i was flicking through qoaad the other day for the funsies and THIS SCENE WAS REALLY GIVING THE SAME VIBE AS THE RUNNING AWAY SCENE FROM TITANIC AND I'M LIVING FOR IT
(like i just imagine those fools skiddadiling away while giggling and holding hands)
right yo i'm here i'm queer and i'm bringing you a whole beefcake thanks to sakin, everybody thank them for their service. to those who make it here THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE and i look forward to writin' soon mwah
There, see?
Eagerness? Gone.
Good feelings? Basically held at knifepoint now—and trust him, Percy knew exactly what that felt like.
Look, he was about to duck out of the room real quick, see if he could stealth his way to the kitchen (they didn't need a whole “Nico welcoming party” right now) and swipe a few things from the fridge without his mom lifting a brow at the predictable insatiable appetite of a teenage boy, but Nico’s words froze him. Where the kid got the power to do that, Percy didn’t know. Sometimes all it took was one deliberate look. This time, it was a little bit of that, and the topic Percy loved ignoring… that Nico wouldn’t allow, as long as he was here.
“No—?” Nico’s question was a statement. Percy’s answer was a question. Seemed fair. He oscillated near his door, the hand once reaching for the handle finding better purpose in tugging at the collar of his shirt, like it had suddenly become too tight. More could’ve been said: they still had time, he just needed to think on it (guiltily knowing what he meant was “ignore it”)... Excuses. Those Nico likely had no interest in hearing, so.
Better idea.
“You find anything about your, uh… past, yet?” He could’ve just said “mom.” That was what he wanted to say. Percy wasn’t exactly sure why he avoided it, or why he suddenly felt so anxious to go out into the living room, now—as if his own mom would see the guilt on his face and ask him about it. “You know, if you gave me more information, I might be able to help out on my end.”
i have a meeting tomorrow with one of the most insufferable coworkers ive ever had and i dont want to do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hes awful!!!!!!!!!!!
percy’s feelings about luke just became 1000000x more complicated which I didn’t think was even possible but here we are and we are far from okay 💃🕺💃🕺💃🕺(rambling about the finale in the tags [spoiler alert ig])