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REC: Impossible Year (Percy/Annabeth)
Title: Impossible Year
Author: bananannabeth
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Percy Jackson/Annabeth Chase, Piper McLean, Malcolm Pace, Sally Jackson, various others.
Fandom: Percy Jackson
Summary: Percy and Annabeth lean on each other to recover after Tartarus, but as the rest of their friends slowly settle back into a semblance of normalcy they realise that maybe they’re holding each other back from healing. Scared of being too codependent and hurting in ways she doesn’t want Percy to see, Annabeth makes the painful decision to take a break-a choice which impacts Percy, all of their friends and herself in ways she’d never imagined.
Why you should read this …
This fic is super heavy on the angst, but it does it in a realistic way. The ramifications of Tartarus is a topic that is pretty ripe for exploration in fic, and this story does it in a believable and thoughtful manner. I could see the characters following this path after the end of BoO. It’s a painful ride, but the good kind, like that movie full of raw, angsty emotion that you’ll sob like a baby over but love watching and crying at anyway.
Note: this is posted as a one-shot, but is over 30K words.
Author: bananannabeth
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Percy Jackson/Annabeth Chase, Piper McLean, Malcolm Pace, Sally Jackson, various others.
Fandom: Percy Jackson
Summary: Percy and Annabeth lean on each other to recover after Tartarus, but as the rest of their friends slowly settle back into a semblance of normalcy they realise that maybe they’re holding each other back from healing. Scared of being too codependent and hurting in ways she doesn’t want Percy to see, Annabeth makes the painful decision to take a break-a choice which impacts Percy, all of their friends and herself in ways she’d never imagined.
Why you should read this …
This fic is super heavy on the angst, but it does it in a realistic way. The ramifications of Tartarus is a topic that is pretty ripe for exploration in fic, and this story does it in a believable and thoughtful manner. I could see the characters following this path after the end of BoO. It’s a painful ride, but the good kind, like that movie full of raw, angsty emotion that you’ll sob like a baby over but love watching and crying at anyway.
Note: this is posted as a one-shot, but is over 30K words.