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Nico and Will were the type of couple everyone forgot was dating.
Neither of them, Nico especially, were the PDA type. Seeing the pair hold hands, kiss, or do any of that cheesy couple-y stuff were rare occurrences. They were still constantly in each other's company though, and some of the newer campers tended to assume they were just best friends, until they would accidentally stumble in on one of their late night walks through the woods hand in hand, or they would walk into the infirmary looking for some pain killers and find them sitting on one of the cots, Nico's head resting on Will's shoulder while they talked about their day.
Nico thought about this while he walked over to meet Will in the infirmary, and how much he enjoyed the more private aspect of their relationship.
The door opened with a quiet creek. Nico stood in the doorway and took in the sight of his boyfriend.
Will was the last one, as usual, left working the infirmary. No one was still waiting for treatment and Will sent all of his siblings to have some time to themselves before lights out. Nico went out of his way to note everything he could about the boy. His messy blonde hair, his dark blue scrubs, the bandaid on his left pinky finger, his white non slip shoes. Will walked around, picking up bandaid wrappers, shuffling though drawers to organize them, checking medicine cabinet for anything that needed to be replaced, all while humming the chorus to Are You Bored Yet? by Wallows and Claro. He gave Nico a Smile in acknowledgement and went back to his cleaning.
"I hate that song," Nico said while sitting on one of the rolling doctors chairs.
"No you don't," Will stated simply before going back to his humming.
Nico simply grunted in response and watched will disinfect some patient trays.
"Do you want some help" Nico asked.
Instead of responding Will simply passed Nico some paperwork and Nico went to work counting the supplies left in one of the medicine cabinets.
They worked in a comfortable silence, listening to the album Will eventually put on the infirmary speakers.
When they were done Will came from behind Nico and wrapped him in a tight hug, resting his face on Nico's right shoulder.
"You look exhausted, love," Nico whispered.
"Gee thanks," Will sighed into the other boy's shoulder.
"You should really let your siblings help you more, you overwork yourself,"
"I know, "
Nico turned and wrapped his arms around Will's waste.
"I love that smell," He whispered
"of what? Gauze and disinfectant?" the blonde quipped
"Of you"
"Cheesy"
It was the little moments like this that made Nico fall in love with the blonde, the moments where he could be cheesy and know no one else could hear.
They settled on the nearest cot, Nico's head on Wills shoulder, one of Will's arms wrapped around Nico's waste while the other hand held Nico's.
"So what did you do today love?" Nico asked
"Well Drew from Aphrodite came in with a pretty bad cut from sword practice, " Will started.
Nico held to Will's words like they were gold. He learned the exact kind of stitch will had to use to fix up Drew, he was told all about the specific brand of bandaid the infirmary was out of and need more of, and he giggled about the argument Will got into with a camper from Iris after Will told them they were allergic to blueberries.
Then Will listened. Nico told him about the Iris call he had with Hazel, about how he "may or may not" have been the one who sent Drew to the infirmary during sword practice, and about how he had to inform some girl from Hecate that he was in fact not willing to go on a date with her.
They talked, they listened, they giggled, and gossiped and when it was almost lights out and will had to go sort out his siblings, they shared a kiss goodnight.
That was the night Nico realized he was really truly in love with Will Solace.