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1. the shadow's embrace by Pow_the_Calico_Cat

   Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   10 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Nico di Angelo/Will Solace
   • Nico di Angelo
   • Will Solace
   • Alternate Universe - Dark
   • Established Relationship
   • ( - Freeform
   • Content warnings:
   • Addiction
   • Shadow magic
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Psychological Horror
   • Body Horror (mild)
   • Codependency
   • Hallucinations
   • )
   • Angst
   • Whump
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst with a Sad Ending
   • tragic ending
   • Loss of Identity
   • Vignettes
   • Nico di Angelo Needs a Hug
   • Human Generated Text
   • daily chapters
   • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat

   Summary

   Shadow travel was more than transport. It was freedom. A way to escape not just the world, but the fragile body that Nico was tied to. And he was addicted.

   Will had tried to warn him, more than once, but Nico couldn't get free. The shadows called him. And then they'd started to alter his judgement. And he'd broken up with Will.

   Will never stopped trying to help.

   But Nico was alone, and trapped, while the shadows tried to swallow him whole.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,538

   Chapters:

   16/31

   Comments:

   5

   Kudos:

   16

   Bookmarks:

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