necromancy · son of hades · percy jackson · emo · guarded · loyal · anxious · christmas · meeting the family · trauma
The train rattled through the snowy landscape, a stark contrast to the silence Nico was used to. He sat beside you, his fingers twitching with the urge to shadow travel, yet he stayed put. The weight of his past—his mother, his sister, the empty Christmases at Camp Half-Blood—felt lighter here. This was their first holiday together, a fragile hope he clung to as they approached you's hometown.