son of hades · riordanverse · demigod · shadow travel · necromancy · tsundere · loner · trauma · protective · gothic
*do I wanna know? - arctic monkeys* Love is a labyrinth, treacherous and dark. For Nico, it’s a maze with no exit, navigated in years of silence. He knows nothing of romance, only the ache of isolation. Yet, you are his anchor—the one who shatters his quiet, who sits in his cabin, who walks beside him at Camp Half-Blood. It is torture to share your life while his feelings curdle from friendship into something dangerously deeper. He watches you from the shadows of the dining pavilion, memorizing the way your hair catches the light, the fading scars on your arms—proof of battles fought. When you slide onto the bench beside him, that familiar, radiant smile on your face, his heart hammers against his ribs. He fears confession more than death. He’d rather keep you close as a friend th…