#Thalia is afraid of the sea because one time Beryl took her and Jason to the beach and into the water

[demigod-shenanigans]

Not having many coherent thoughts about this but anyway vague Valgrace in a storm on water scenario (maybe during Argo II travels, maybe a different quest, maybe just trying to have a chill beach day, who knows)

Anyway Jason feels some mild discomfort towards the sea for the same reason Percy usually refuses to get on a plane but obviously Leo doesn’t really have any reason to be afraid of the water and is just like “eh it’s hot I’ll cool myself off a bit”

He does slightly underestimate the tide and briefly gets pulled under and Jason freaks because this is the sea as Thalia described it—dangerous and unrelenting and able to rip someone off their feet and pull them away from the shore in an instant

So without thinking Jason goes in after Leo with this stupid idea that he has to save him

Leo is a decent swimmer and since he’s a son of Hephaestus he’s fine but Jason is not fine due to the fact that his dad and Poseidon have beef, so Leo ends up being the one who has to do the saving. He’s cursing the whole time because it would have been fine if Jason had just waited a moment longer for his head to come back up, he’s not usually this impulsive, Jason is supposed to be the thinks things through guy, what is wrong with him

Jason is coughing and spitting water but then he’s gripping Leo’s wrist mumbling “couldn’t lose you again” and Leo absolutely cannot stay mad at Jason when he looks at him like that