Nah But Nico Or Thalia Being The One Confronting Him Just Makes A Lot Of Sense To Me - Tumblr Posts

Over the months, Percy hadn’t been able to talk to Annabeth about it and the situation causes a change in demeanor for him. He felt so alone — Grover was gone, Thalia was a Huntress, He still felt kind of awkward and guilty around Nico, His mom was too busy with his younger sibling, and he didn’t feel like talking about it to anyone else. Everyone notices the change in Percy, he’s sadder, and more irritable — though he tries his best not to let his anger get the best of him. So most of the time, he’s usually just sad and alone. People tried confronting him but he doesn’t pay them any mind

There are two people who have their eyes keen on Percy though — Thalia and Nico. Nico knows somethings terribly wrong but he doesn’t really want to push Percy’s button. And Thalia notices something wrong on her first visit to the camp after the war, and maybe she kinda knows what going on. She’d seen Percy once like this before. Anyways, Nico and Thalia talked about it, but they’d both agreed not to confront Percy for the meantime.

But time progressed and nothing changed and one of them (either Nico or Thalia) sees Percy by the edge of the lake alone, staring into the distance and they finally decide confront him. And at first he denies and tries to push them away, then it’s followed by him becoming tight lipped. And finally, he breaks. All the frustration, the anger, the sadness it finally breaks. And it reached the point where he was basically gasping for air, his chest hurting from the pain and his head starting to hurt from everything. And it was so painful to see Percy so broken

Bonus if he actually passes out crying

Percy knew it was irrational. It’s not like Annabeth had side-lined him for Piper. Since boarding the Argo II, her and Percy had spent all hours of the day together, and yet he still felt sick to his stomach each time her and Piper exchanged a knowing look or finished each others’ sentences.

Acting that in-sync had always been their thing. Whether they were fighting monsters or arguing with other campers, Annabeth and Percy had ran like a well-oiled machine since they were 12. And now her and Piper did that. It was fine, he wasn’t jealous or anything. Nope. Piper was best friends with Annabeth now and-

And he was just her boyfriend. Was that really all their relationship was now? Maybe he was just overanalyzing this all and driving himself crazy for no reason. Hopefully that was it. Sure, he had been gone for months, but Annabeth wouldn’t find a replacement best friend so quickly, right?

He should probably talk to her about that.