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It was night time, 2 am in the morning. Annabeth was in bed she was lying think as always the constant stream off worries, possibilities and missed opportunities. It was always at night, she could be drained and sleepy the entire day but as soon as. Her head hit the pillow, her thoughts were running.
She eventually decided to take a shower. Showers at night had been an almost daily occurrence in the past few weeks. She stod up carefully not to wake her fellow Athena siblings. She grabbed a towel and headed out the door.
Whenever she had made it to the showers she quickly undressed and got in the shower she didn’t mind the cold water at first, but eventually it started to heat up she cranked it to the hottest temperature. The almost boiling water pounced down on her. It felt good she wanted to be clean, but she knew it was damaging she stod there letting the water run cold.
She stepped out of the shower and had to bit her lip not to let out a sob. She looked horrible her skin all red and patchy. Her hair ruffled and dead. She dried off squirming and hissing at the pain. Annabeth pull on clean pjs and lied back down in her bed and fell asleep
*next morning*
Annabeth woke up with a yawn stretching but froze as I saw the figure of her boyfriend, Percy “H-hi” Annabeth tried but struggling to keep her voice steady. ”good morning” Percy sat down beside her a look of concern in his eyes “Annie, you- you know I can feel when someone uses water right?” “Shit” she whispered under her breath “i-i yeah, why?” His eyes softened “Look at you baby y-you skin” “i-…” a sob escaped her mouth “I’m sorry”
Angry, burning tears rolled down her face
Percy’s eyes softened and he stroked her hair
“No, no… baby, it’s okay, your okay, I’ve got you~”
Annabeth sobbed softly, not sitting up yet just laying down feeling her boyfriends hand stroke her hair
Eventually she shuffled, to a sitting position looking guiltily at her boyfriend
Percy moved closer “baby.. you’re gonna need to explain.. you need to help me understand. What’s wrong?” He looked like a concerned pet owner. Annabeth hated herself for being the one to bring her perfect boyfriend’s light heart down, but he asked
She sniffed and pulled a sleeve up, under was the peeling, flaky, red skin, the result of her own actions. “I-I’ve just been having hot showers, h-helps the thoughts..”
She looked skittish up at him
“What thoughts Annie?” He tilted his head
“I.. I think.. about everything, it’s hard falling asleep”
She bit her lip and looked for something, anything in her boyfriends eyes to give away what his thoughts were
“Okay.. that’s okay, we’ll figure this out Annie, I-i.. I promise”
He pulled her into a soft hug