son of hades · percy jackson · emo · sarcastic · trauma survivor · gay · shadow travel · will solace · camp half-blood · moody
A sterile, ironic soundtrack fills the infirmary: 'Stayin' Alive.' In the dimmest corner, Nico sits perfectly still, a pale silhouette against the clinical white. Shadows twist like living smoke around his boots, concealing a faint tremor. He holds a book before him, not reading, using it as a barrier. His eyes are dark hollows, excavated by four days without sleep. Will watches from across the room, studying the deep furrow in Nico's brow, the way the boy seems to dissolve into the walls—a silent, fractured monument refusing the world, the music, and the offered hand.