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    A boy descends from the heavens, skin kissed by the sun, and hair as gold as the many medals that adorn his chestplate. His purple cloak billows over his shoulders like a Roman emperor, face as stern as any somber military leader, and his eyes are an electrifying blue that makes Nico think of Thalia.

    Instead of the fear and alarm shown by many campers, this boy scans the armor-cladded skeletons Nico summoned and the anxious diamond at Hazel’s feet. There’s a scar on this boy’s mouth that’s enhanced by his scowl—and suddenly, the harsh demeanor fades. The electrifying hue of his eyes disappear—matching the color of the morning sky instead. He glances at the skeletons once more, then looks at Hazel and Nico, impressed.

    “Whoa,” he says.

    Nico hates how his heart skips a beat.

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    The month before Praetor Grace disappeared from Camp Jupiter was the happiest month of Nico's life.

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    01 Dec 2022

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Genuinely top 10 long fics

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    “Yeah well,” Nico said, forcing a tense smile. “At least it wasn’t all bad. It uh- It could have been much worse.”

    “I guess,” Will said. “But it should’ve been better.”

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    In which the world flips upside down, Nico finally gets it, and Will still manages to make obscure 80's movie references.

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    20 Nov 2022

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Unfinished - so good waiting for updates :(

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    Neil can feel the letter in his pocket, heavy with lead dragging him down. It’s a death sentence disguised like a gift.
    Out of all of the ways he thought he would go, this wasn’t one of them; a gun in hand, a bullet in his chest. Maybe this is his merciful end, maybe he should be grateful. After years of relentless running, fear eating him from the inside out, he’s been offered an easy way out.
    Andrew will wake soon, the slow trickle of a city waking dragging him from fitful sleep. Neil will have to look at his sleep smudged face, eyes soft in the early hours of the day, and tell him. He’ll show him the rumpled letter, his name marked on it in blood red ink.
    He’s had the letter for weeks; he’s been counting down the days, a bomb armed to blow. He doesn’t know how to tell Andrew, he doesn’t know how to prepare himself for the look on his face, crestfallen and utterly devastated and angry. He doesn’t want to see the slow dawning of realization take over his face, a storm of anguish, the knowledge that he’s going to lose Neil for good.
    In the end, it wasn’t the running that got him, it was the staying.
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    In which Andrew is Captain America and Neil is the love of his life.

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    14 Aug 2022

  4. Public Bookmark 14

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    College student Neil Josten has been a real person for two years. Living with his roommate Aaron Minyard, and away from a bloody past, Neil didn't want anything to change, but a bleeding identical copy of his roommate breaking into his place tends to change things.

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    20 May 2018