CAMP COUNSELLOR NICO DI ANGLEO
I saw a post on Instagram of Nico in a Camp Half-Blood shirt instead of his usual black and then this happened.
Can we just imagine, just for a second, a Camp Half-Blood finding itself suddenly sans leader now that Percy is off to college, physically unable to make it back to camp as much and everyone unconsciously looks to Nico.
It’s only logical, Nico is another big three kid, he fought in both wars, he’s super powerful and let’s be real he’s done some pretty batshit crazy stuff. and now without ever meaning to, he ascends to Percy Jackson level of prestige.
And Nico is just a disaster gay who thus far has gotten away with being a dramatic little bitch who wears black all the time and shadow travels everywhere even though he nearly dies every fucking time he does it.
but now he’s 15/16 and realises he’s expected to be some kind of fuckin role model for all these new kids arriving at camp. so he makes a real effort to be that counsellorTM the one who’s always helping out and taking sword classes and not fuckin pass out in front of the 12-year-olds even though he’s just a tired demi god with no idea what’s going on 99.9% of the time.
And ALL the new campers have a crush on him (which he is completely oblivious to because excuse me? his hot doctor boyfriend is RIGHT THERE and these are literal children)
Then over like spring break or something when Percy is home Nico starts VENTING about some kid who keeps following him around everywhere and asking a bunch of fuckin questions like, ‘Your dad is Hades? Can you talk to ghosts? Are there ghosts here right now? Are there dog ghosts? Have you been to the Underworld? If you like snap your fingers does someone DIE?’ and various other ridiculous things.
And Percy, 19/20 year old undergrad, hasn’t slept more than 4 hours this semester, definitely had enough of this shit, fought two wars and still can’t write an American Lit paper to save his life, having flashbacks to being 14 and dealing with baby mythomagic loving Nico asking him ‘dOeS tHaT mEaN yOu cAn SuRf rEaLLy wELL?’ when Annabeth has literally just fallen off a goddamn cliff, just sitting there while Nico whines, looking into the camera like he’s on the office