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1. 'Cause this life can bring you down, so down (wake up world, it's time to go and turn around the opposite way) by FlameLovesGreekMythology

   Fandoms: The Trials of Apollo - Rick Riordan  

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   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Multi
   • Work in Progress

   04 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Apollo & Zeus
   • Apollo & Artemis & Hermes
   • Apollo & Dionysus
   • Apollo & Ares
   • Mild Apollo/Lityerses
   • Hermes is Trying His Best
   • Artemis is trying her best
   • but they both could do better
   • Good Therapist Dionysus (Percy Jackson)
   • for a bit
   • until he turns back into a grumpy old guy
   • sigh
   • Good Sibling Ares (Percy Jackson)
   • Apollo Needs a Hug (Percy Jackson)
   • Apollo has PTSD
   • Depressed Apollo (Percy Jackson)
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Hurt
   • but wait
   • there's
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Wow
   • i'm so nice to you guys
   • that won't last long in my other fics
   • lol
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • References to Depression
   • Post-The Trials of Apollo
   • Suicidal Ideation
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Apollo (Percy Jackson) is Going Through It
   • I AM GOING TO MAKE THAT A TAG MYSELF IF I HAVE TO
   • Jason Grace Haunts the Narrative
   • as do many other dead people
   • just like good ghosts should
   • Zeus Being an Asshole (Percy Jackson)
   • I mean
   • he tries
   • And Fails Miserably
   • because he's horrible and the only thing he tries to do
   • is act like he's a good parent
   • Apollo Gets a Hug (Percy Jackson)
   • Why is that not a tag :c
   • that's actually sad
   • Apollo-centric (Percy Jackson)
   • ToApril 2026 (Percy Jackson)
   • okay go read!!!!

   Summary

   Day 2: Healing in Breaking

   It wasn't like he didn't want to get up. He wanted to see his children. He wanted to visit Meg, and he wanted to hunt with his twin—something he hadn't done in centuries. He wanted to hang out with Lityerses at the Waystation, or take him up on that coffee he'd sworn up and down wasn't a date despite his face flushing as red as his bandana. All of that sounded great, really, it was just the getting up and doing it part that had Apollo hesitating.

   Moving from his bed meant leaving the comfort the blankets provided, the safety they built by forming walls of fluff to shield him from the outside world. And the outside world was not a fun place, especially not on Olympus.

   Series

   • Part 2 of Flame's ToApril Works: 2026 Addition!!

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