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    Percy groans, his head lolling forward. “‘Beth?” he croaks out. “Wha’ happened?” Her heart stutters and she tucks him closer to her chest, trying not to panic when she can feel his fever burning through her shirt. He’s getting worse by the second.

    “You’re just a little sick, sunshine. We’re gonna find a place to rest.” she says, forcing her voice to not sound as devastated as she feels.

    “...did I ruin the quest again?” he mumbles into her neck and her heart just about breaks.

    “No, no sweetheart, you didn't ruin anything,” she whispers into his hair, rubbing his back in what she hopes is a soothing gesture. “Didn’t I tell you you’re more important than a quest?”

    He’s stopped responding and Annabeth's stomach drops as she feels frantically for his pulse, two fingers placed on the soft hollow beside his windpipe. It’s faint, but still there, thank the Gods.

    That’s how she spends the next few minutes while waiting for Grover to return - counting Percy’s pulse.

    He’s not dying on her watch.

     

    Or: Annabeth, Percy, and Grover go on their second quest together, and (shockingly) everything goes wrong.

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    03 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 40

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    The toilet flushes and then Shane is back on his feet—though he really shouldn’t be. “This sucks.”

    Ilya waves a limp hand in the air above him. “Sucks for you? I am breaking many year streak of being vomit free while you…” he dangerously swallows, “...throw up all the time.”

    “I do not,” Shane mumbles, into a pillow, once again back in bed.

    “You have nervous stomach,” Ilya shrugs, “It’s endearing.”

    Shane feels said stomach flip and he huffs indignantly. “Shut up. At least I didn’t puke on the ice.”

    Shane and Ilya both get sick.

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    03 Feb 2026

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    Percy continued. “That’s why I’m doing it with you. Just like my reading. It's practice.”

    “Yeah,” she agreed.

    Annabeth Chase knows everything. Everyone knows Annabeth Chase knows everything. But Annabeth Chase knows that she has no idea how to kiss someone, and Percy Jackson is the only person she trusts with that information.

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    There were rumors we were in need of more kissing-practice fics. I live to appease the people.

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    30 Jan 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 75

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    “Are you still cold, moya lazan'ya?” Ilya asks, gently touching his hand to Shane’s thigh to get his attention.
    “Your what?” He lifts his head from where he’d been resting it against the airplane window, blinking blearily. “Lasagna?”
    “Yes. Look at you, with all the, uh…” The English word he’s searching for eludes him, so he simply gestures at his husband, clad in a T-Shirt, a hoodie and two jackets, both his own and Ilya’s. The latter is slightly too big even on Shane’s muscular frame, and being wrapped up in it almost makes him look small.
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    While on the airplane on the way home after a series of games with the Ottawa team, Shane is hit hard by the flu. The fever makes him emotional, and Ilya has feelings about that. Incredibly soft feelings.

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    26 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 79

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    Shane and Ilya are coming to terms with what it means to be in a relationship. During Ilya’s first season playing for Ottawa, he comes down with the stomach flu after losing to Montreal. Shane can tell something is wrong, but Ilya struggles to let Shane in when he’s vulnerable. Ilya is forced to let his guard down and he allows Shane to show him a form of intimacy that exists outside of the bedroom.

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    20 Jan 2026