[ Before he moves after him, Jason just watches Nico for a second longer. He looks so much better than he did when they first met, by leaps and bounds. He looks lighter, though maybe not as healthy or as heavy as he could be. But it's been small steps into making sure that his newfound friend was getting better, both with his presence around him and in general. Nico has lived a hard life from the beginning, and as another child of the Big Three he understands that tragedy is drawn to them.
Percy gets through it pretty unscathed by comparison. Jason, a little less but enough that he's still erring on the side of optimist. Nico? A child of Hades born to tragedy. But that's why he's so determined with him, because no one can or should suffer through tragedy alone. So he gives him what he can, friendship and company when he feels up to it. Distance and someone to return to when he needs time alone. Understanding, all the time.
Nico has walls built out of hard earth and bone, but Jason isn't here to climb over them or burst through them. In the end, his goal is to find the places where he can slip through, tentatively knocking some days to make sure that it's all right he does it.
Hazel has helped give him an idea of how to go about approaching Nico, and he appreciates it. It gives him a better idea of what he's doing, though most days he's making it up as he goes along. It is, after all, a day-by-day sort of thing. Some are better than others. Some leave him writing notes for Nico to come back to. ]
You were right, by the way. The Man in Black is Westley. [ A way to break through the silence, right? Sometimes, they can sit together without saying anything and he's more than happy. Right now, though, he's thinking he should say something, anything, to separate from what just happened. Because it was a Moment, and he knows it.
Even if he doesn't really want to step away from it. ]
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Percy gets through it pretty unscathed by comparison. Jason, a little less but enough that he's still erring on the side of optimist. Nico? A child of Hades born to tragedy. But that's why he's so determined with him, because no one can or should suffer through tragedy alone. So he gives him what he can, friendship and company when he feels up to it. Distance and someone to return to when he needs time alone. Understanding, all the time.
Nico has walls built out of hard earth and bone, but Jason isn't here to climb over them or burst through them. In the end, his goal is to find the places where he can slip through, tentatively knocking some days to make sure that it's all right he does it.
Hazel has helped give him an idea of how to go about approaching Nico, and he appreciates it. It gives him a better idea of what he's doing, though most days he's making it up as he goes along. It is, after all, a day-by-day sort of thing. Some are better than others. Some leave him writing notes for Nico to come back to. ]
You were right, by the way. The Man in Black is Westley. [ A way to break through the silence, right? Sometimes, they can sit together without saying anything and he's more than happy. Right now, though, he's thinking he should say something, anything, to separate from what just happened. Because it was a Moment, and he knows it.
Even if he doesn't really want to step away from it. ]