyfriend
But they miss Jason. Nico and Leo need him in their lives.
And Will just… does not understand. He doesn’t get it. He’s confused why they still want Jason
They get in a Big Fight about this and Nico and Leo realize what happened. How Jace broke down because of Will pushing him and making him feel like shit
And they break up with Will immediately. He can’t be their boyfriend if he would do that to their other boyfriend
And they run back to Jace and hug him and beg him to come back
They have a LONG talk and get back together
Nico and Leo try to prove to Jason that he’s Most Special Boy and they love him
Ends very fluffy and cute w/ Will crying on the side (he will eventually find a Roman demigod that is Perfect for him)
Feel free to share ur thoughts and ideas!
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Headcanons: Percy and Annabeth as Tik Tokers Part 3
Part 1
Part 2
I never mentioned what Percy and Annabeth’s users would be. Annabethchase1207 + perSEAus
- Annabeth would have a really basic username because she made the account ironically hence why it’s just her name and birthday 
- Percy definitely would make a joke out of his user so that’s my take on it
Back in Cali, Annabeth’s friends are literally about to riot because they aren’t there live to witness percabeth happening
(They’re all avid tik tok users and they’ve started a house/tik tok group called Olympus because Piper did a series where she turned all her friends into different greek gods/goddeses )
Leo makes tik toks about making little inventions/DIYs that are actually useful but his viral video/series was him making his own Iron Man suit, he also does random rants and skits that are half in English half in Spanish because he’s so exasperated at the stupidity of people (Piper turned him into Hephaestus)
Jason doesn’t post as frequently on tik tok but he’s made a handful of his sporting highlights and trick shots he’s done over the years as a prodigy sports kid. Prior to piper’s request he also has done Pov’s with her. His viral tik tok is of him with a staff and doing cool transitions with it as he spins It (imagine him spinning it normally and he’s wearing normal training clothes and then the next spin, he’s in like a suit and the lights go all low and shit and his eyes glow blue) (Piper turns him into Zeus, but she also turns him into Apollo at one point so he can match Thalia) 
Thalia owns punk/goth lesbian tik tok. She’s a pioneer in the LGBTQ+ tik tok community. Going on rants shutting down men who have the audacity. She cosplays as well, and her history in archery means people are always asking her to cosplay as Katniss. She’s always changing her hair colour like every month, but right now It’s a dark blue that looks almost black. as annabeth’s best friend she is also a frequent in annabeth’s tik toks, but only to provide sarcastic commentary. You can also find her lurking on Percy’s comment section providing feedback on his skateboarding tricks (you bet that these two have been DMing back and forth) (piper turns her into Artemis) (Thalia’s girlfriend Reyna is also a frequent appearance in her tik toks, and you can see just how easily Thalia melts in front of the camera when Reyna’s there, it’s so sweet it could give you a toothache) 
Last not not least miss Piper Mclean, daughter of the ever famous Tristan mclean, but manages to make a name for herself by being so amazingly talented as a stylist, makeup artist, and editor. She’s worked with so many famous youtubers and photographers. She makes her tik tok as a place for her to just shut her brain off but it becomes a super easy comfort escape where she can trial some new makeup looks, and new fashion pieces, and POVs (shoutout to @ myangels.percabeth on insta for commenting this on my instagram)  while also showing people how to thrift in LA and do fun photoshoots at home, a queen of self care, and body positivity (she transforms herself into Aphrodite but makes it this huge collaboration with tons of different artists on the app so with each makeup transition it’s a different person because aphrodite can look like anyone…like it starts with piper putting on foundation she turns her head and it’s someone else putting on blush etc. and finishes off with piper again and winking at the camera in full greek goddess glam) 
(piper also transforms Annabeth into Athena and Percy comments on it with 👁👄👁)
When Annabeth and Percy re-emerge from the library and make it back to the hotel she’s staying at they finally check their phones and see that they’ve gone viral (again) 
They decide not to address the rumours because, it’s not the internets business’ to know (AS IT SHOULD BE) 
They spend that week almost completely absent from social media because they want to have something that is just completely theirs. (But there are two posts worth noting, one on annabeth’s infrequently used instagram of someone’s (Percy’s) silhouette and the New York skyline the night before she leaves and a picture of Percy’s pinky wrapped around someones (annabeths) pinky on his stories that is deleted after an hour (but not before the entire internet finds it and it becomes the new standard of what people want in their relationship) (I can already see the tweets #goals finD mE a MaN tHAt hoLDS mY piNKY) 
Eventually Annabeth has to go back to cali and percy stays in NY 
They exchange their goodbyes between short kisses, promises to FaceTime each other soon and promises of building something permanent 
They begin a secret (not so secret) relationship long distance 
They continue duetting each other’s videos and mentioning each other offhandedly in their tik toks
Percy starts a YouTube channel and his first video is a proper vlog of his and annabeth’s adventures together 
(It’s a sweet 1 month anniversary gift to her but only they know that) 
Annabeth starts to post less and less on her tik tok because of school (at least that’s what she tells her followers but really she’s losing touch with her love of the internet because of how intrusive it is and also she’s trying to heal her relationship with her family so that’s taking all her energy. She leaves the Olympus house but keeps in touch with them (obviously, she grew up with them so that’s a no brainer) 
Once she’s posting less, people begin to (finally) lose interest in percabeth so that they can live their life. Percy keeps posting his usual videos but he’s starting to get caught up with YouTube, and starts getting some amazing brand deals and he uses it all to help get his family a house that is their own, (“Surprising my amazing mom with her dream house”) 
On Annabeth’s birthday the next year percy surprises her at cali and the rumours about them start up as she appears more in his socials and vice versa 
One thing leads to another and they accidentally out their relationship when annabeth’s phone is in the background of Percy’s (“surprising my best friend in California”) video and there’s a picture of percy kissing her cheek in a coupley way as her wallpaper
They take it in stride rather than denying (because why would they) and say yeah we’ve been dating lol, we’ve been dating for a while now 
And on some internet awards show they win couple of the year 
Because that’s what percabeth deserves
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bunkernine · 3 years
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oke basically i saw someone saying Piper and Annabeth wouldn't get along and Rick just did it to give Annabeth a female friend for the sake of it. I wanna hear your thoughts because I love your hot takes
no, annabeth has female friends, like she is friends with thalia, clarisse, um maybe rachel on a good day, uhhh probably her siblings sometimes, and sadie (?)
anyway that's weird because annabeth is piper's first and only friend (at least from what we see) she met at chb, outside of her siblings. piper instantly clicks with annabeth from the get go. also annabeth shares a lot of personality traits with piper's best friends, jason and leo, so it would be weird for piper to NOT like her. annabeth's been nothing but relatively pleasant to her and vice versa
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dilfbatman · 4 years
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anyways bc that anon is an IDIOT!! what are your hcs for beckendorf and leo having a sleepover/game night???
PLEASE THIS IS SO SOFT 🥺
- it’s a known fact that charlie is the sweetest, softest, dorkiest boy at camp and the moment he met leo he was like... Baby Brother... I Love You and leo was just like 😎 bc someone loves him and considers him family? he is SAVORING this
- charlie & leo are the definition of night owls, it’s a FEAT to get them to bed before 3 am so often they’ll have a separate part dedicated to them in their cabin so they don’t disturb everyone else (bc they’re intelligent & considerate like that) and it’s sound proof so people won’t get annoyed! and bc they get HEATED during board games they’re SO COMPETITIVE
- the one time you don’t wanna get on their bad side is during a board game... charlie is screaming and laughing and crying at the same time bc how is he being beat by a 15 year old??? then leo has a smug face and charlie gets the swerve on HIM and starts winning and all of a sudden leo has fire in his eyes and hands and it isn’t until jason & silena come in (bc they know their passcode obvi) and they’re like... Please Go To Bed... and leo is whipped for his bf so he’s like charlie this was fun and we WILL be resuming this soon and silena can’t hold in her laughter at seeing these dorks having fun
- funny enough sometimes leo stays in the zeus cabin with jason when he REALLY can’t sleep and jason will create a certain weather bc he’s a real life temperature modulator and knows the perfect degree that leo falls asleep at (in his arms ofc they’re Soft boyfriends)
- BUT. when leo is just in a mood to be w charlie they stay in their separate bunker having a sleepover and OOF these are the best nights of leo’s life :’) there’s so much junk food, they’re watching trashy romantic comedies and making fun of them (and crying when they get sappy), and it’ll hit that 2/3 am mark and they get to having deep talks
- charlie will speak about how much he misses his family and friends and how nervous he is sometimes about just camp and how he’ll ever have a normal life w silena if it works out you know? and he says it in a way that doesn’t makes leo feel guilty or anything and something people don’t always see is leo is EXTREMELY sensitive and can be very perceptive and he soothes charlie’s worries genuinely while throwing in a few jokes to make charlie smile - charlie considers leo a soft warmth, he reminds me of a s’mores at a campfire and sparklers and genuinely says thank you and gives his baby brother a hug :’) charlie is affectionate and leo loves it
- and other times charlie will just hold leo bc sometimes when leo rants he ends up crying unknowingly and talks so fast he can’t keep up with his own thoughts but charlie is amazing, he always knows what he’s saying so leo never has to repeat himself - leo will talk about his past and him and charlie cry together, and leo will talk about how much he’s in love w jason and will ask charlie for advice and charlie’s heart swells bc 1) he’s honored that HE is the go to for romantic advice 2) he’s getting closer to leo and that’s just so :’) and he gives the best advice - leo looks at charlie and feels a sense of comfort, the type of comfort he felt when his mother held him, he considers charlie to be the soft swell of a fire - warm, comforting, ALIVE and you can’t look away and you don’t want to, and he’s reminiscent of freshly baked cookies and soft teddy bears (please charlie is So soft he’s the local hugger - tyson will ALWAYS hug charlie no matter what)
- i think they’re genuinely so important for each other and have a bond that will never be severed - bc they LOVE each other so much and can be dorky brothers and will ALWAYS know the other has their back REGARDLESS! leo will be the best man at charlie’s wedding and vice versa in the future :’) hehe they already talked about it i love these soft chaotic saps :’)
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samatheia229 · 4 years
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PJO Mortal AU (Solangelo-centric)
 The Olympia Family
(AKA the family with so much chaos and drama, they would have made an even more popular reality TV show than Keeping Up with the Kardashians)
Thalia Grace - 24
An ambassador of the Artemis Foundation
Badass
Won't hesitate to throw hands at anyone who messes with her family.
Very protective of her little brother and cousins.
Not afraid to speak her mind and fight for what she thinks is right.
Has a kind of love-hate relationship with her stepmother Hera. While Thalia respects and acknowledges Hera as her stepmother, she is a free spirit, and hates being chained down by the old-fashioned rules Hera imposes.
Briefly dated Luke Castellan for 2 years, but broke up due to reasons. The break up was mutual and Luke still remains as one of Thalia's closest friends.
Deadly with a bow and arrow (she'd be hunting down hunters like they hunt animals for living if it weren't for the fact that murder is unfortunately illegal).
Jason Grace - 19
Sophomore at Uni (double majors in Management and Aerodynamic Engineering)
Flight school graduate
Heir to Jupiter Airlines (given that his father doesn't plan to retire anytime soon, Jason is considering becoming a pilot in the meantime)
Hera's favourite child since he actually follows her rules (He bends them slightly every now and then, but she doesn't need to know that).
Regular at the Manhattan Chess Club
Has an intense rivalry with his older cousin Percy that's been going on for like 10 years now... (his life goal is to beat Percy. They're currently at a stalemate of 3795 wins each.)
Very protective of Nico. He almost had an aneurysm when he heard that grumpy, little stay-away-or-I’ll-death-glare-you Nico had a boyfriend. A boyfriend.
Has a best friend Leo Valdez who is an engineer student with an eccentric personality and is a mischievous menace. His childhood friend, Reyna Avila Ramirez-Arellano, is an athlete in javelin-throwing and currently resides in her hometown in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but they still keep in touch. 
Dating Piper McLean, the 19-year-old founder of the Beautifully Imperfect Foundation
Zeus Olympia
CEO of Jupiter Airlines
Drama Queen TM
Favours Thalia more despite Jason being his heir and enables most of her rebellious antics, much to Hera's chagrin.
Can be rather childish and petty ("It's been 43 years, and I've long since given up on expecting him to change," Hades deadpanned.)
As the youngest child of the Olympia family and with his father on Death's doorstep, Zeus was given a lot of free reign, hence his playboy tendencies. He eventually did settle down with Hera Junos, the single daughter of one of the oldest families in Greece. Hera was fond of children but was unable to sire her own due to medical issues, which led to Zeus getting a mistress (with Hera's begrudged consent), Beryl Grace, the daughter of Hera's family chef. Beryl has always had a rather strange personality and an unhealthy obsession with alcohol. A few years after giving birth to Thalia and Jason Grace respectively, her liver gave way and she died before they could find a solution.
Hera Olympia (formerly Junos)
Zeus' wife
The kids call her ‘Aunt Ra’
Jason is her favourite child because he actually listens to her
Coming from both a high-class and old family, Hera was raised to be a perfect lady (a lady should not wear pants or speak out of turn etc. etc.) and has a rather old-fashioned way of thinking, enforcing strict rules in her household.
She still loves Thalia, but because the way Thalia acts goes against everything Hera was taught, her relationship with her stepdaughter is a bit strained. Hera now mostly lets Thalia do her own thing, but every now and then might still be a bit controlling. She's trying, okay?
Bianca di Angelo - 19
Sophomore at Uni (majors in Journalism and English Literature)
Works part-time at the Artemis Foundation
Generally quiet and shy, but has a tendency to fuss over small details.
Very responsible and possibly the only one with a brain cell among the cousins. (Proteus and Triton don’t even live in the same continent half of the time; Kym doesn't give a damn; Thesi is too nice to reprimand them; Ro‘s too busy fawning over her fiancé; Hero is more likely to fan the flames than quell them; Thalia, Jason, Percy and Nico are always either competing against each other or breaking the Internet with their antics again; Hazel is pretty innocent but has a slight vindictive streak so caution must be exercised; and Tyson and Estelle are innocent beans of sunshine that must be protected).
She can be bold when she wants to be, as well as reckless. 
Has her father's habit of gesturing with her hands while talking and when she is on edge.
Ace
Nico di Angelo - 17
High school Senior
Heir to Pluto Corp.
Resident Emo in the family (“I'm not emo!” “Your only-dark-clothing phase says otherwise.” “It's not a phase, Persephone!” “Like father, like son.”)
Stubborn AF
Can't deal with all his overprotective sisters and cousins
Currently pining over William Solace ("Shut up!")
Avid gamer, plays digital games, card games (his childhood and to-this-day favourite is Myth-o-magic, which is one of the reasons he approves of Hazel's boyfriend, Frank) and all games in general (he visits the arcade monthly to make sure he's still 1st place in every game there)
Has a tendency to hold grudges and gestures with his hands while talking or when on edge, a habit he shares with his father and older sister.
Plays the violin (Persephone had introduced him to it, and he'd taken a liking to it)
Hazel Olympia (formerly Levesque) - 14
High school Freshman
Aspiring artist (she’s won thirty different art competitions locally in the span of three years and placed silver last year in the Chelsea International Fine Art Competition under an anonymous name because she wanted to win by her own merit rather than rely on the Olympia name. Hades plans to surprise her by giving her own exhibition hall for her next birthday.)
Regular at the Manhattan Riding Club
Has a bit of a vindictive streak in her that was probably born out of spite due to her upbringing
Exudes a powerful aura of passive aggressiveness, but is also incredibly kind and magnanimous
Has the ability is summon, manipulate and detect precious minerals, as well as the ability to place curses on them. (This knowledge is confidential and hidden from the public)
Loves her family with all her heart, and literally no one is more protective of Nico than she is
She was the first but also last person to know about Nico's boyfriend (First because she goes to the same school and is not dense, thank you very much, but technically last because she was the last person that Nico officially told since Will is terrified of her for some reason, something about her being 'the FINAL BOSS'; this amuses Hazel to no end).
Has a very cute crush on Frank Zhang, a HS Junior who’s an archer and animal lover (it’s mutual, by the way).
Hades Olympia 
CEO of Pluto Corp., one of the largest companies in the mining industry.
#DONE with life and all the people in it, particularly his crazy family
Functions solely on his children, Persephone and caffeine, usually caffeine because the other two are often the cause of his high blood pressure
Broods a lot (”I don’t brood.” “Yes, you do.”)
Deadpan 200% of the time and takes no shit
Loves all his children equally and definitely does not have a favourite (it’s Hazel, in case you’re wondering) 
As the eldest son of the three brothers, Hades was betrothed and wed to his childhood best friend Persephone Terrafield by their fathers in an attempt at a business partnership (Spoiler Alert: It didn’t work out in end). Admittedly, Hades and Persephone did have a small infatuation with each other when they were younger, but it never grew into anything serious, and as they grew older he saw her as more of a sibling than a lover and vice versa. After the inevitable death of his father, Hades and Persephone divorced but literally nothing in their relationship changed since they’d never loved each other romantically in the first place. When Hades decided to court their mutual friend, Italian diplomat Maria di Angelo, Persephone supported both of them wholeheartedly. In the span of the seventeen years they were together, Maria gave Hades two beautiful children, Bianca and Nico. Unfortunately, Maria passed away after being on life support for two years in result of a plane crash when Nico was 6. 
In the two years when Maria was hospitalized, Hades was so desperate to find his beloved a cure that he sought out a witch doctor that was rumoured to be in New Orleans. Marie Levesque, the aforementioned witch, was a greedy, manipulative person with a deluded and unstable mind, who drugged Hades and essentially raped him because she thought his spawn would have the perfect blood for experimenting magic on. She used magic to wipe his memory of the previous night’s events and handed him an ‘antidote’ that was actually just water dyed a milky white. After ten years, Marie finally revealed to Hades a 12-year-old Hazel, who looked miserable, was suffering from malnutrition, wounds, burns etc. and had a supernatural ability which Marie proudly said she had bestowed to her via dark magic. Hades was absolutely mortified, revolted and a bunch of other things. He filed a lawsuit against Marie, charging her for rape, child neglect, child abuse and human experimentation, as well as taking permanent custody over Hazel Levesque (now Hazel Olympia). 
Persephone Terrafield
CEO of jewelry enterprise The Red Pomegranate which was a sub-branch of Pluto Corps. The enterprise has the highest production rate in the US. 
Self-designated matchmaker for Hades (Hades always tells her she should focus on her own love life first, but he’s just an ungrateful brat)
Current life goal is to fulfill Maria di Angelo’s dying wish: help Hades find love again. (Mission status: still at Square 1 because Hades has some trust issues after the Levesque Incident)
The kids all call her ‘Aunt Seph’, but she loves the children as though they were her own
She and Hades often joke that they would totally still be married if they didn’t see each other as siblings and platonic soulmates and she hadn’t had her sexual awakening of being lesbian.
She lives with Hades and the children as she finds it too much of a hassle to move into her own place, not to mention lonely (with the kids at school and doing club activities, someone needs to make sure Hades gets exposure to the sun anyway).
Persephone is the daughter of an unnamed businessman and Demeter Terrafield, an agricultural revolutionist and healthy-cereal-obssessed woman.
Her mother and Hades have this sort of weird rivalry going on whenever Demeter visits; Demeter hates Hades because he hates healthy cereal, and apparently anyone who hates healthy cereal isn’t good enough to be hanging around her daughter, so she always replaces all his coffee with decaf and puts the healthiest cereal she can find on his bedside table every morning; in retaliation, Hades will deliberately eat the most sugary sweets he can find in front of her and locks her out of their personal greenhouse. (The glass walls are made of the strongest glass he could find and the door is locked by multiple manual and digital locks.)
Hestia Olympia
CEO of WarmHearth Interior Design Agency (WHIDA)
Everyone's favourite person, indefinitely
Has the infinite patience of a goddess
Gentle, kind, very wise, gives great advice
The kids call her ‘Aunt Tia’ 
Often fondly exasperated by her younger brothers' antics (because no, just because they’re grown men now does not mean they are going to stop their childhood feuds since despite their protests, they are all petty AF), but once she snaps, they all line up like toy soldiers and behave nicely.
Knits a lot. Most of her carpets, quilts, bags, scarves etc. are handmade.
She looks relatively innocent, but don't be fooled. There's a hidden arsonist in her that is always ready to come out when she's angry.
Hestia has a 'I'm not mad, just extremely disappointed and upset' Mom Look that has sent people bawling their eyes out and begging for her forgiveness with just one glance
She is the oldest of the Olympia siblings, but as a child had a frail and weak body. Kronos wanted to get rid of her since she was 'useless and couldn't be wed off', but Rhea, their mother, begged and pleaded Kronos to let her live. For some unknown reason, Kronos complied.
Her brothers are all very protective of her
YOU DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, MAKE HER ANGRY
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Day 9, Hanging Out With Friends
“So, Percy got you a baby monster”, stated Annabeth with a resigned sigh. They were sitting in the garden, around the grill happily that after all those years, they were still safe, alive, and in a close relationship with each other.
Jason and Reyna were still the praetors of New Rome, they figured out that for the future generations of demigods it would be the best if New Rome and its agglomeration had adult supervision. This way they could remind the gods what they should or shouldn’t demand from the younger ones.
Frank, Leo, and Hazel got together two years ago. After seeing Nico and Percy together on the day of their wedding, Leo and Calypso realized that they didn’t belong together, so they broke up. Hazel and Frank were happy about it but they decided to give Leo some space and after one and a half years of mutual pinning, they finally got together and now they were expecting their first child.
Annabeth, the world’s most sought-after architect was in a happy relationship with Piper, but they didn’t get married yet. Both were content with their lives, they were committed to each other, and felt no reason to have a wedding.
Rachel, still the Oracle of Delphi was the only one not in a relationship, but she felt whole and perfectly fine without one. She knew that her friendship with these people was enough for her.
Grover and Juniper couldn’t make it to the party, they were busy people, but it was fine. At least they were at the previous one and they will organize the next one.
Clarisse and her long-time fiancé, Chris were also missing because their twins were sick, and didn’t want to infect others. Will and Jake brought their baby girl, so it was good that there is no danger of getting sick.
But, speaking of danger… the little girl was so enamored with the baby manticore and vice versa that they couldn’t be separated. The newly named Leona the manticore felt that Leah was her sister and she wanted to hide her away in her den. When somebody other than her momma tried to get her sister, she became agitated, almost frightening, but she was a good girl and she didn’t attack anyone. Didn’t attack with lethal force, I mean.
“It was just a matter of time. You should have adopted a human kid, now you are stuck with a manticore cub”, laughed Leo, who was watching fascinated the domesticated monster.
“Well, I would be happier if my daughter would play with your human kid”, mumbled Will without looking away from his daughter.
“She is harmless, I promise!” said Percy and petted his baby’s head. While the manticore was distracted by her momma, Will quickly kidnapped his own daughter who started crying because of the separation from her newest best friend.
“Will, let Leah play with Leona. They really like each other and even I can promise that she won’t harm your daughter.” Nico walked to his husband and hugged him from behind. Percy could chase him out of the world with his ideas, but he wouldn’t change his husband for anything. He was crazy about him, even if now they have a baby manticore as a pet/daughter.
He looked around and seeing their laughing, teasing friends made him smile brightly. They had to live through many hardships, death, and pain, but he felt everything was worth it. They were finally happy and comfortable with their lives and every day they did everything for the well-being of themselves and for the future generations.
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jason finishes high school in pasadena and gets an apartment with his two best friends. leo owns a workshop in new rome, where piper also serves as an ambassador to the greeks, spending long hours with reyna. they take tea in the garden together and eventually, when reyna retires, get an apartment of their own. nico becomes leo and jason’s new roommate and learns how to stick around. they share one bed because the guest room is for hazel. she would rather bunk with reyna and piper, but her presence is comforting to nico and vice versa. 
they have movie nights. leo falls asleep first, between nico and jason, because he works long days without breaks and forgets to take care. piper and reyna cuddle on the floor. hazel’s sleeping in the pillow fort they made out of the boys’ dining room. jason is the last to fall asleep, just to make sure nico will sleep through without nightmares
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Family Never Truly Leaves Us: Chapter 1 featuring Baby Lost Trio
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Summary:  Thalia Grace was very good at finding her family.  Keeping that family together was a completely different story.  Her first family collapsed when her brother’s disappearance became too much to bear.  She died for her second family, only to wake up years later and not recognize them anymore.   Her third family is literally twenty-odd teenagers and an immortal virgin goddess, but she’s never been one for traditional. 
AN: Basically this is a three part story that was inspired by @silima’s incredible art of the lost trio together as kids.  I mean just look at it.  Baby Piper, Leo and Jason are absolutely adorable and deserved to be celebrated.  However, this turned into a Thalia piece and the three different families she’s made for herself.  As I initially planned to have this chapter out by Jason’s birthday and it’s now the last hours of Leo’s, I cannot hope to have the next section up by Annabeth’s birthday even if that’s my unofficial deadline.  
Thalia Grace was very good at finding her family.  Keeping that family together was a completely different story.  
Her first family was one pulled together just as much biologically as it had been by circumstance.   Beryl Grace lacked the maternal instinct necessary to be a good mother, but she did have a strong ability for finding people who might be useful to her.  Of course, her definition of useful was particularly fickle.  Some days useful meant the literal king of the gods, who she would beg to make her queen of his dominion, to revere her above all others.  Other days it meant the personal assistant, all too willing to fill their mansion with a never-ending supply of alcohol.  On the best days, it brought Tristan Mclean, Esperanza Valdez and their children into their lives.  
Beryl had mocked her agent at first.  You really couldn’t get me anything better?  The Oscar committee hates fantasy.  But she had wanted to dive back into the world of Hollywood elite where she belonged.   She wanted to prove that her second child didn’t mean she had let herself go or was less worthy of the public’s adoration.  If anything Beryl claimed to six-year-old Thalia, I’m more worthy.  Who can say they’ve attracted a god twice?    
They met in the middle, as Beryl Grace’s fame was crashing, and Tristan Mclean's was preparing for a meteoric rise.  He'd worked with the director on a few minor projects, but it was his first starring role in such a big-budget film.  Regardless, it had taken a little convincing.  After all, he was a single father with a daughter under the age of two, and his closest family was halfway across the country.  But the director was insistent, sending scripts, pictures of the prototype animatronic dragons, and finally, a pretty young woman from the special effects department who also had a little kid.  Esperanza Valdez and her honest approach to how she was handling her "tornado with legs" did more to calm his fears than anything else did.  Tristan signed on enthusiastically after making sure childcare was handled.    
Beryl Grace didn’t bother to consider something as bland as childcare.  After all,  she accumulated a list of nannies over the years.  No one stuck around very long.  The latest, Mrs. Costa, thought their house was haunted.  She didn’t like the way wind danced through the house or the lightning that flashed even when the sky was completely clear.  One day Mrs. Costa ran out of the house, screaming that the baby was floating and needed to be exorcised.  
"I don't have time to be dealing with this, Thalia." Beryl snapped as if this was all Thalia’s fault.  “I’m calling the studio.”  
It turned out the studio had no problem with adding two more children to their makeshift daycare.  Beryl Grace dropped them off at Tristan Mclean’s trailer, apologizing all the way as she runs to makeup.  The trailer was a mess of children’s toys and storybooks.  Thalia was not impressed, but Jason squealed excitedly at the other children already on the floor.   The girl definitely dressed herself, decked out as she was in a rainbow tutu, a camo t-shirt and rainboots despite the fact they’re in the middle of a drought.  The boy didn’t say anything but offered Jason the red block he’d previously been playing with.   He’s smaller than Jason, with dark curly hair and an infectious smile.  Thalia’s never felt more out of place as she watches the three of them play.  She’s used to being Jason’s whole world, the one who always keeps him entertained and safe.   The blond intern boredly watching them, jumped to her feet as the door opened again.   A woman slightly younger than her mother with dark skin and twinkling brown eyes smiled at her easily.  
"Thanks so much for covering for me, Sarah.  We should be good to go.  I only had to explain the controls about six times to Pat.”
"Really,  Esperanza? They're letting Pat handle it."  There's clear annoyance in her voice, but she also seems resigned to the fact.  
"It turns out being the producer's son has its perks."   Esperanza patted Sarah's shoulder encouragingly.   "If it were up to me, you'd be the one running it.”  
“I’ll come get you if we run into problems, but I think you’re good to stay with the kids.”  Sarah glanced in Thaila’s direction as if to remind her boss of their unusual charges.  
“Well, you’ll know where to find me.”  
After Sarah had left, Esperanza set her walkie talkie on the table before kneeling down, so she was eye to eye with Thalia.  "Hello Mija,  you must be Thalia.  I don't know what your mother told you, but my name is Esperanza. I’m going to be looking after you and your brother today.”  
Thalia nodded uncertainly.  She was used to new people coming into their lives, but that didn't mean she liked it.  And she knew all too well, that even the people with the brightest smiles could bring trouble.
"The other little munchkins are Piper and Leo." Piper didn't even react to her name as she was too busy building a tower, so a giggling Jason could knock it over.  Leo, on the other hand, gave his Mama a curious glance before promptly shoving a block in his mouth.  
“Jason tries to eat everything too!” Thalia said with a slight laugh.  
“They tend to do that at this age.  It helps them explore their world better.”  Esperanza gently encouraged Leo to take it out only to have her son holding tightly to her like a spider monkey.  
Thalia sort of understood that.  She didn’t understand the world either, but she didn’t think knowing how blocks tasted really made Jason any more of an expert.  
“Most of the toys we have are meant for someone their age, but I’m sure we can find something for you to play with.”      
In the end, Thalia settled down with a stack of paper and crayons.   She sat as close to Jason as possible, just on the outside of the trio’s little circle.  Even though she already felt like Esperanza was better at keeping an eye on Jason than Mrs. Costa, Thalia continually checked in on her brother, although her glances slowly subside from one for every new line she added to her drawing to only when she grabbed a new crayon or when one of the kids let out an indignant squawk or a giggle.  
When Piper requested a song for naptime,  it’s easy to slip into a gentle sleep until the trailer door opened, and Thalia heard her mother's voice.
Beryl fluttered her eyelashes at Tristan as she leaves exaggerated kisses on her children’s heads.  “I really can’t thank you enough for helping today.”  
He let out the hearty genuine laugh that he’ll be known for one day.  “It was all Esperanza, really.” He said as he offered the other woman a smile.  “In this industry, single parents need to stick together.  Helping out for the week is the least we can do.”  
It ended up being much more than a week.
Many days on set are often the same as their first, although a collection of toy cars, a robot, and a pair of lightsabers are added to the more toddler-friendly options.  There are days when the kids are so full of energy there’s no possible way to stay in the trailer.  The trio ran laps around the trailer or race between wherever Thalia and Esperanza are standing.  
Sometimes if they promise to be good, they even go on adventures to see different parts of the studio lot.  The women in the hair and makeup department dote on Piper.  Leo is happiest in his mother’s workshop.  Jason proclaimed he wants to be exactly like the stunt actors, which made Thalia’s heart skip a beat.  Despite all of the cool things she’s seen on set, Thalia loved the days they watch their parents act the most.  When Thalia watched her mother, she felt like she understands why Beryl is so determined to make it here.  She thrived in front of the lights and camera.   There's an ease to her smiles that Thalia hasn’t seen since her father left.
After one late-night shoot where the children all slept over in the Mclean house, the families traded the trailer for their homes. Esperanza's schedule barely overlapped with the other two. She got to set early to set up her machines, or she went later for the nightly repairs.  In the hours where makeup calls overlapped with set-up, a tired production assistant lazily watched the kids in Tristan’s trailer.  There are days where Beryl filmed, and Tristan didn't, and vice versa. Days when Tristan took all four children because Esperanza needed to get some decent sleep.  They look out for each other. While Beryl was not thrilled about the idea of two additional kids in her house, it’s a lot easier to keep a babysitter than a nanny.
Undoubtedly, this strategy would have been completely impossible if the three toddlers hadn't been friends.  Luckily, the kids got along almost too well.  Even if they saw each other nearly every day, separating them was a nightmare.  They also were more than willing to help out in each other's schemes.  Jason’s determination to put absolutely everything in his mouth had only grown as he got older.  Sure things kept falling off of high shelves as if pushed by some invisible force, but Thalia thought she’d probably be able to handle that if it hadn’t been for Leo.  He was a week younger, but when he got the occasional look of mischief on his chubby face, Thalia knew it was over. She’d walked in from school twice now to find Jason chewing on something she knew was in one of the locked cabinets and Leo proudly smiling on the counter.  
Of course all good things come to an end.  Thalia worried that with no movie bonding the three families together, everything would fall apart, that she and Jason would be left to their own devices.  She realized she shouldn’t have worried when Beryl mentioned they’re spending the Premiere night at the Valdez’s.  Three assistants needed to sew Beryl into a form-fitting dress with embroidery that looks like the night stars.   Her mother may have looked radiant on the red carpet, but Thalia preferred Esperanza’s mismatched pajamas and the genuine smiles she gave as she tucks the four of them in.  
In the end, the film flopped.  The only things critics deemed worthy of any praise are Esperanza’s mechanical dragons.  The fans seem to prefer the shirtless Tristan Mclean scenes.  It had the potential to be a cult classic one day, but Beryl Grace didn’t care about being famous someday.   She wanted the world now when she’s young and beautiful.  She already deserved the world.  
It was probably for the best that Beryl misses most of the party.  It's the easy sort of affair that she would hate.  She's always been one for spectacle, and three kids sitting in highchairs flinging red frosting at each other was not a spectacle.   She chose her career over her son’s third birthday.  It didn’t even surprise Thalia anymore.  
“You know I can’t Thalia.  My agent says this is a big opportunity we’ve been waiting for. I just know it’s the one.”   Beryl said as she pulled up to the Valdez’s apartment building.  
Thalia didn’t mention that every audition, every lunch, every cocktail hour seemed to be the one lately.  Her mother is frazzled in a way she’s never seen her before.  She hasn’t accepted that there is no new movie coming.  A new blonde-haired, blue-eyed ingenue showed up in Hollywood every day, and they’re almost all younger and easier to work with than Beryl Grace.  
“I’ll be there later, Sweetie.”  She handed Thalia a disposable camera. “You’ll just have to show me what I miss.”  
It’s almost funny how their birthdays align so perfectly.  Piper’s is in June and  Leo and Jason’s a week apart.  They held the party together since the kids wouldn't know differently anyway.  Unlike Beryl, Tristan took the day off from auditions.   Esperanza had already spent the entire night before making enough food for an army.  
Thalia blew up a hundred silver balloons, never realizing that an eight-year-old should have been out of breath much sooner and that without helium, her balloons should stay firmly on the ground.   Some of them do, but most float easily around the apartment.  Piper and Leo bounced one back and forth to each other, giggling the entire time.  Jason practically pounced on one and tries to eat it.  It pops beneath him, which seemed to be enough to convince him not to put this strange thing in his mouth.  He joined the other two, although he took great pleasure in hitting the balloon as hard as he can at Thalia to convince her to join them.  
There’s easy laughter, homemade tamales, and little shouts of “Tree! Tree! Tree!”  as the birthday kids marched around the room, announcing their age proudly for everyone to hear despite not mastering the sound an h makes.   The pictures Thalia took are more for herself then Beryl, to remind herself of how happy she was.  This is probably for the best as Beryl never asks to look at the pictures.  
Maybe in another world, Thalia would feel like it was impossible to go to school, to leave Jason alone with their mother or the nanny of the month for the day.  But in this world, Thalia has other adults in her corner.  The three children stayed together in a play-pin in Esperanza’s workshop or Tristan’s office as he looked for his next big role.  It wasn’t an ideal scenario since by the time they were three and a half,  they were more than capable of making a break for it.  But they’d learned early not to touch anything besides their toys, that masterful escapes were meant for playing in the yard or for grabbing extra crayons and that if necessary the parents could find other arrangements, potentially separate arrangements.  Personal assistants and nannies filled in where the parents couldn’t, but these had been hired by parents who actually cared about their children.  
School was hard enough in this world where the letters floated off the page, and Thalia couldn't sit still, so Thalia truly couldn’t imagine a worse one.  But after school, when there were no glowering teachers or odd children with one eye, Thalia relaxed.   She sat at the short wooden table in whoever’s living room they were staying at for the day and stubbornly work on her homework as Leo put together puzzles, and Piper roped Jason into creating larger than life storylines for her Barbies.
Piper seemed to know when her homework made her want to scream because she would ask in her sweetest voice, “Tally, play now?”  
“Who am I today, Pipes?”  
Jason might try to hand her the doll he'd previously been sucking on, but usually, Piper had something very specific in mind.   There’s Sofia, the redheaded murder suspect complete with purple crayon scars.  Or Ama, the princess in disguise that Jason attacked with a pair of safety scissors, so she's almost bald.   Or a million other characters with intricate backstories.  
Piper occasionally needed to pause their play because “Jason was doing it all wrong” or because she needed to ask Leo to build their characters a castle out of Legos.  But overall, Thalia could play with the kiddos for hours after school.  
Occasionally things were bad.  Beryl would be sent home from a shoot early, alcohol heavy on her breath.  Daytime soap actresses were a dime a dozen, and no one had the patience for a woman past her prime who could barely remember her lines and couldn't even stand without swaying.  (Beryl’s character was given a brain tumor to explain her behavior and allow the writers time to get rid of the fan favorite.)  Those days featured doors slamming and screaming.  If they’re at the Grace Mansion, Thalia made sure the kiddos were safely out of sight and occupied, before ducking behind the kitchen counter so she can call for reinforcements.  Mostly though, she found about these sorts of days after the fact, when Tristan’s assistant drove the two of them home, and there would be broken glasses and picture frames with their mother passed out in her bedroom.  
Despite this, Thalia grew up loved, even if that love didn’t come from her biological parents.  Tristan tried to entice her to read even though it's hard.  He pretended he needed someone to run lines with and encouraged Thalia to be as dramatic as possible.  Somehow it didn’t matter that the words are swimming in front of her,  she’s only nine, and the idea of collapsing dramatically into fake tears is so much more powerful than her fear of getting something wrong.  It certainly helped that her captive audience of toddlers seems to love everything she did.   Piper and Jason always seemed to giggle when she reads the lines in a sing-song voice, so Thalia goes out of her way to do it, even when the part didn’t call for it.  Esperanza played rock music that allowed Thalia to scream out her frustration and dance around the kitchen in the Valdez apartment.  It's a wild mass of limbs, and she doesn’t even know which language Leo is yelling in half the time.  But it feels right.  She has a family that loves her.  
When they moved out of the mansion into a cramped apartment,  Thalia told herself it didn't matter.  This cold house with its glass walls and minimalist furnishings never really felt like home.  The new apartment sort of did after Thalia covered her side of the room in scotch tape and pictures. She's collected evidence of everything her mother missed during her auditions, her soap operas, and eventually her hours as a waitress.  There's Tristan playing ring-around-the-Rosie, and Piper refusing to wear anything not dinosaur themed.  Jason smiling despite his stitches because he tried to eat a stapler.  Leo stands proudly in front of his first project, little wrench still in hand.  There's a slightly blurry picture of Esperanza teaching her how to make enchiladas.  Thalia captured everything.  Maybe someday her mother would see them and be sorry she missed this.
On Thalia’s 10th birthday, her mother didn’t give her a gift.  It’s almost like she can’t see her anymore.   Beryl spent the entire day reminiscing about Zeus.  Thalia is not her own person.  She’s her father’s black hair and startling blue eyes.  She has Zeus’ determined face and his chin.  Thalia is proof that in the long scheme of things, Beryl has won, won the affection of a god, and that no matter how much further they fall, no one can take that prize away from her.  
Thalia didn’t particularly like the idea of being the child of a god, especially since she hasn’t seen her father since Jason was born.  She wasn’t sure she truly believed it either.  It seemed like just another fantasy Beryl latched onto the idea in a drunken haze.  Thalia barely saw her mother sober anymore.  If she was a child of a god, Thalia should feel powerful and important.  Instead, she's just alone with her baby brother on her birthday.  
She got birthday phone calls from both the Mcleans and the Valdezs, but they’re not here.  It’s three days before Christmas after all.  Esperanza’s extended family in Texas took the holiday very seriously, and Tristan finally had a long enough break from shooting to go home to Oklahoma.  She smiled brightly when they gave her presents later, a leather jacket and extra cameras, and doesn’t tell them the truth that even thinking about her birthday made her heart ache.  
In the weeks leading up to Jason’s fifth birthday,   Beryl got worse. She didn’t acknowledge her children, wandering the house in a daze, muttering under her breath.  
Thalia put on a brave face and told Jason, “Mom’s just practicing for a new role,” but she was terrified.  
Thalia saw her arguing with people who aren’t there, her mother’s eyes wide and tortured.  None of her pleas made any sense.  "No, you can't have him.  I need more time."   “He’s my son, not hers! You didn’t even let me name him.”  “Why can’t you protect us?”  
Jason nearly threw a tantrum when Beryl suggested they have a birthday picnic.  “No!  We always celebrate with Piper and Leo!”  
Thalia glared at her mother before kneeling to face her brother. "We'll see them tomorrow, Jay. But for now, we'll go see the woods and the stars.  You'll be able to run around as much as you want."  
“Really? As much as I want?”  
Thalia almost groaned, knowing she'll regret those words later.  She’ll have to chase him down, and Jason runs like he's practically flying.  
Beryl gave her a grateful look, but Thalia didn’t return it.  Sure her mother was making an effort, but they both deserve so much more after everything she has put them through.  
Jason was the only one to speak the entire drive to the state park.  He sang the alphabet about six times and twinkle-twinkle little star twice.  But he never stopped talking, not even as Thalia unbuckled him from his car seat, and the three of them walked through the state park.
Beryl’s hands shook as she set their picnic basket by the pond. “Sweetheart, I think we forgot the blanket.  Why don’t you run back to the car and grab it?”  
“Sure,”  Thalia shrugged.  “Jason, why don’t you come with me?”  
He looked ready to shout that he’ll “race her back” when Beryl put an arm around his shoulder, a sickly-sweet smile on her face.  “Really, Thalia.  I can watch my own son for two minutes.”    
Thalia swallowed.  She seemed more put together today, but her mother is an actress, and appearances can be misleading. Thalia practically ran from their spot near the ruins to the car.  
It took a few minutes to realize there was no picnic blanket.  Thalia wanted to think it's a coincidence that Beryl actually thought they brought the blanket, but the sinking feeling in her stomach let her know it was likely always a distraction, a wild goose chase to get her away from Jason.  
Thalia slammed the trunk of the car closed. Ten minutes.  How much trouble could her mother cause in ten minutes?  She ran until her lungs hurt, her heart throbbing in her chest.  The path was uneven under her worn-out sneakers.  Thalia tripped over a tree root and barely noticed her scraped knee as she set off again.  It felt hard to breathe, but Thalia isn't sure if that's coming from her worry or her running.  
Upon first glance, the meadow with the ruins of the old house was empty.  As Thalia got closer, she saw her mother hunched over on the ground.   Beryl was sobbing like she would never run out of tears.   She’s alone.  
Thalia couldn’t help but shake her mother desperately, “What’d you do? Where is he? How could you?”  The questions rolled out of her uncontrollably.  
She was barely gone ten minutes, but it felt like something has drastically changed.  
“Hera claimed him.  He’s as good as dead.”   Beryl was able to manage between sobs.
Her mother had no right to cry.  She didn’t know Jason, not really, not the way Thalia did.  She didn’t know that Jason liked to pretend he can fly and preferred the Buzz Lightyear band-aids when he inevitably scrapes himself up jumping from furniture or the playground equipment to demonstrate.  She didn’t know that Jason liked to build block towers just as much as Piper did, but he liked knocking them over more because he got to roar like a dinosaur or howl like a wolf.   She didn’t know about the bird’s nest Jason decided to camp outside protecting because he was worried the mama bird wouldn’t come back.  Thalia knows those things.  She thinks he’s the most important person in the universe and now he’s gone.  
They stayed for two hours.  Thalia combed every inch of the area, looked behind every tree, in every bush.  She screamed Jason’s name until she can’t anymore. When Beryl dragged her away from the site, Thalia didn’t even have the energy to fight her.  
The drive home was oddly silent without Jason’s chatter.  
Beryl disappeared into the confines of her bedroom as soon as they got home.  She would wallow in her own grief away from her remaining child.  Beryl knew Thalia deserved to be comforted, but she also knew that people seldom got what they deserved.  
Thalia ran to her spot behind the kitchen counter.  She wished it was a normal day as she picked up the phone.  She wanted to just be able to call Esmeralda and tell her that her mother was having a rough day, to ask that someone come pick up Jason and her.  But this time was different.  This time Thalia calls 911.  
The police cars pulled up to their apartment in a flurry of sound and lights.  Thalia can’t move from her spot behind the counter even when they demanded someone open the door.  She hugged herself tightly as her mother opened the door.  
"Really, Officer, I don't understand what the problem is,"  Beryl said earnestly but firmly kept them outside.
“We have a report of a missing child from a Miss Thalia Grace.”  
Thalia can’t see her mother’s face, but her mask must not firmly be in place.  They knew something was wrong, even as Beryl attempted to push them away.  "Oh, that's just my daughter.  What a frightful imagination she has.  I'm sure it's nothing, Officers.  I'm sorry for bothering-.”      
A female officer cut off Beryl's apology.  "Even If it's just a simple mistake, it's still best that we talk to her.  We'll even let her know that this isn't the sort of thing to joke about."
Thalia felt her tears grow heavier at that.  There is no way she could ever joke about this, not with a memory of her baby brother singing twinkle twinkle little star running through her head.  
The officer walked past a reluctant Beryl into the apartment.  Her partner, a Hispanic man with greying hair, stayed with her mother as she sought out Thalia.  The blonde woman didn't need to look far before she found her curled in a ball in the corner against the lower cabinets.   Thalia was a mess, covered in scrapes and dirt from her time spent searching for her brother.  The officer gingerly sat down across from her.  
“You must be Thalia.  I’m Officer Joan. You did a really good job calling us tonight.  I know you told the person on the phone a little bit of what happened, but can you tell me everything please?”  
Thalia’s words spilled out of her, a desperate flood of information on the off chance that literally anything is even the slightest bit helpful in finding Jason.   She didn’t know if these people even can help.  This felt strange, like her one-eyed classmates or her mother begging people who aren’t there, but Thalia needed them to be able to do the impossible anyway.  She won’t ever forgive herself if the police could have done something and they didn’t
When she finished, Officer Joan nodded to her partner before helping Thalia to her feet.  "Now, I know this isn't going to be fun, but we need to take your mom to the station so we can ask her more questions.
Thalia nodded, slightly unsure.  She understood, but every second that someone wasn’t looking for her brother was time he could spend hurt.   Why weren’t they moving faster?  
“Do you have someone you can stay with while we do that?  A relative?”
When the police car pulled up to the Valdez apartment,  it is seven hours since she last saw her brother.  Thalia thinks it isn’t possible to cry anymore.  She’s done almost nothing but cry since Jason disappeared.  She used up all her tears.  
Esperanza answered the door with a look of confusion on her face.  Her curls were already wrapped in a purple headscarf.  Her fingers kept her thin robe closed over her nightdress.   The look of confusion turned to one of worry when she saw Thalia.  Officer Joan briefly explained the situation, but Esperanza never truly took her eyes off Thalia’s face.  
“Tally!” Leo exclaimed as he saw the people at the front door.  He peered around their legs eagerly before the smile fell from his face.  “Where’s Jay?”  
Thalia broke down into a fresh set of tears.
“Leo, why don’t you go pick out another book to read while I get Thalia settled?”   The little boy looked confused.  Thalia and Jason were a package set.  If Thalia was here, his best friend should be too.  
Esperanza pulled Thalia into a tight hug.  "Oh, sweetheart, everything's going to be alright.  You just let it out.  I know it's been a hard day."
Esperanza maneuvered the two of them, so they're sitting on the sagging couch, all the while clutching her tightly.   Esperanza wrapped her in a blanket and fixed some hot chocolate before she finally left to put Leo to bed.  
After Leo’s safely asleep, Esperanza came back with a washcloth and a glass of water.  She doesn’t force Thalia to say anything.  She merely wiped away the grime of the day from her face before gently helping the girl lay down with her head in Esperanza’s lap.  She ran her fingers through Thalia’s short hair until the girl settled into an uneasy sleep.  
The police come back the next day. She remembered getting frustrated that they were here again, asking her the same questions instead of being out there finding her brother, but the rest of the interview is a blur.  She sat on the couch,  watching the rain pound harshly against the glass.  A flash of lightning illuminated the sky, and Thalia prayed to whoever may be listening that Jason is somewhere safe and dry.  The thunder didn’t stop all day.    
Her mother must have been sober enough to give the performance of her life because she wasn't charged for Jason's disappearance.  There is no body.  It's Thalia's word against hers, and Thalia was just a kid.  Still, the papers had a field day. “Who is Beryl Grace’s super-secret custody agreement with?” “Did Disgraced Soap Opera Star Kill Her Own Son?” “Where is Jason Grace?”  Her brother’s face smiled at her on the cover of tabloids for weeks, and it just felt like too much.  
Thalia tried to stay. She really did.  She barely entered the apartment that she shared with her mother, instead crashing on Esperanza’s couch or the guest room in the Mclean house.  These people seem to understand, at least. They’ve seen Beryl Grace at her worst.   They believe Thalia without question.  Although after Tristan gets reprimanded for drawing negative attention to himself, they don’t press the issue publicly anymore.  No one says it, but the odds are Jason is dead already.  
Thalia pretends she doesn’t hear Esperanza and Tristan’s frantic whispers late at night, knowing they’re talking about what to do with her.   She ripped down every photo she ever put on her bedroom wall the one time she can bring herself to go back inside the room she shared with her brother.  She can’t look at them, can’t see Jason grinning back at her with a red party hat holding up three fingers proudly or Jason making funny faces with Piper and Leo, without wanting to scream.  Thalia tried to avoid looking at Piper and Leo’s disappointed faces.  They don’t understand what’s happening, but their best friend is gone.  Their little questions of “But is Jay coming back tomorrow?”  break her heart.  She can’t bear to stay here, but she also has nowhere else to go.  
In the end, Thalia didn’t make the decision to leave so much as the monsters did.
She noticed the looming shadows before she saw them.  Thalia ducked behind a mailbox to get a better look at them.   They're over double her size, with wild eyes, pointy teeth, and hairy arms covered in tattoos.    Their clothes wouldn’t look too out of place at a rock concert if it weren’t for their necklaces.  The giants proudly wore chains with everything from beaded necklaces to gleaming weapons attached to it.   Souvenirs, Thalia thought to herself.  The spoils of war from the people who they killed before.   She would not let herself be next.  
“The hero is close.  Their scent is strong.”  
Thalia did not feel like a hero, especially as she studied the swords and spears that rattle against their chests.  She’s only ten years old, but no one else on the street seemed to notice them.  
"You better be right, brother.  Halfblood is a treat, but I'm hungry now."  Scraps of blood-soaked denim clung to the ogre's face.
Would they just eat whoever they come across if she didn’t come forward?  This is a busy road, only a few blocks from the school.   They could grab anyone; her classmates are at risk the longer she stays hidden. She knows in her bones that she’s the person they’re looking for. She may not know the word “Halfblood," but it felt right to her.  Thalia wished she was in a position where she could fight, where she could leap up and just fight them.  But all she has is a backpack, and as scary as math is, she didn’t think her textbook can do much damage.    
Thalia was so absorbed in trying to think of an escape plan, something that both didn't draw attention to herself and minimized the casualties, that she didn't notice the hand inching toward the mailbox until it was too late.  She jumped back.
The giants leered at her.  “Little hero.  I see we won’t have to wait long for dinner.”  
She’s not an especially fast runner, but she is small enough to maneuver quickly, to change paths even as they lumbered toward her.   They recognized that they could not win on speed alone.  They use the very features of the street as projectiles. The giants lift cars as if they weigh nothing. Shop awnings fall in their grasp.  Thalia did everything she could to avoid them.  
Still, it was not enough.  The stoplight may not have hit her, but she needed extra time to jump around it to avoid the sparks flying off it.   It was time she did not have to lose.  
Thalia can’t explain why she did it.  Her back was against the rough concrete wall.  She was out of options.  So Thalia raised her right hand and directed it toward the closer giant.  She just wanted a way out of here, any way.  The lightning flashed until there was nothing left of the giant but the smell of burning flesh and his spoils of war.
“Child of Zeus, you shall pay for that.” He lunged for her, but missed, his hand impeding deep into the wall behind her.  
Thalia swallowed, surprised despite the absurdity of her current situation that her mother was telling the truth.  A god. Her father really had been a god.  After Jason had disappeared, Thalia had completely dismissed the notion. What sort of god didn’t even protect his own son?  
"I will have revenge, godling."  The remaining giant ripped one of the streetlamps up from the base.  It flew to her left, even if the miss was a little too close for comfort.  
Thalia tried to recreate the feeling, the tug in her stomach, but no matter what she did, she could not summon more lightning. She had another option, though.  The giant may have disappeared, but his necklace of souvenirs had not.
Thalia tugged a spear loose from the chain. It feels right in her hand.  
“There is no escape, little hero. I will feast on your bones.”  
Thalia didn’t have any time to think as the monster stalked forward.  There was no time to worry about all the ways this can go wrong, that she's never held a spear, let alone thrown one.  She flung the spear with all her might,  hoping it would go straight.
Amazingly it did, and the Laistrygonian howled as he disappeared.  
Even as the ogre crumbled into dust, Thalia kept panicking. He said her scent was strong, which meant more monsters would be coming.  What would happen if she was with Piper and Leo next time?   They were just little kids. Plus, Tristan and Esperanza had gone out of their way since they’d met to make sure that she was safe and loved.  It wasn’t fair to involve them or put them at risk.  
Thalia couldn't be here the next time a monster attacked. She wasn't going to let them get hurt.  Thalia couldn't watch someone else she loved die and know she could have prevented it.  She had to gather some supplies first, but then she was leaving.  If the price to pay for her family’s safety was never seeing them again, she’d gladly pay it.
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kurodeity · 7 years
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Piper thinks of Leo as her brother. Leo thinks of Piper as his sister. Jason thinks of Leo as his best friend and vice versa.
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bratty!piper au
idk really want to call this, this is the only thing that came to mind, so i’m rolling with it
to start, instead of being down to earth, her father’s famous, she’s rich, and she fucking loves it
she’s the bratty asshole spoiled rich girl who says things like “my dad could buy you.” and “i don’t care, i can just buy another one” when talking abt like the newest expensive tech--phone, laptop, tablet, etc.--and “i have a car for each day of the week” etc.
she, like her dad, doesn’t fully accept her heritage--always trying to run away from it
she’d rather be hated for being a spoiled rich brat than for the color of her skin
of course, ppl hate her for that too, anyway, bc racism
speaking of, she goes to an insanely expensive private prep school--co-ed
bc she still has a rocky relationship with her father and he carts her off to prep schools the moment she’s old enough to keep her out of his hair
think of it as a playground for the filthy rich and beautiful
but thinks giving her weekly allowances that could break the bank will make up for it
it doesn’t
she buys the most expensive make up and spends hours making sure she’s runway ready every day
she makes the uniforms fashionable, whether or not they’re altered (but alters them just so that it’s not technically breaking an of the rules in the rule book)
she gets her hair cut by those who cut celebrities’ hair--they’re flown in from LA by her dad
she is a petty bitch
one time someone said something mean abt her hair and the next day, she’d used her persuasive voice (what she calls it before she finds out it’s charmspeak) to take their car for a joy ride and crash it
except she makes it look like an accident, and with her persuasive voice no one is the wiser
the kid’s parents are furious and piper enjoys every minute of the kid’s suffering
which for rich ppl is like not getting a new sports car or all the colors of the iphone 5c or some shit, if they get scolded/punished at all
piper mclean is flawless
her hair’s insured for $10,000
she does car commercials...in greece
her fave movie is friday night lights
once time she met orlando bloom on a plane...
and he told her she was pretty
one time she punched a fellow classmate in the face...and they thanked her for it
anyway i think i’m hilarious
needless to say when she finds out she’s a demigod and gets whisked away to chb kicking and screaming, she’s not a happy camper
when jason chews her out after the trio make it out alive from their meeting with boreas for not taking this quest seriously she realizes how much of a spoiled rich brat she’s been
let the character development begin
throughout the tlh, with jason and leo’s help, she slowly begins to change her thinking
some thoughts she can’t stop--like how horrible she must look after falling through the roof of a car factory and breaking her ankle, and then climbing into the sewers, getting hypothermia after he dip in the river that smudged her makeup, and her hair getting messy and tangled bc she doesn’t have a brush
and how jason will never love her now bc of this
but she doesn’t voice them and tries not to let them get in the way of finishing the quest
they’ll slip out every now and again, and then she’ll realize, and then look at leo and jason with embarrassment
but they don’t say anything bc they know she’s trying
besides, they have more important things to worry abt and it’s not like she said anything insensitive/mean
and she tries not to be so mean anymore
sometimes she doesn’t succeed and will say something insensitive
especially when it’s been a long day and everyone’s tired or stressed, bc it’s a fallback personality, it’s something she’s more comfortable with
unlearning is a process
but after jason snapped at her, leo found the courage to also speak up, so they tag-team
they do it nicer, tho, bc it is a learning process
aphrodite helps her too
being a child of aphrodite isn’t just abt being a pretty face, yes, but that doesn’t mean you can’t worry or fret over your appearance
if you like makeup and nice clothes, if that’s what makes you feel beautiful, that is okay
if it matters to you, then it matters. end of story.
at some point during their quest, before the wolf house but after like mount diablo, leo and piper have a bonding moment
jason is sleeping
leo feels comfortable enough with the changes piper’s made/is still trying to make, which he can see and appreciates, that he tells her abt his mom, abt his hatred for the power the hephaestus “gifted” him
piper recalls how he saved them with his fire powers, and how much he’s used them since
and realizes that maybe running from something you were born with doesn’t always work out
when she gets back to camp, she starts looking into her cherokee heritage more
she asks her dad abt it, and even tho he too runs, he remembers the stories
he tells her abt grandpa tom, the cabin, and the stories
he tries harder to take time off, engage, and spend one-on-one time with piper, in person
where he tells her all the stories he can think of
they go to grandpa tom’s cabin a lot
despite piper not liking it bc it doesn’t have any of the amenities she’s used to
bc being with him, talking abt her native american heritage is the happiest she’s ever felt before
by the end of tlh, she’s still learning, but she’s trying her best to unlearn the nasty habits of being so mean to others
with the seven, she gets even better, learns even more from all of them
frank, hazel, percy (he’s totes latino, i don’t make the rules), and leo are the most vocal. especially the first three upon meeting her for the first time
bc piper has some serious internalized racism to work through
not to mention classism issues. yikes. this one rubs percy the wrong way. A Lot
it’s rough, and she hates being called out
there are a lot of fights during the first few weeks of the argo ii’s maiden voyage
but they become her friends as the quest progresses. and are much closer for it
while traveling on the argo ii, she learns how to manage her time so she can still look runway ready but also protect the ship
even if it means messing up her hard work
eventually, she gets her makeup routine down to 30 mins
and i suppose near the end starts to pick and choose when she should wear makeup and when she shouldn’t
but she likes a small amt of makeup almost all the time
she teaches annabeth and hazel abt makeup and clothes
bc women fitting stereotypes isn’t a bad thing ya’ll
hazel and annabeth don’t get into it as much as piper, but they really do like the feeling of being all dolled up
besides beauty tips aren’t vanity. they’re for a healthy body, which are important
not to mention a healthy body helps keep the mind healthy (and vice versa)
for fun, when all is quiet on the western front, they’ll dress up and do their makeup
the boys are shocked and speechless, jaws hit the floor
they have a night where they paint each other’s nails
who knew they could look drop-dead gorgeous when they were sweaty from battle, wearing ripped clothes, bleeding from cuts, and bruised up and when they do their hair, makeup, and wear a nice dress
get you a girl who can do both, bae
she learns what charmspeak should be, how it should be used
she learns what being a child aphrodite means, what love and beauty are
bc they are so many amazing, wonderful things
that don’t just evolve around romantic/sexual love or vanity
like a girls’ night, whether that be practicing sword-fighting, or braiding each other’s hair
and like the true friendship of not being afraid to call your friend out if they’ve done something shitty bc you care enough abt them to want them be a better person
and if they care abt you, they’ll strive to be a better person for you
bc you can totes have on-point winged eyeliner and save the world, i don’t make the rules
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Headcanon:
Ok. So, like, Percy and Annabeth, Jason and Piper, and Hazel and Frank grow up, get married and have children. They all have one boy and one girl.
Does Percy and Annabeth’s son look like Percy and the daughter look like Annabeth, Jason and Piper’s son look like Jason and their daughter look like Piper, and Hazel and Frank’s son look like Frank and their daughter look like Hazel, or vice versa (so daughter look like dad and son look like mom) or do they all have at least one aspect of both their parents?
And what about names? Like, so for Percy and Annabeth, they would name their son Luke out of respect for Luke Castellan, and their daughter Sally out of respect for Sally Jackson.
For Jason and Piper, they would name their daughter like Annie, or Anna on account of Piper’s respect for Annabeth, who was one of Piper’s only friends when she first arrived at camp Half-Blood. They would name their son Leo, because Leo was and still is and always will be Jason’s best friend.
And Frank and Hazel. They would name their daughter after Frank’s mom and their son would be would probably after Nico, because Nico is Hazel’s brother, and she loves him a lot, because he is really like the only family (aside from the 7 being like a family to her), and he brought her back from the Underworld. And they would be really good parents and they would protect each other and each other’s children and families, keeping them safe from the gods and monsters.
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deithe · 5 years
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If i see one more textpost/meme including;
Stupid Leo or Percy and disregarding their intelligence for a joke. Stop it. Its getting real old real fast.
Making Nico into a 'smol, soft gay boi'. yeah its really really good that Nico is gay, but its not his entire character and he shouldn't be infantilized for it.
Will acting as a babysitter to Nico, even though he is his boyfriend, not his fucking mother. Nico deserves to be treated like a functioning human, not a helpless child in need of constant caring for. And Will deserves to be more than Nico's doctor/boyfriend/caretaker.
Making Piper or Jason or Nico Percy's best friend and disregarding Grover, who is Percy's canon best friend. they have a literal friendship mental bond. You don't get much closer than that.
Making Leo little more than an asshole/comic-relief for a punchline. the whole point of Leo's character is that it is fake and an unhealthy coping mechanism to deal with trauma.
Not making Leo Piper and Jason's best friend and vice-versa. its canon that the three of them are best friends. not jason and nico or percy and piper or jason and percy. Leo, Piper and Jason. The Lost Trio.
Just full on forgetting characters like Frank, Hazel or Leo when talking about the Seven. they're all in the seven. christ.
The same problem with Solangelo in terms of some Percabeth stuff. Annabeth isn't Percy's mother. She is his girlfriend. There is a difference. She is her own character.
Hazel being nothing more than a soft gorl. She is a soft babey, don't get me wrong, but she's also The Most Powerful Demigod.
:I will burst several blood-vessels and drown
please look at tags.
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bunkernine · 4 years
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liper and valgrace are better than jason x piper
strongly agree | agree | neutral | disagree | strongly disagree
💀 the liper theory asserts that the memories from the lost trio weren't fabricated and the dating between jason and piper were actually from leo and piper. imo, it seems very intricate for hera to create those feelings and backstory out of nowhere. erasing leo and redrawing jason seems a lot easier. there's another explanation about how hera has always liked jason (this is canon) and hated hephaestus (this is mythology lmao), and so screwing leo over like this is a win-win for her. love hera for that tho lmao, she's always looking out for number one, herself haha 😤😤😤
as for valgrace? jason and piper should have never continued their relationship after they found out they weren't actually dating. they built their relationship on lies. anyway jason and leo are the definition of best friends -> lovers. i've said it multiple times jason's the only one who ever has leo's back and vice versa. they always look out for each other and care too much. we always say piper and leo are also best friends, but jason was the one they had to send away because he exhausted all his time searching for leo. anyway, my entire blog is based on vg so... 💀
to be fair, jason cares a lot for piper. sometimes it's sweet. but lmaooo the theory that piper was accidentally charmspeaking him into liking her is completely valid? it makes sense why Jason took the breakup so hard when she didn't- despite having more of an investment into it. it also works extremely well for liper/valgrace haha
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