Usually when Nico emerged from the shadows in Jason's room he was greeted with a whole lot of studying going on. He never really minded since the geekery was kind of cute. But tonight was very different from the usual. The dark room was empty ( Read more... )

It had only been three days since Nico left for his trip home and already he was back. When things had wrapped up quickly, Nico had been excited, thinking he could join the school group in Hawaii a little late and get Jason to teach him how vacations worked ( Read more... )

Sleeping wasn't something Nico did well these days, but he would be the first to admit he managed sleep better when he was with Jason. Not that it meant anything ( Read more... )

After an awkward Sunday training session with Luke, Nico really hadn't felt like hanging out in his own room where tensions were still running high and Nico was feeling like the blame was coming his way no matter who had started the whole 'let's talk about it' thing ( Read more... )

The cold was annoying. There was no sword practice what with the lack of power, and though the gym had seemed pretty deserted, it was odd in the dark. So Nico was back in his own room, harboring a certain hellhound from the cold ( Read more... )

No matter how hard he tried to forget about prophecies ( the tragedy stalked his dorm room. )

Really, Nico should have known. When Luke specifically pointed out that he was leaving the laptop despite its ability to replace Percy, Nico should have stayed far away from the machine ( Read more... )

Sometimes dreams were gifts from gods and sometimes they were only a succession of images and emotions passing through the mind ( during sleep. )

There was something seriously wrong happening. Nico had done nothing differently today, but when he'd opened the door to leave his room in the morning, it was as if a clear wall had been raised to block his path ( Read more... )

Class was canceled. Fights lacked a certain...life-sucking ability that set Nico's teeth on edge. Holing up in his room with a bag of pretzels and a video game was a strategic retreat ( Read more... )