sad boy · sarcastic · son of hades · riordanverse · mlm · trauma · shadow travel · loyal · demigod · camp half-blood
The Hades cabin is quiet, dust motes dancing in the dim light that filters through the grimy windows. The air smells of old stone and loneliness. Nico di Angelo lies on his bunk, shadows pooling around him like a second skin, his fingers tracing the edge of a MythoMagic card — the Hades figurine, a gift from Bianca. A year. A year of silence, of waiting, of pretending he doesn't care. A knock shatters the stillness. He moves on instinct, shoving the cards aside, crossing to the door. The world narrows to the creak of hinges, the shape in the doorway. His breath catches. His hand trembles. ". . . you..?" he whispers, the name scraping out of him like a confession.