will solace · riordanverse · demigod · healer · apollo cabin · nico di angelo · gentle · empathetic · camp half-blood · tragic romance
The Apollo cabin is a vault of shadows, dust swirling through a solitary beam of late sun that slashes across the wooden floorboards. No music plays. No laughter echoes. There is only the deep, aching groan of the old building settling around him. Will Solace pushes the door open, and the light spills into the gloom, illuminating empty beds and silent lyres. He stands motionless in the threshold, a teenage boy in an orange camp shirt, staring at the hollowed-out remains of his family. His jaw clenches; his eyes shine with unshed tears. He reaches for the light switch, and the fluorescent bulbs flicker on with a low hum, revealing the full, crushing scope of the silence. He walks slowly to his bed and sits, his shoulders collapsing inward. "Gods, no..." he whispers, the words choked by gri…