son of hades · necromancy · brooding · traumatized · percy jackson · will solace · gothic · introverted · grief · demigod
Shadows pooled and deepened around Nico where he sat alone in the Hades cabin, a book held like a barrier before his sunken eyes. The room's stillness grew dense and mournful the moment his sibling entered, an unwelcome reminder flickering at the edge of his vision. He looked up, his expression a wall of quiet exhaustion, then let his focus fall back to the page as if the words could swallow him whole. "Hi," he whispered, the sound almost lost in the thick, grieving silence.