#idk if the readmore would appear on a reblog lol

[bunkernine]

yeah okay, forbidden au that shouldn’t have been typed, but those parallel posts with the lost trio and the original trio keep bugging me, because leo keeps switching with his comparisons and foils to percy and annabeth.... anyway, ta da, leo being adopted by percabeth after his mom dies. 

(obvs percabeth is older) but it would be hilarious that percy and annabeth try to get away from the gods and their nonsense, only to adopt this kid and go “hmmm how cool, almost like fate” and raise him, only to get a phone call from chiron 8 years later that some hephaestus kid recognized some pictures and spray painted percy’s old bunk in retaliation. i’m sure they assumed he was a demigod (and there’s an argument between the two about if they should tell leo or not, percy says yes but annie says no) but figured he was hermes or athena. they don’t know about the fire because leo never used it after his mom’s death, so that’s a surprise.

now this action takes percabeth out of the great prophecy, but still keeps them linked to hoo. percy and annie probably dicsipline him more, but leo still has his humor, not to hide from the pain (i mean, maybe a little of that, he’ll never forget his birth mom), but because his dad is a dork, but he’s also way more practical and knows a few fight/escape skills cause his mom is a badass. and not to play on those cheesy *percababy fics* (but im totally going to lmao) leo hits chb and goes “???? no way thats my dad, he literally bakes blue cookies, he’s too lame to fight ares” but now he had the angst of feeling lied to: (”Why didn’t you tell me I was a demigod? Was this some trick? What else are you hiding?”)

anyway, the lost hero quest is kinda interesting too cause leo feels like he has to live up to these big names and we already know the kid is insecure as FUCK, so this doesn’t bode well. probably doesn’t help that he’s on a quest with jason the son of ZEUS and piper with this kick ass charmspeak... leo’s supposed to know what to do because of his parents, but doesn’t because they didn’t tell him and he’s kinda annoyed. (anyway, there’s some really nice moment where hephaestus and leo meets, and leo kinda just thinks “mmm yeah so kinda happy percy was there for me instead of this guy”)

i can only imagine percabeth’s reaction to when they find out leo’s best friends are the kids of jupiter and aphrodite. jason’s always like “dude i don’t think your parents like me” and leo’s just “oh yeah my dad thinks ur hella sketchy lol whoops”, but annabeth finds piper to be the more reasonable and trustworthy of the group. i’d like to imagine that leo invites them for dinner at some point, and percy is grumpy at jason, but annabeth is kinda starstruck at tristan mclean (she hides it really well tho) ALSO GRANDMA SALLY oooooOOOOO ahh

anyway, as for the rest of the quest. percy and annie are FURIOUS that their kid is involved with the prophecy and storm to olympus cause... they’re like that. Like, those two SPECIFICALLY wanted to keep away from this demigod mess, and that tlh quest was cute and all, but the GREAT PROPHECY???? not sure where that leads but it’s probably interesting hehe. 

oh. and then. they let their kid go on this stupid ship they were so proud of him making (leo and annabeth had so much fun designing it together), and leo fucking... dies. imagine the fucking HELL released that they let their kid go on this stupid quest that they didn’t want him to go on, and he fought for the gods, and he DIES??? the gods just let him DIE???? yeah, percabeth is fucking mad. 

anyway, didn’t think anything else through, but i gotta say that nico is a camp counselor and he’s happy and a dork, and idk, thalia and jason just have a really big age gap, don’t judge. if this au was valgrace it’ll be fucking hilarious, like percy just going “him? really? him? you sure? i mean... him????”

i think the reason why i like this is because percabeth really tried to get away from it all, but the gods kept pulling them back, and there’s something really awful about it. like.... that’s what the gods do- once you’re a demigod, that’s your entire life. anyway, leo wouldn’t feel so lonely but his arc is still a little shifted and he’s not so whiny. fuck caleo but the leo going to calypso’s and then saying YOU KISSED MY DAD? *puke* is funny at first, but also awful that calypso had no idea how long it’s been since percy once stepped on her shores, and he must’ve forgotten about her (he didn’t, leo recognizes her flowers from the ones growing in the apartment, but he’s too dumb to actually say that)... you know... the more i think about this, the less crazy i feel and like... this kinda hits just a little

oh my god i have absolutely awful au rolling in my head mmm you're going to dislike it