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Nico woke up to the unpleasant feeling of sharp swords being stabbed into his stomach. The familiar and hated feeling between his legs was present too, meaning his time of the month had come.
Before, when he was surviving off scraps of food and borrowed clothes and his ribs were showing he didn’t have to worry about this. But ever since he met Will and has been eating better and gaining weight and not in fight or flight mode all the time his body realized it could finally relax. Meaning, he finally got his period. It started off small and barely anything, now it was just painful and nauseating.
He lifted up the covers and saw the blood on his thighs and soaking into his sheets. Nico let out a groan and winced as he moved to get up. He slowly moved to the bathroom to put on a pad when the nausea hit him. He quickly put on the pad and sat by the toilet seat, waiting for this to be over soon.
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Will let out a loud groan as he stretched his back from being hunched over in a chair for so long.
“Gods Will, go take a break.” Kayla said to him, taking away the paperwork he had been working on. Will tried to grab it back before she swatted his hand away.
“I just need to finish up the last of it.” He said, blinking sleep away from his eyes. “No. Go sleep, then you can come back to finish these.” Will tried his best puppy eyed look but Kayla just rolled her eyes and left the room. “Don’t let Will do anything, he’s suppose to be on break!” He heard Kayla yell to Austin from across the infirmary. Before he knew it, Kayla was pushing him out of the infirmary doors, Austin trailing behind watching it all.
“Come back when you can keep your eyes open properly.” She said before closing the doors on him.
“Great.” Will muttered to himself before trudging off to his cabin. Old habits die hard. He stripped down to just his boxers before pulling back the blankets and laying down, ready to sleep.
Will tossed and turned for an hour before deciding enough was enough. He should’ve known sleep wouldn’t come easy. His cabin was too bright, the sun was high in the sky and it was pretty much next to impossible for a Child of Apollo to sleep in these kinds of conditions. Unless, of course, he were to find a certain Son of Hades and ask to sleep in a certain dark and gloomy cabin. Throwing on a pair of pyjama pants and an old worn out t-shirt he made his way to the Hades cabin.
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Nico must’ve been sitting there for an hour at this point. He was drifting in and out of sleep, but the cramps always snapped him out of it right as he was about to fall asleep. He had thrown up twice already from the pain and wanted to scream until he passed out just so he didn’t have to deal with the rest of this.
It felt like it was coming in waves, he would have his ten seconds of calm before getting with more nausea and suffering. He let out a quiet sob and rested his forehead against the toilet seat, not caring about any germs at the moment.
He heard his name being called then a knock on his bathroom door before it clicked open.
The person at the door exhale. “Oh, honey,” The beautiful son of Apollo crouched down beside him once he saw the position Nico was in. He tucked a tuft of Nico’s hair behind his ear and reached up to the counter to grab an elastic to tie the longer pieces of hair that were getting in his way back. The caring gesture caused Nico to cry harder, both from the gentleness and the horrible cramps he had.
Will got up suddenly and started rummaging through Nico’s drawers, in search of something.
“Gotcha,” He said as he pulled out a pack of painkillers Nico didn’t even know he had in there. “Swallow this.” Will handed him a sugary drink and two pills to take which Nico accepted thankfully. In a matter of minutes, the nausea had subsided and the cramps were slowly dissipating. Nico let out a sigh of relief.
”Feeling better?” Nico nodded weakly. “Enough that you think you can get up?” Nico thought for a moment before responding. “Not yet, just… give me a moment.” Will nodded in understatement.
“Do you want bath? It should help with the cramps.” Will asked. “Yes, please.”
Will turned on the bath, hot water pouring out of the faucet. Nico was lucky to have the luxury of a bath in his cabin. He was one of the only ones who had it since it was just him and on occasion Hazel occupying his cabin.
Will tested the water to make sure it was warm enough before sitting next to Nico and pulling his back to his chest. He splayed his fingers across Nico’s lower stomach and a soft glow started emitting from his palm. Nico let his head fall back against Will’s shoulder and breathed a sigh of relief. He placed both of his hands over Will’s and closed his eyes.
”Better?” Will asked.
“Way better.”
They stayed like that while they waited for the bath to fill up, when it was finally ready Will reached over and turned it off. “Ready?” Nico sighed and nodded. With the help of Will, he got up and stripped before stepping in and sinking down into the warm water.
“Do you need anything else?” Will asked, brushing his fingers through Nico’s hair.
“My um, sheets are stained. Don’t worry about it though, I can just do it after.” Nico said. Will shook his head. “No I’ll do it. You’re in pain and you’ve got a boyfriend willing to take care of you, let me help you.”
Nico smiled up at him and took one of his hands out of the water and placed it at the back of Will’s head, pulling his face to his and kissing him softly.
”Okay.” He said quietly.
Will smiled and kissed Nico’s forehead before standing up and heading out of the bathroom to take care of the bloodied sheets. He lifted up the mattress and pulled the sheets off and brought them to the washing machine to clean. Once he was finished he pulled out new sheets, silky dark purple ones, and re-made the bed for Nico. He finished in record time and dug through Nico’s drawers, trying to find the heating pad. Once it was found he set it up then made his way back to the bathroom.
Nico had his arms crossed on the side of the bathtub and his head perched on them, his eyes were closed in bliss and he looked ready to pass out at any moment.
“You enjoying yourself there?” Will asked, suppressing a chuckle. Nico cracked an eye open and smiled before sitting up to watch Will. Will grabbed a towel and brought it over to Nico.
”You think you’re ready to get out now?” Nico nodded and started standing up, wincing a bit at the cold air on his bare skin. He quickly wrapped the towel around himself and walked into Will’s warm embrace. Will rubbed a comforting hand up and down his back.
“Can we get in bed now before they get worse again?” Nico asked.
“Sure.”
Nico followed Will out into the bedroom/main room, tightly wrapping the towel around himself. Will pulled out one of Nico’s comfiest pyjamas and stood in front of Nico, waiting for him to drop the towel. Nico waited for a moment, before realizing and blushing.
“Will, I can change myself. I’m not a child.” He irked. Will didn’t budge. Nico huffed before dropping the towel and allowing Will to baby him. He held out Nico’s underwear that he placed a pad in and pyjama pants to step into. As much as Nico made it seem like he was annoyed by it all, Will knows Nico loves it. He just won’t admit it.
Once Nico was dressed Will picked Nico up by the thighs, startling a sound out of Nico. He carried him to his bed and gently set him down before crawling in beside him. Despite four years of dating, Nico still was in awe at how easily Will could pick him up and carry him wherever. It was a huge turn on and if Nico weren’t so uncomfortable right now he’d probably be all over Will.
Will reached to grab the heating pad from the nightstand then wrapped his arm around Nico’s waist and pulled him back into his chest, his always warm body temperature helping with the cramps.
Nico hummed contently at the warmth of both the heating pad and his human heating system. Will pressed small kisses in-between the crook of Nico’s neck and shoulder before burying his face in it.
“Your siblings are gonna notice you’re gone.” Nico said after a moment of silence.
Will hummed, the vibration tickling Nico’s neck. “It’s fine. As long as they know I’m sleeping I won’t get in trouble.”
“Let me guess, you got kicked out again because you weren’t taking breaks? Am I right or am I right?” Nico asked, turning his head slightly, though he still couldn’t see Will.
“The heating pad’s warm enough for you right? Cramps aren’t too bad?” Will brushed over the question, letting Nico know he was spot on.
He brushed his thumbs back and forth over Will’s hands. “It’s warm enough and the cramps aren’t as bad anymore, thank you Will.”
Will pushed himself up slightly and pressed a kiss to Nico’s cheek before laying back down and cuddling in more. As minutes passed in comfortable silence both of their eyes began to close from exhaustion.
“Ti amo, Tesoro.” Nico said quietly before drifting off.
Will, almost asleep, smiled against Nico’s hair. “I love you too baby.”