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Will loved his job at Camp Half-Blood.
Well, it wasn't a proper job, but he was one of the few Apollo's kids who was good at healing, and he was more than happy to help Argus. He spent hours in the infirmary and saw some nasty things; broken bones, cuts, kids that only talked in rhymes thanks to his own siblings' curse, but he loved every single minute he spent there. Even if sometimes he didn't have enough time to do other things he loved, like hanging out with a certain boy.
That afternoon was pretty quiet, the only person who came to the infirmary was Paolo, a son of Hebe who got hit on the head during practice. The boy only spoke Portuguese but could understand English, so Will was explaining him how he was cleaning the cut, when he noticed a movement on the corner of his eye. He swore he saw a person peeking behind the curtains that separated the beds. Will tried to ignore it and carefully bandaged Paolo's head, then he excused himself. As soon as he got up, he heard a frantic rustle, so he decided to investigate. He drew the curtains and sighted.
Nico was laying down, pretending to be asleep. Will giggled and rolled his eyes; did his boyfriend think he was that stupid? He sat on the chair next to the bed and took the little notepad he had inside the pocket of his lab coat along with a pen and tried to sound as professional as he could.
"Let's see" Will said pretending to write down, "What brought you here today, Mr. Di Angelo?"
Nico opened his eyes and coughed. He was obviously faking it, but Will pretended he didn't notice. He was just too in love with that boy; they started dating few weeks after the war against Gaea and Will couldn't imagine living his life without him.
"I'm sick" Nico murmured.
"You poor thing. Could you give me more details?"
"A curse"
"A curse" Will repeated.
"A curse made me fall and... now I require medical assistance"
"Is spying on me while I work a symptom of this curse?"
"I wasn't spying. But, as a patient, I'd like to make a suggestion”.
"Go on" Will said amused.
"I think it's not very professional of you to stand so close to your patients" Nico explained, "especially if they're hot muscular boys"
Will got up and sighted. Nico wasn't good at expressing his feelings, but it was obvious that he was jealous of the Portuguese boy. Paolo was pretty hot, Will wasn't denying that, but he definitely wasn't checking on him. He was professional, he wanted to be a good doctor one day, and he didn't see his patients more than what they were: people who needed his care. Plus, he only had eyes for his boyfriend.
"I have to go now, there are people who really need my help"
"Okay, go drool all over Paolo and his nice biceps" Nico announced dramatically, "don't worry about your dying boyfriend"
Will rolled his eyes and giggled.
"Give me five minutes"
It actually took him more than five minutes. Just right after he explained Paolo that he needed to go back to the infirmary in two days to let him check how his cut was healing, a girl from the Ares cabin came in with a dislocated shoulder, so it took Will a while to get it in place, help her calm down, immobilize her arm and give her some ambrosia. He walked the girl to her cabin and went back to the infirmary, just in time for the end of his shift. Argus never let him stay longer than he needed to, but he had one last patient to check on.
Nico was sitting on the bed, eating a cookie while staring at the ceiling.
"Where did you take that?" Will asked, "Those are for the kids”.
"I was bored"
Will sat next to his boyfriend, stole the cookie and ate it.
"Is that how you treat a sick person?" Nico complained.
"Why are you here?" Will asked ignoring his protests.
"I missed you"
"So, you didn't fall because you're cursed?"
"You're annoying " Nico said rolling his eyes
"And you're impossible"
Will cupped his boyfriend's face and kissed him.
"You're done here?" Nico asked smiling.
“Yes” Will replied getting up, “Shall we go before you get jealous again?”
“I’m not jealous”
Nico got up and lightly punched his boyfriend.
“I can’t stand you, Solace”
“Yeah, sure”
Will giggled and put his arm around Nico’s shoulders.
“You know you don’t have to be jealous, right?” Will asked, “I plan to spend the rest of my life with you”
Nico blushed and walked away, leaving his boyfriend behind while murmuring some insults. Will smiled at himself; he loved that boy, and he really hoped he could marry him one day. He giggled and ran after Nico.