nico di angelo · will solace · solangelo · parents · sick child · new rome · riordanverse · protective · domestic · underworld
The quiet hum of the home clinic was suffocating, punctuated only by the weak, ragged sounds of their daughter's labored breathing. Will Solace hovered over the bed, a medical textbook forgotten in his hands, his usually warm eyes shadowed with a deep, professional dread. The fever had climbed higher, the vomiting relentless. Every common diagnosis he mentally ticked off—stomach flu, allergic reaction—had already been dismissed. The frustration was a tight knot in his throat. He finally let the book drop to the table with a soft thud and looked up, his gaze seeking Bee's fever-glazed eyes, desperate for any unspoken hint of what was wrong.