You’re just happy everyone’s back.

You go to sleep after leaving the lunch hall after dumping what was left in your plate into a brazier as a prayer to any and all gods that they save Percy.

You didn’t feel much like eating after your little moment of clarity.

Flumen flowed out of the water only to freeze as she saw the look on your face. Immediately —her face set in a mask of determination — she grasped your hand and guided you to sit in your bed and hold you, not knowing what was wrong but waiting for you to say. You crumble at the gentle hug and press your face against her shoulder, teeth gritted in distress as you dread the news. What is it going to be? What has happened? What will be done now?

The bad part: If Percy dies your gonna be stuck as the last son of the big three and that means the prophecy will fall on your shoulders.

The worse part: You’ll be alone again.

Granted that you hadn’t known Percy too long at all, but you still had solace in the fact that he was still family and seemed like a good person.

You felt Flumen strip off you shirt and maneuver you to lie down on your bed. She presses her lips against your forehead in a brief kiss and lays down next to you, pillowing her head on your chest. Your arm wraps around her and you bury the lower half of your face into her hair, inhaling the scent of clean water and water-based flowers. She sighs into your chest and send tingles through your chest, she knows something’s up but will wait as long as needed. It’s a cross between spooning and cuddling that helps soothe away the worry and fear.

“I don’t want to be alone again.” You whisper.

“You won’t.” She says softly, “I promise.”

You let out a pained chuckle, she has no ability to promise that when it comes to immediate family, but you take whatever platitudes you get.

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You wake up to feel that Flumen has vacated your bed and sit up on your hands, eyes still heavy from a restless sleep. You see a lumpy shape under one of the bed’s covers and your eyes widen as the haze clears from your mind. You get to your feet and roughly pull off the covers to see Percy sprawled under it. He groans at the loss of warmth and pries his eyes open to blink at you uncertainly before awareness returns to his face.

“ Jack—” he begins before you punch him across the face with all the **** you can muster.

He flops off the bed with a shocked cry and hit the wooden floor with a thud.

He shoots to his feet cradling his jaw, “What the hades—”

And you lunge at the confused demigod with a vengeance, him dodging with a manly squawk as you chase him around the confines of the cabin. You’re noise eventually wakes up another lumpy shape and Tyson sits bolt upright and stares at the both of you in confusion as you sprint around the cabin.

“You asshole!” You roar, “What the hell was with you just up and leaving without any explanation?!”

“Hermes said he left a note!” He replies, blushing as he realizes that may not have been the best way to see that your family has just up an left.

You grin a incredibly **** smile, “Oh a god left a note? How nice. That makes it so much better!”

By the time you both are done, you both lay in exhausted heaps in separate beds and the cabin will need a major remodeling before it looks even halfway decent. Your throat aches from screaming at him and you both probably woke everyone in the damn camp. Tyson scoops you and Percy up in his arms and deposits you both in your respective beds. You still want to strangle the idiots and you can’t help the relief that bubbles up in your chest as you anger fades and exhaustion weighs down on you.

You and Percy can’t help but glare at each other weakly before you both break out into exhausted laughter.

You can’t help it, you’re just happy he’s home.

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After you both properly get some rest, you sock Percy in the arm — one last time — hard enough for him to yelp and go through the rest of the morning routines with him at your side. You step out of your cabin with a smile and Percy relaxes a bit at the happy look on your face, understanding he’s in the clear in regards to retribution. You both walk down to dining pavilion to see the centaur who greeted you in the beginning smiling down at you and you can’t help the smile turn into a grin as he nods at you. You both grab plates and the nymphs smile at you as you thank them enthusiastically for the food before offering the food to the gods and slide into your seats. Thanks to you not sleeping well and then chasing Percy through the cabin, you both woke up pretty late, but nothing can bring down your relief at Percy’s safe return.

“You and I are gonna spar.” You declare after you swallow a mouthful of food, “And no whining if I kick your ass.”

Percy chokes on his bread before he stares at you and grins, “Likewise.”

You both bark out a quick laugh and go back to your food.

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Percy dances away from your knife sinking into his shoulder and brings his sword to bear against yours in a shower of sparks, interrupting your swing. You grimace at the awkward positioning before you push off the lock and backpedal as he lances forwards with a stab at your chest. Percy switches footing, sliding to clock you in the jaw before you bring your knife-arm up to knock his arm off track and slicing across his chest, making him roll back to dodge. His green eyes are bright with enjoyment and his grin is all determined exertion as you both clash in the middle of the arena. Several of the younger campers are watching in awe as you both trade blows and battle across the way, meticulously trying to land a blow on each other.

By the end of the spar you both are panting and Percy straightens to grin at you, “What the Hades did you do to get so strong so fast?”

“Oh you know.” You shrug, a teasing grin on your face, “A god left a note.”

He blinks and laughs as you both grab bottles of water, the droplets condensation sending a tingle up your body, “I can’t tell whether that’s unfair or not.”

“Totally fair.” You reply, turning up your nose, “You were suppose to teach me all this stuff before you decided to skip out on me!”

He shakes his head as you bring the bottle to your lips.

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“A chariot race?” You asked, looking uncertainly at Percy, “You want me to participate in a chariot race with you?”

Percy shrugged in a what-can-you-do way, “Well now I have a sibling to represent the Poseidon cabin.”

“I have literally no experience in driving chariots!” You reply in a panic, “I’d have no idea what I am doing! Besides I barely started here, don’t I get a probation period?”

“I mean...” He begin, “We can ask Chiron to make an exception...”

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You end up in the stands as Percy and Annabeth win the chariot race and you cheer loudly at your brother’s victory. When you see Annabeth kiss Percy on the cheek and his face turn red you grin at his embarrassment.

You have some amazing teasing material to use now.