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• Strife by CryingCircusConductor

  Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  29 Mar 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Nico di Angelo/Original Male Character(s)
  • Nico di Angelo
  • Original Demigod Character(s) (Percy Jackson)
  • The Horrors of Love
  • Out of Character (Probably)
  • Original Characters - Freeform
  • semi original characters (stolen from uncle rick)
  • Terrible Jokes
  • Happy Ending
  • Whump
  • consensual fist fight
  • Fighting
  • Forced Proximity
  • Denial of Feelings
  • Enemies to Lovers
  • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
  • Pining
  • Mutual Pining
  • Sharing a Bed
  • Hugs
  • Mutual Support
  • Slow Burn
  • seriously I promise they kiss
  • Attachment Issues
  • If anything's good I probably stole it
  • As long as a novel
  • Graphic use of french
  • dead birds
  • Smoking
  • Gay as hell
  • Gays in hell
  • Tree Abuse
  • Attempted Murder
  • straight up murder
  • Mental Illness
  • Seriously everyone suffers
  • everyone cries
  • Depression
  • Nightmares
  • Panic Attacks
  • Poisoning
  • Fainting
  • So much fainting lol
  • Blood
  • Annoyingly slow slowburn
  • emo shit
  • Daddy Issues
  • Self Loathing
  • Mentioned Suicide Attempt
  • Choking
  • Implied sexual acts
  • Vulgar Language
  • Canon Relationship Break Up
  • Terrible coping skills
  • Lots of t-shirt action
  • Spooky ghost
  • Spookier goddess
  • I'm not self aware and probably way more toxic than I realize be ready for anything
  • Everyone Is At Least 21
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Injury
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Head Injury
  • Blood and Injury
  • Swearing
  • Angst
  • Corpse Desecration
  • Drowning
  • Gay Panic
  • Author's poorly disguised fetishes
  • Explicit (?) sex scene (only in second to last chapter)

  Summary

  A twenty-something Nico di Angelo has been going through a rough couple of years dealing with deep rooted mental illness. Things somehow get even worse when he is forced to work together with an 'unhinged psycho' who manages to get on his nerves every step of the way. As they get to know each other better through facing various adversities, they learn to respect their similarities and differences.

  Blurbs:
  “The whiniest emo shit ever written. All of the characters are unbearable and the plot barely makes any sense”
  - The New York Times

  “Hey, at least it’s free”
  - Oprah

  “I really just wrote this for myself. You're more than welcome to join, but It's BYOB”
  - Me

  “I loved it!”
  - My husband, for some reason

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  150,392

  Chapters:

  19/24

  Comments:

  25

  Kudos:

  20

  Hits:

  374