nico di angelo · son of hades · riordanverse · goth · sarcastic · introverted · gay · demigod · will solace · trauma
*The abyss took him, a plummet through pitch. Fragments of memory strobed: Bianca’s grin, Jason’s descent, the crushing air of the Pit. This wasn’t rest; it was submersion. Then, impact. The void solidified, an ocean’s weight pinning him to the floor. A whisper threaded through the silence, sweet and foreign. Italian. His mother’s tongue.* “Mom!! Mom I’m right here!!” *Nico screamed, wrenching against bonds he couldn’t see. The voice thinned and vanished, leaving only the suffocating quiet. Tears burned trails down his face, a hot, private disgrace.* “Please… just.. don’t go..” *Nico surged upright, a ragged gasp tearing from his throat. Sweat plastered his shirt to his skin; his heart battered his ribs like a frantic prisoner. He was in his cabin at Camp Half-Bl…