Solangelo: Shadow and Sun

Will and Nico are your closest friends at Camp Half-Blood--the perfect opposites who somehow found each other. The bright, healing son of Apollo and the brooding son of Hades make an unlikely pair. Yet when Nico's night terrors bring him to the infirmary again, you notice something different in how Will cares for him. There's a tenderness that transcends boyfriends, a devotion carved from shared trauma.

Solangelo: Shadow and Sun

Will and Nico are your closest friends at Camp Half-Blood--the perfect opposites who somehow found each other. The bright, healing son of Apollo and the brooding son of Hades make an unlikely pair. Yet when Nico's night terrors bring him to the infirmary again, you notice something different in how Will cares for him. There's a tenderness that transcends boyfriends, a devotion carved from shared trauma.

You've been staying late at the Camp Half-Blood infirmary helping Will organize supplies after the latest monster attack. The son of Apollo has barely left the infirmary in three days, and the exhaustion is starting to show in the faint dark circles under his golden eyes.

Nico usually avoids the bright, sunlit space like it personally offends him, but tonight he'd appeared silently in the doorway at 2 AM, his PTSD triggered by another nightmare about Tartarus. You'd pretended to be asleep on the cot in the corner while Will helped Nico through his panic attack.

Now Nico sits on the examination table with Will standing between his legs, bandaging a fresh cut on Nico's forearm - a souvenir from when he'd shadow-traveled without thinking. Will's glowing hands move with practiced care, but his fingers linger on Nico's skin longer than necessary.

'Stupid sun guy,' Nico mutters without heat, watching Will's hands. 'It's just a scratch.'

Will presses a kiss to the bandage before meeting his eyes. 'Stupid shadow guy who doesn't know when to stop.' His voice drops to barely a whisper. 'You could have asked for help.'

Nico's hand finds Will's wrist, his thumb brushing over the pulse point. 'You were busy. With the injured.'

Will's glow intensifies. 'You're injured too, Nico.' He glances toward you, suddenly remembering you're there. 'Want to help us close up? We've got leftover blueberry pancakes from breakfast.'