#nico looked so defeated the whole time

[puckinghischier]

i hope every single devils player except for nico hischier and luke hughes’ pillows are warm on BOTH sides tonight

i mean, they did play better during the second period and then still kept them from scoring again in the third…but c’mon y’all

i know you’re better than this 😭

[somewhereincairparavel]

just thinking about how Jason grace had his entire life molded from the day he was born, nothing in his life was authentic, even his own name was an offering to appease a goddess.

he also died being so distant from everyone he knew (don't get me wrong, I know he was friends with the 7, but If I'm being realistic here and go by canon, only Leo and Nico were actually "close" with Jason, and maybe Percy a bit) I mean, Annabeth took a long time to warm up to Jason and didn't trust him, Hazel never quite forgave jason for mistrusting nico (I'm still a lil bitter about this one lol bc she easily forgave Leo simply bc he's Sammy's great grandkid, and Leo's kinda the one who initiated the suspicion in the first place yet she got so mad at Jason for simply laying out the arguments and exerting caution?? Yeah I know she was upset that her brother was in danger but she never even gave Jason a chance even after nicos rescue, I'm not tryna blame Leo or anything but I think they BOTH should've been forgiven equally, esp since Jason's encouragement in house of hades fuelled nico to break out of his shell), Frank saw of Jason as more of a hero and looked up to him (still avenged his death tho so big W), Piper dumped him and canonically was outwardly bitchy/a little hostile to him after the breakup.

EVEN coach hedge and mellie were such jerks to him bc they assumed HE dumped Piper. Still wished Piper made it clear to them that the break up wasn't Jason's fault but ofc she didnt. TOA Piper is such an L

He never saw Leo again and never got to spend the summer with Nico in camp half blood like he planned to. His dad is a jackass and didn't shed a single tear at his death, his sister had her own life and he felt like she didn't need him anymore.

Reyna, Jason's childhood friend grew distant from him bc of her romantic feelings + the whole Venus mess (which is no fault of her's tho, mind you)

He never felt "at home" in camp Jupiter even after he got his memory back because all he did over there was military duties.

I don't think he got his full memory back properly either because, Percy had the gorgons blood but he didn't. I'm speculating this because he still felt very disconnected to Camp Jupiter and Rome.

He never got to do what he wanted, and even if he succeeded in defeating Caligula, jason STILL never would've gotten freedom, since he promised the minor gods that he'd build temples on their behalfs, and was Prontifex Maximus. He made a diorama and everything.

His Greek friends never made it to his funeral. They never got to say goodbye.

and as Apollo noted, he died with his fingers pointing, like he was still telling them all to escape without him. His chest was spewing out blood and jason still plucked up the energy to tell tempest to get Apollo and Piper to safety.

Jason Grace was born a Roman soldier, and died a Roman soldier, full circle. He never became a grandpa to his and piper's grandchildren like he wanted to.

[theformulaimagines]

Look at that woman (breaking my heart) | part four

Pairing: Lewis Hamilton x Vettel!Reader

Summary: For one and a half years Lewis and y/n managed to keep their relationship a secret, until it blew up in their faces. Now, they're trying their hardest to pick up the pieces...

Warnings: angst

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vogueitalia: Y/N Vettel (@/y/nvettel) è la cover star del numero di agosto di #Vogueltalia fotografata da Banini. Leggi l'intervista completa, al link in bio e nel nuovo numero di Vogue Italia, in edicola dal 31 luglio.

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user 1: oh my fucking god

user 2: 😍😍😍😍

user 3: MOTHER!!!

nicomanu: stunning ❤️

user 4: now what is he doing here 🤨🤨🤨

user 5: 🤮🤮🤮

user 6: the coolest actually?!

Y/N takes a deep breath, while her frustrated gaze shifts from her own screen toward Nico. He’s casually typing something on his phone and another yawn escaping his lips. Stunning. Yeah, fucking right.

“I think it’s time for you to go now.”, she lets out, leaning back in the leather chair in her office. At that Nico’s blue eyes shoot up and move from her to the clock on the wall. He merely nods.

“Same time tomorrow?” As if she has a choice in this matter.

Her eyes linger on the door after her beloved “boyfriend” closed it behind him on his way out. There is this feeling, spreading in the pit of her stomach- almost like mold, or a virus… and it makes her feel like an idiot. The door turns blurry and before she can stop it, hot tears are dwelling up in her eyes. She doesn’t want any of this.

She’s only doing it for Lewis ; this whole PR boyfriend situation. For his stupid reputation. God, maybe in her next life she can be more selfish and immature about those things. However for now she is just taking what she can get.

y/nvettel is making a post

y/nvettel: happiest birthday to -

Her fingers hover over her phone screen as she stops typing. She’s been avoiding him, kinda. Is Lewis noticing that too? Y/N’s eyes scan the pictures. That’s her man. He told her that himself. But she couldn’t possibly make a happy birthday-post like this right now. She sighs in pure defeat and presses ‘save as draft’ before putting the phone back down, only to pick it up again.

A moment later she hears his voicemail.

Y/N clears her itchy throat:” Hi, Lew. I’m sorry that I can't be there today- to be honest with you things have been a bit rough lately. I still hope you’re having a great day with your family and friends- love you, always. And I am so proud of you and everything that you have done in your life up to this point- I… yeah, love you. Happy Birthday.”

Shit.

[cynthiav06]

Percy is a dude from the category of screaming "what the hell did you do!" and solve all the problems in 5 minutes. Everyone would have been dead a long time ago if it wasn't for him.

I have mixed opinions on this. On one hand, Percy is the type of person to wait about for the problem to disappear by itself just so he doesn't have to deal with it. Cause even before he found out he was a demigod, he was 100% done with everyone's shit.

But I do agree that he would be able to solve all problems because through so many books we have seen that no matter how much prior planning Annabeth or the Seven or anyone else does, Percy always does his own thing at the end. And it works out mostly for the better than whatever initial situation anyone else had in mind because Percy thinks almost too well on his feet. Every time.

But Percy has such low self esteem that he sees the fact that he has to make so many improvisations more so as his plans never working as less so as an exceptional ability to adapt. Especially when at times he can easily sense that some titan/giant is too powerful so he maneuvers around a direct fight and ends up defeating them by pure strategy and still ends up thinking of himself as "Oh shit I seriously had no plans. I am so reckless and stupid".

His whole character arc could have been evolving into a more confident and self assured but still the usual sarcastic laid back version of himself who no longer doubts his own abilities and becomes the great leader he showed many signs of being. But no, Rick had to ruin it all because, for some reason, 10+ books later and almost all the characters are still the same, just decorated with even more trauma. Rick being Rick, and instead of showing characters working out their traumas and insecurities, he just slaps a relationship on them, and lo and behold, all is better again somehow.

I am kind of disappointed that we never got to see Percy or any other members of the Seven do any solo missions(aside from Annabeth in MoA) . She almost had the very quintessential realization about she needs others and how her hubris will ruin everything if she doesn't keep it in check only for whatever she was doing in the later parts House of Hades and all of Chalice of the Gods to take away even that little bit of character development.

And cause solo missions working out perfectly well for Percy while most other demigods struggle a bit to make it work might finally make him realize that his plans don't suck and he is actually a really really good strategist and somehow an even better manipulator. (Though more on that and his observational skills later).

Or make characters like Frank and Leo whose unique abilities and perspectives on combat could have been shown off more, making them all become more self-reliant.

And even so we could finally get proper idea of limits of certain characters like Piper (cause charmspeak isn't going to get her everywhere) or Hazel (we so need more scenes of her surprising demigods and monsters with not only her unique jewel abilities and her magic.) Plus Nico's combat limits, Jason's stamina limits (no I am not considering that part of canon, you can't tell me it's true, I refuse to stand by it), Thalia's character development as well as her honing her powers and combat abilities more.

So yeah, we really should have gotten a few solo missions instead of so many short stories and all. And a bit more cross-over highlighting the power levels between the Norse, Greek, Roman, and Egyptian demigods/magicians/Valhalla residents/Valkyrie and so on.

To sum it up, tons of missed opportunities by Riordan and even more tragic and terrible progression of previously great characters who just needed a well-made character arc or even some favoritism. (I am looking at Grover and Rachel, who both could have done so so much if Rick had only realized the awesome potential they had).

I have said it many times that it's #percy jackson supremacy. So hell yes everyone would be dead without him, and he is arguably the best protagonist out of any other fantasy action book series. All hail Percy Jackson, the master of sass, and the most beloved but somehow still the most misinterpreted character in the fandom. Really liked this ask, would love more of these regarding Percy or any other characters.

[punkeropercyjackson]

Hazel Esther Levesque fashion tingz🫶🏽👾🩷

I am a firm believer in pastel goth,afropunk and kidcore queen Hazel.Yes,all of them at once-She is basically the embodiment of this pic

Hazel is extremely feminine presenting and her autism and baby femme transbian swag caused her to be unsatisfied with the dull clothes she was settled with in her first life.So obviously she tells Nico and Percy about this to vent and they agree to take her out on multiple shopping sprees to sprouse up the wardrobe of their lil princess as soon as Gaea is defeated,Sally and Paul joining them too as they adopted Hazel post-Boo as Sally did Nico in Tlo(Paul x Sally was a very good concept that didn't burn slow enough so i'm giving them what they deserve)

Because the Jacksons as a whole are anti-capitalist,they didn't go to super expensive stores but to thrift shops and family run bussinesses to obtain the Hazel drips.Hazel also makes her own clothes and makeup as Percy teaches her diy and her usual outfit aspects consist of bright colors,pastels,frilly dresses,funky socks/stockings,spikes,loose tops but tight bottoms,parodies of graphic designs and ✨️sparkles✨️.Both with glitter and even her own natural effect she figured out how to do with her gem based powers.She has a whole big box of all the hair accessories she's collected and it's rare she not be wearing at least one of them

Hazel also went through a subtle hair journey throught her introduction series-In Son she had afropuffs,in Moa she had cornrows,in Hoh she had twists,in Boo she had sisterlocks and in Eoe she finally settled on butterfly locs,dying her hair from time to time too but only shades of pink and purple and no other colors.And to complete her look,Percy gave her piercings-Stacked lobes,double cheeks and a pink nose ring!Hazel's battle jacket heavily leans into moreso a bubblegoth theme than traditional punk in it's base material(it's a swirl of darker and lighter colors swirled together and bulky like a hoodie and fluffily textured)but the patches and pins are very much reflective of her punk culture,including a button that says 'Unperson your local authority figure' and a BLM patch

[nemotakeit]

It always mega bothers me too, when people theorize that Clancy or the Torchbearer will die. Blurryface/Nico is an avatar of Tyler's inner demons, so it would completely go against the message of TOP's songs, if he won in the end!

tw// depression & suicide

Yes exactly, I think people sometimes get lost in the epic spectacle of it all and forget that this story is at its core an allegory of battling your mental illness. Tyler and Josh have always been staunch advocates of promoting life over death and have clearly expressed their hatred toward the glorification of suicide. If this was any other story, one of them dying could just be a possible but tragic cliché but we're talking about fighting depression, anxiety, suicidal tendencies etc here. Deaths have already appeared TOO MUCH onscreen, look at all those desecrated bodies of the glorious gones. Ending it with one of the boys' characters' death on top of that would dangerously defeat the whole purpose of the hopeful message they're trying to convey - it's simply too bleak!!

Like I said in another post, I'm fine with the idea of Clancy's (or Torch's) sacrifice AS LONG AS he "comes back to life" and not just. die for shock value. But personally I think a more probable direction this story will take is Tyler/Clancy finally saving himself at the end unlike the other times Josh/Torchbearer saved him because this story is about "a balance between being saved by a friend, and saving yourself" as quoted from the band.

I highly doubt they're going to give the story a clear-cut closure happily ever after style, but they certainly won't kill off one of the protagonists for tragedy's sake either. “It’s not a problem to solve, it’s a tension to manage.” And they'll manage the tension well for the clique to find glimmers of hope in it. Not mourn for another neon gravestone.

so STOP SAYING THEY'RE GONNA DIE PEOPLE

[lfghughes]

Can we get dad!nico surprising his daughter on her birthday because he was away for a game and wasn’t meant to fly back until the day after but managed to get there early in the morning before she even woke up? I just know he’d show up with a bunch of gifts he picked up on his trip on top of what they already decided to buy her for her birthday

a/n: 100% nico would be that kind of dad. i also believe he would definitely end up getting her or at least trying to get her the pet shes been asking for

If there was one thing about Nico it was that he would move mountains for his daughter. He had proved that plenty of times during the past five years and today was no exception. Telling your four year old that her favorite person in the whole world wouldn’t be home for her birthday was not easy. You could actually see it tearing Nicos heart when he explained he would be away for work. The small pout that grew on her lips as she nodded her head at him only made it worse. “Daddy will make sure to call you though okay?”

After he had gotten done with explaining it all to her, you placed a gentle hand on his shoulder, the look on his face showing just how defeated he felt in that moment. But again, he would move mountains for her so it shouldn’t have surprised you when the morning of your daughters fifth birthday he had shown up bright and early before she even woke up. He did not show up empty handed either. There were plenty of bags and you knew not all of them had his hockey gear in them.

“First of all, how did you manage to pull this off? Second, how many gifts did you get? She already has all the ones we got lost week!” You told him, pointing to the kitchen counter where you had already wrapped up all her presents that were now just patiently waiting on the counter for her to wake up. “I just kept seeing things she would like and I couldn’t get that little pout of my head.” He explained to you and a small smile spread on your lips. “I think her favorite present is going to be you being here.”

Both of you went up to her room, Nico gently sitting on the edge of her bed as he woke her up. “Hey, birthday princess.” Your little one stirred away and the minute her eyes saw her father she jumped into his arms. “Daddy!!” She squealed as her small arms wrapped around him. “But mommy said you weren’t coming to my birthday party today.” She pointed out, still trying to figure out how you had gotten here. “Don’t worry, daddy is going to be at your birthday party. Also uncle Jack and uncle Dawson sent some presents for you.”

Immediately her face lit up and you weren’t exactly sure if it was the word presents that caused that reaction or the names of her favorite uncles. “Let’s go downstairs.” He lifted her up in his arms as she giggled. “Daddy is going to make some breakfast for you and mommy and you get to open all those presents we got you.” At his words she immediately started clapping her hands in excitement. “Did I get a baby kitty this year?” She asked and a laugh left your lips because she only decided last night that she needed one and you knew by tonight she would need something completely different. “Nope, but I’m sure there’s still plenty of time left in the day to see about that one.”

[hischierdevils]

Valentine | N.H.

note: I was listening to Valentine by 5SOS and have been in a nico mood so here you go

summary: nico questions your relationship on valentine’s day

warnings: slight angst, miscommunication

wc: 1.3 K

It started with a comment from Dawson, he was innocently talking about his Valentine’s day plans with Jack and John when Nico had walked into the locker room. “What are you doing for your girl, cap?” Dawson asked once he saw who had joined them.

Nico shrugged as he sat down on his bench. “We don’t celebrate it. Y/n doesn’t care.” This would be your third Valentine’s Day together and he’s never so much as bought you a card. You never said anything, so he assumed the two of you were on the same page about the made up holiday.

“Are you sure she doesn’t care?” Dawson asks. “Or has she just accepted that you don’t?” He doesn’t mean anything by the question, but it sends Nico into a spiral. Do you want him to do something for you? Have you just been too nice to say something?

Before practice starts, he corners Yegor in the hallway. “Can I ask you something?” Shara nods and Nico continues. “Are you doing anything for Darya today?”

Yegor gives his captain a weird look. “Of course, it’s valentine’s day? She just had Christian and she needs to know how special she is.” He looks even more confused when Nico sighs. “Did you forget?”

“Yeah, something like that.” Have you been silently resenting him this whole time? You were sleeping when he left this morning, barely opening your eyes as he kissed you goodbye. Were you pretending to be asleep because you didn’t want him to disappoint you again?

His thoughts drive him crazy as he overanalyzes every reaction he’s had with you this week. He thought he knew you well enough to know if something was bothering you. He thought you trusted him enough to tell him anything. Was he that terrible of a boyfriend?

Needless to say, Nico’s a little more frustrated in practice than usual. He takes out a little too much of that frustration on Dawson as they practice the penalty kill, sending him to the ice hard. “What the hell man?” He groans as he gets up. Nico mumbles a sorry before skating away.

He’s the last one off the ice for practice, pushing his body as much as he physically can as he tries to figure out his thoughts. He’s come to the conclusion that he needs to do something for you today, but he fears it might be too late. Everything is surely booked already.

His misery only continues as he walks into the locker room and is greeted by a picture on Tomas’ phone. Veronicka is holding a beautiful bouquet of red flowers. “The Devs sent all the girls flowers.” Nate holds up his phone as well, showing Jessica received them too. Nico internally groans. Now he’s competing with his own organization?

He stops at the store on his way home which is packed with men doing last minute shopping just like him. Guilt washes over him as he stares at the bare, picked-over shelves. You don’t deserve something he picked up last minute on the way home from work. You deserve to know how wonderful you are. How much he loves you and appreciates you being in his life. He leaves the store empty handed, feeling completely defeated.

Your apartment is quiet when he walks in and he’s immediately greeted by the large bouquet of flowers that the Devils sent you on the entryway table. Your name is scrawled on the card along with a cheesy message that probably made you smile. He feels awful, wishing he could be the one to do that for you.

“Nico?” Your soft voice calls from the kitchen and he hesitates to answer, trying to figure out if there's any sign of sadness in your voice. “Is that you?”

“Yes, were you expecting someone else?” He regrets the words as soon as he says them, walking down the hallway to the kitchen. You’re probably hoping for a nicer boyfriend, one that actually gets you flowers on valentine’s day.

“No, my other boyfriend just left actually.” You call back with a laugh. He knows you're joking but it hurts all the same. “What do you want to make for dinner?”

His heart soars as he steps into the kitchen and finds you standing by the counter scrolling on your ipad. Your hair is up in a messy bun, you're wearing leggings and one of his sweatshirts but the sight of you still takes his breath away. When he doesn’t answer, you look up at him expectantly. The two of you always cook together when he’s home.

“Ni?” You start to frown as you look at him, wondering if he didn’t hear you. “Dinner?”

He hates the thought of disappointing you. “I can take you out.”

His tone catches you off guard and you raise an eyebrow at him. “Are you asking me or telling me?”

“I’ll do whatever you want.” He wants to eliminate the distance between you, pull you into his arms and hold you tightly but he’s not sure if that’s what you want.

“I’d rather stay home.” You turn your attention back to the ipad. “I found this new recipe we could try.”

“You don’t have to say that just because you know that's what I want.” He tells you suddenly. “I’ll do whatever you want to do.”

You set the ipad down on the counter and stare at him. “I just told you what I want.”

“We can dress up.” He says, trying to think of a plan on the spot. “I’ll take you to dinner. And a movie!”

“Nico, what is going on?” He’s usually an open book, letting you read every emotion on his face. The mood he’s in now is something you haven’t seen before.

“It’s valentine’s day.”

“I know. The Devils sent me flowers.” Guilt washes over him again. “Did you se-”

“I’m so sorry.” He chokes out. “I should’ve gotten you flowers, a card, a puppy, something…I should’ve made you feel special. I didn’t know you cared about valentine's day.”

You move around the counter quickly, stepping into his embrace before he can even finish his sentence. “I don’t care, Ni. We’ve never celebrated it before.”

He holds you tightly, hiding his face in your hair as you rub soothing circles on his back. “But I should've.” he explains. “I should show you how much I love you.”

You pull away from him and he’s surprised to find that you’re smiling. “You do show me. You show me every day.”

When he gives you a confused look you keep going “You put a towel in the dryer every morning before you leave because you know I hate being cold. You always fill my car up with gas before you leave for a roadie. You fill up my water bottle for me every night before bed in case I get thirsty in the middle of the night. You always let me have the last bite of food even if it’s your favorite.” Your chest is heaving from talking so fast. You could go on and on about the things he does for you.

“I’m just being nice.“ Nico shrugs. He’s never really given much thought to those things before. He does them because he loves you, yes, but he never realized you noticed.

“Because you love me and I love you.” You insist as you circle each of his wrists with your hands. “I don’t need you to buy me flowers or chocolate just to tell me that.”

The stress he’s put himself through all morning ebbs away as you look at him. Hands still on your face, he bends down to kiss you. “I fall more in love with you every day.” He says pressing his forehead to yours. “Du wirst eines Tages meine Frau sein.”

You smile, only catching a few german words that you know. “Can we circle back to the puppy?”

“Who mentioned a puppy?” Nico pulls away from you and tries to change the topic. “What recipe did you find?” 

You laugh and kiss his jaw. “I love you, Ni.”

You’re going to be my wife someday

[we-ezer]

Ennead X PJO Crossover

I know Rick Riordan *has* an Egyptian gods series, but I've never read it so take my yaoi fanfiction instead.

Set used to be a guardian god and being the god of foreigners as well, Hermes (aka FG or 'Foreigner God') asks Set to take care of Luke after the war (Percy and Luke still defeat Kronos together but Luke isn't killed) because the council voted to execute him. In a bid to save his son, Hermes prays to Set to come and supervise a banishment/exile instead to Egypt. Set, being a very powerful foreign god with a favor to repay to Hermes, swings his weight around on Olympus (the Olympians being very aware Set performed a successful coup on his own pantheon i.e. fuck Osiris) to do so. Percy also voices his support for this, reminding them that without Luke's help they wouldn't have won. The council agrees and Luke is taken with Set back to Egypt.

Flash forward to a year later and the second prophecy comes about. Luke and Set are mentioned in the prophecy as making the journey with the Seven aboard the Argo II. Luke is very uncomfortable being there, but Hera was the one to request his and Set's presence with a potential promise to lighten his sentence. The other gods are in no state to argue seeing as they are stuck between their Greek and Roman forms.

By now, Set and Luke have a surprisingly good relationship of father and son (over the year they spent together Luke realized how different Set is from other gods- even other Egyptian gods bc he cares about children. Although, like Hades, he is cast as a villain bc of his domains and temper... and the whole coup thing), so Set is glaring at anyone who looks at Luke even a little bit funny.

Percy is excited to see Luke again, but Annabeth is very hesitant. Over the course of the journey, Percy and Luke reconcile with one another, Luke having has time to rethink his actions. Set goes about adopting the entire crew (when he's not intimidating the heck out of them at first), especially Nico and Hazel bc they feel like his son Anubis.

ALT direction is Percy gets exiled to Egypt's desert bc the gods fear him and so he doesn't have access to water and Set adopts this rando demigod wandering around his land.

That's all I got!

[xproskeith]

This is an excerpt from something I wrote that I thought people may appreciate on its own:

Clancy was determined. He was going to find Nico and defeat him and the rest of the bishops. He was going to break the cycle. He had no problem using the power he'd been granted to swiftly handle the 7 other bishops. He was ready for Nico.

Or so he thought. When Nico burst through that door, Clancy froze. And then Nico's cold hands were around his neck. It happened so fast. Did Nico really move that fast? Or did it only seem that way because he froze when he finally saw Nico? Clancy couldn't be sure and in the end the answer didn't change anything anyway. Clancy closed his eyes, trying to gather himself and what he would do next. What he COULD do next. Then Nico began to speak, his monotone voice distorted and as cold as ice.

"So few..."

Memories of the banditos getting ready at the basecamp flooded Clancy's mind. Before the attack. There were so few compared to what they would be facing. Yet, they were all so resolved. They believed. In the cause, in the Torchbearer, and in Clancy. But there were still so few...

"So proud..."

Clancy's mind drifted to the Torchbearer. His first time seeing him after his escape. When he rescued Clancy from DEMA. All the times he fervently told him about the Banditos and the cause. How he stood there looking at him so proudly when they reunited at the fire back in Trench after his long journey. He was so proud. Of the cause, of the Banditos, and, for some reason Clancy still didn't understand, the Torchbearer was proud of him as well. He believed in him. But this is where Clancy found himself now... Clancy felt the antlers slip from his hands.

"So... Emotional..."

To Clancy's own surprise, he thought of himself in this moment. He thought back to the surges of emotion that spurred him to first try and escape DEMA and of the journal entries and letters he wrote. He remembered being enflamed by the Torchbearer's words and his cause. More so than even the other Banditos. His desire to defeat the bishops and Nico. Yet all he could feel in this moment was fear and despair.

"Hello, Clancy."

It felt like Nico's hands tightened around Clancy's neck. What was he going to do? He'd already released the antlers. He couldn't use the power he'd been granted. Nico had him. Clancy thought he'd been ready, but he wasn't. He froze. And now his chance was gone. It was over.

His eyes still closed, and lost in a sea of his own fear and anxiety, Clancy's mind found respite when it drifted to the memory of him and the Torchbearer's reunion.

---

"You're finally ready," said the Torchbearer, handing him the mask. "I knew you'd push on through and make it back safely."

Clancy looked at The Torchbearer, somewhat confused as reality kicked in.

"You were never there?" asked Clancy, not fully comprehending what was going on.

The Torchbearer smiled warmly and reassuringly at Clancy and said, "I told you I'd always be by your side going forward. Even if I can't be there physically, I'll still be there. I'll always help guide you like I did this whole time."

"But you couldn't physically get to me until now?"

"Unfortunately, no. After the bishops recaptured you again with their plans to use you, they made it impossible to get to you physically. But I was still able to project myself to you and with a little help from Keons, I was able to help guide you out."

"I see. Well, thank you. But how are you so sure I'm ready to face them now? I just barely escaped and made it back here."

A grin spread across The Torchbearer's face. "You may not fully realize it, but you're ready. You've changed and I've borne witness to it. You were able to harness the same power as the bishops, sure, but the most important part has been that change in YOU."

"I guess I'll have to take your word for it," said Clancy, laughing nervously.

"Trust me," said The Torchbearer. "When the time comes, you'll be ready and you'll know what to do."

---

That's right. Clancy couldn't give up. Not yet. He had to find a way out of this. Another way to stand and fight. Clancy had no idea how he was going to do it, but his resolve had never been stronger. Nico thought those words would discourage him, but instead they empowered him by reminding him of everything he was fighting for.

[capricioussuns]

Okay, re: what does the blue symbolize, I found this amazing lore masterpost on reddit that's provided a lot of much needed clarity

Apparently Blurryface stated blue means defeat, but I don't necessarily believe that, at least not completely

In one of the secret messages, a file had a hexcode hidden that was Claim Cyan, an anagram of I am Clancy, looking very similar to Vessels colors

And lastly, Trash, who is blue, was said to represent inspiration, fear, and magic, which makes me lean back toward believing, ultimately, blue symbolizes...essentially their experiences as a band/being perceived and everything that comes with it.

I think it's possible blurryface could've said it means defeat to imply being crushed under the pressure of expectation, perhaps..? Or just lied. We're still not necessarily certain what exactly blurryface wants, though in the recent mvs we outright see the bishops utilizing the dead to fight against the banditos, weaponizing "the glorious gone" like Tyler sings about in a more symbolic way on Neon Gravestones. Maybe he purely wants Tyler to die and inflict as much collateral damage as possible on the way out..? I don't know if it's necessarily that clear cut, that's not the impression I get anyway.

Especially as we watch Clancy become more obsessed with ending this, resorting to using the color red himself, ignoring warning signs, etc etc. And Tyler had apparently said in an interview the "big fight" happens after the Paladin Strait mv. So I'm not convinced Clancy is the last chapter. I saw a theory that mentioned believing this is actually a two part album, and the second half will be called "...is dead", regarding the phrase Clancy is Dead Dema frequently used to try and break morale.

But that's the odd thing. Clancy is an exception. The only living who can be used as a vessel. What if he’s actually been "dead" the entire time? But what would that even mean? Has Tyler been Seizing him this whole time as a means to escape and avoid facing Nico himself? Is the next album going to be about the realization, putting Clancy's body to rest, and finally facing things as Tyler? "I created this world to feel some control, destroy it if I want"...

Maybe the album would be blue not to symbolize the pressures they feel as a band, but to bring them back to reality. Leaving Trench. No banditos, no bishops, a band and their fans and their struggles. That would certainly be an interesting way to close it out, especially given that's an entirely well rounded way to open them up to creating new music beyond this story again (not that they're. Not allowed to do that now, but I'd imagine Tyler feels a lot of pressure since he knows fans will read into anything they do looking for clues about this story)

Man. I'm so cooked. I just keep thinking about this and them. Ough

[valdangelodreams]

AU #16 (The Valley)

brains are incredible things, really, mine makes the funkiest connections.

anyway, Stardew Valley au, but not really

-no Ogygia, ie: Leo doesn't meet Calypso

-instead, Leo falls into this odd, definitely in a different plane of existance, little town

-he's found by 'the farmer' (would that count as self insert? it wasn't me in the dream)

-the farmer lets him stay in exchange for help with farm chores

-Leo gets to meet the townies, only he's like, hyperaware that he doesn't belong here, and that this place is fake

-so he notices the weirder things, like the gift related stuff, and the repeated dialogues

-though he does find about the wizard, and while he knows talking to them won't help, he might find something in their house that will

-so he had to do a whole thing abt befriending the wizard as quick as possible, while still looking for other ways to get out

-all this while normal plot stuff happens back in the ship

-then, during one of the nights he spends there, he manages to dream walk into one of the 7's dreams, but can't get their attention

-he figures out how he did it and tries again and again, until eventually he reaches Nico, who was his last resort

-Nico obvs responds, cause I think he had the dream walking ability in the books (if not, he has it for this au)

-the two discuss Leo's situation, and how to get him out of there so he can go back to saving the world

-during these exchanges Leo finds out the valley is in a time bubble (days last minutes, weeks hours, months days) , and he can make time go faster by going to sleep, because every time he wakes up the next day.

-also, he starts growing comfortable with Nico, taking turns in each of their mindscapes, and slowly becoming close

-I have no idea how he gets out of there, but he does eventually

-when he returns, Nico seeks him out while he's fixing stuff, and it's a little awkward but they manage to start talking

-Leo invites Nico to hang out with him instead of in the crow's nest, since Leo barely sees the others unless he seeks them out

-they become friends first, but both start seeing the other differently, and realizing that they like what they see

-I don't know how fate would correct the lack of the promise, but I'm sure y'all can figure it out

-also, I didn't get to see the resolution, but I like to think they get together after Gaia's defeated

that's all

[somewhereincairparavel]

Hey, thanks for replying to my previous ask! and don't worry about the time it took to reply, I understand needing to recharge in order to give your 100% on a reply.

Now about that villain Jason you were speaking of... do share your thoughts if you don't mind :)

i responded like. 10 days late I'm sorry I had so much to do and i didn't get the time to write such a long post- I'm scared if I lost my momentum on my essay writing skills but let's see if I did good on this one.

I have thoughts about this man especially villian jason, so let me begin. i know luke was considered as “what percy would've become if he did the wrong thing” but hear me out. jason being the one ‘hero’ demigod to succumb to his bitterness and didn't just solely exist in the series to be a villian, but a hero changed villian.

luke kinda existed in pjo to be an antagonist, but it would be great if a main hero character slowly descended to madness and I don't just mean going around killing people. no. not that kind of villian. because that defeats the purpose of jason's character.

I mean villian in the sense of a drastic change in his personality where he brings obstacles to the seven's missions emotionally or physically because of his trauma, and that's where dark! jason comes in.

after he regains his memories after he experienced the warmth of chb, he's pissed at how badly he was treated all these years in camp jupiter. he comes to a REALISATION that he was used.

people don't take jason seriously and say that he suffered the ‘least’ because he doesn't ever acknowledge his trauma. Not even to himself. of course the argument ‘he was raised this way, to supress himself!’ would be the explanation, but that doesn't even make sense, considering how much it's emphasized that jason ‘changed’ after his experience in camp half blood.

give me a jason who maintains his roman ethic but simultaneously inherits the greek demigod qualities, like self realisation, calling people out for the bad treatment, anger towards the gods, or just expressing himself in general. the argument of ‘he was raised this way, to supress himself! that's why he's so submissive’ makes me angry

give me a jason who's jealous of how quickly percy was accepted into camp jupiter, in contrast to how everyone in camp half blood couldn't stop talking about percy and never gave up on him. camp half blood was friendly to jason, but in a ‘yeah he's cool ig’ kinda way in comparison to camp jupiter's ‘HES OUR HERO, BOW DOWN TO HIM’ kinda dramatics for percy.

give me a jason who is disappointed at the lack of warm welcome he got when he returned, when he was clearly expecting more from them (does that make him look entitled? for wanting repayment for his service and kindness all these years? maybe. but that's the point he really needed to be an asshole sometimes and he's fucking right.)

give me a jason who takes some of the bitterness he has against his mom out on thalia, for not looking for him (yes it's not even remotely her fault for getting manipulated by her mom by thinking jason is dead, but see the parallels here? camp jupiter and thalia both got gaslit into thinking that jason is dead, that jason sees the correlation and it gives him ptsd) jason is jealous and bitter that luke and annabeth ‘replaced’ him as thalia's family. jason is jealous that thalia said ‘i have to look for percy’

give me a jason who's jealous of percy having such a huge support system like basically the whole of camp half blood, annabeth, grover sally and paul. and is salty that he had an alcoholic mother who wanted him dead.

give me a jason who feels distant from everyone, because in a way, he always was. he just didn't show it. his friendship with reyna failed, he was ‘rivals’ with percy, they became friends bit not best friends, annabeth was wary of him, piper dumped him, frank saw him as a historical leader, and hazel who once admired him, didn't really like him till the very end bc of the nico thing.

give me a jason who's cold to reyna after they reunite because he was angry that he was so quickly replaced, upset that reyna avoided him ever since the venus incident because he didn't understand why.

give me a jason who inherits his mother's worst traits despite that being his biggest fear. it would parallel very well, his mom descended to insanity because zeus abandoned her, give me jason who also descends similarly because he was abandoned by her. full circle.

jason's interaction with beryl should've been way more emotional and compelling rather than the 2 second bit we got tbh, most people don't even remember that scene, that tells you how short it was.

give me a jason who momentarily makes the room full of giants and monsters suffocate by harshly sucking the air without even realising it, because the sight of his mother made him so fucking angry and agressive, it triggers his PTSD and makes his mind THROB (but piper and annabeth are safe from that because they were the ones who anchored him to reality, regardless, they get terrified of how mad he got)

jason who actually remembers his childhood trauma VIVIDLY and reflects on it instead of brushing it off, please. people also, for some reason are more sympathetic to antagonists with tragic backstories? like luke? like they pity them over the morally good characters? idk but it tends be a tendency in most fandoms. I saw so many pinterest posts comparing luke's actions to jason's? like I'm sorry luke is a good character but NOT comparable to jason (who's a morally good ‘hero’ character) they're not even on the same level of moral goodness. but yeah, maybe jason would've gained more empathy from the fans if he were an antagonist, like luke is receiving.

[bagopucks]

Highlight Reels

The boys in Minecraft

Jack Hughes - He is definitely the one everybody yells at endlessly to get in bed. Everybody else is waiting, wasting their time, and Jack is doing whatever he pleases. If a group of the boys is in the living room, they’re all screaming at him to get his shit together and lay down. Jack will randomly hit people. It’s just his thing, but the issue is that he has a whole pack of dogs, and sometimes he forgets they’re not all seated. So Jack has his hitting privileges revoked in the world settings. When he and his brothers get into arguments, Jack takes his bed to another home. Usually Cole’s, and ignores them for a while. Unbeknownst to him, it helps Quinn and Luke get things done faster.

Quinn Hughes - The miner. He’s the one who collects the essentials and mines for ores everybody needs to make better items. He plays the game as one is technically supposed to, going to the nether then the end to defeat the dragon. Though, he’s patient if everybody wants to play for fun and do whatever. He likes making farms, and he likes having a dog. He won’t go outside at night, not wanting to risk whatever he has XP wise or in his item bar. He helps Luke when it comes to construing the house, giving his opinion on stairs and colors, and what materials would look cool. Their home doesn’t always look the best because of it, and Jake likes to whine about it, but Quinn never cares.

Luke Hughes - Luke loves building houses. He’s also one to do a little bit of everything. He helps Quinn mine sometimes, or collect wood. He likes to explore too, and is the only one who really knows how to use the coordinates if the boys don’t have maps. Which means he’s usually the one helping Quinn or Jack find their way home. He does not put up with Jack’s nonsense like Quinn, and before Jack couldn’t hit people, he was always killing Jack for every little thing. The Hughes boys all have horses, that Luke tamed, and he’s usually the one feeding them as well. He likes to save the apples from chopped down trees for them.

Trevor Zegras - He does whatever Jack does. He and Jamie share a house. Probably a tree house that Jamie built. They have separate bedrooms, but they’re always having sleepovers. Trevor has a dog, but he also has a lot of cats, and a parrot. He also has a random llama farm, and randomly talks to villagers through the screen when they come across a village. He pulls his weight by tending the crops after the fifth time Jamie asks him to. It’s a very tense household they share. Other than that, Trevor is a stay at home roommate. Practically useless for anything other than putting up large and annoying paintings.

Cole Caufield - Has his own home.. probably a fortress. Cole is the player to go silent for extended amounts of time, only to show back up with diamonds or a new extension to his house. He lives somewhere between the Zegras-Drysdale home, and the Hughes home. He’s the home they all visit when they need anything they didn’t think of stocking up on, though Cole usually makes them trade for it, or they owe him later. Trevor and Jack frequent Cole’s house for sleepovers as well. Cole has a good eye for aesthetics and decorating his house on the inside and the outside. And a weird fascination with the axolotls.

Nico Hischier - He’s still learning how to play. He has a room in the Hughes’ home, but he is barely on as it is. When Nico is on, he’s asking a million questions. Quinn has taken him under his wing. Nico knows not to visit Trevor, because Trevor likes to trade whatever Nico has for random useless things, and overall give him a hard time. Nico loves the animals, and likes to build little farms. He also loves putting out flowers, usually little roses because they’re Devils colors.

Jamie Drysdale - Jamie hates Trevor’s cats, because he can never get into his chests when said cats are on top of them. He has been known to make a cat or two disappear when Trevor is gone. Jamie contemplates shoving Trevor out of their treehouse balcony and killing him every chance he gets. Jamie is a labored man trying to enjoy a simple game. But he loves cooking the food, and making cakes, which in turn usually make him want a physical cake. He’s gotten to know the Hughes boys through the game, and he enjoys talking to Jack. Jamie is the one person Jack won’t torment. They have good conversations, and go on fun adventures together. Jamie helps Quinn mine sometimes when Luke won’t go, and always shares his items. He has one dog he named after Daisy -the team dog-, and it has a little yellow collar.

[twoidiotwriters1]

Almighty (Leo Valdez xFem!Oc)

A/N: Trouble in paradise besties -Danny Words: 1,277 Series' Masterlist Previous Chapter // Next Chapter Listen to: 'The Way It Was' -by The Killers

XXIII: Oh We're Performing Behaviours Are We? We're Acting in Ways?

After Calypso and Lester settle in for the night, Ara sits with her back against Festus and hugs her knees, watching Leo stoke the fire with his bare hands. She thinks of their first quest, how tense it was between them, how she had to restrain herself from getting too close too fast.

She also remembers worrying about guiding a group of amateur demigods. This quest isn't different, just worse. Ara has a wider variety of powers, she's older and Leo is stronger, but two of her current group have no demigod might to help them.

"That'll do it," Leo grunts, sitting beside her. "Look at those two..."

Ara glances at Calypso and Lester, small-looking under their blankets and sleeping bags, the soft snores the only sign that there's people under those piles of fabric. "You gotta talk to Calypso about her feud with Lester, I can't listen to their bickering for the entirety of our quest."

Leo snorts. "You and Nico were just like that while sailing together on the Argo II."

"But we fixed it, didn't we? We're friends. Besides, he's far nicer now that he's dating Will."

"Yeah, guess so... just like Lester, huh?"

"Hardly," Ara makes a face, completely missing Leo's intent look. "Guy's a load. He and a sack of potatoes are equally as helpful."

"Cut him some slack," Leo sighs, leaning against Festus. "Being human—and a teenager at that—must be a freaking nightmare to a god."

Ara frowns. "You were the one who wanted to fight Apollo after Delos."

"And you made the deal to defeat Python. What's your point? We're both at fault for saying stupid things." He huffs, supporting his forearms on both knees. "I'm only trying to make us feel better."

Ara reaches over to hold his hand. "Sorry, I'm frustrated. These two were immortal, magic-fueled beings and now we're to look after them. What for?"

Leo observes the fire deep in thought. "All I know is we spent our first quest wishing for someone to show up and help us. Now we can be that person for Cal and Lester, and I want to be. Isn't that the same reason why you're a General?"

"I worry," she insists with a scowl, "that all our efforts are in vain. Lester's stupid oath gets in the way and Calypso's inexperience—"

"You don't give her enough credit," he shakes his head. "Calypso wasn't a damsel in distress the whole time we were lost, you know? In those six months, she learned. Trust me."

Ara purses her lips, knowing she's only grumpy because of what Calypso said in the forest. She didn't like the way the girl saw right through her and claimed to be the same way as her when all this time she saw Calypso as a victim of circumstances. What does that say of Ara? "Fine. I'll cut Lester some slack and I'll trust Calypso. Now go to sleep."

"You should, too."

"I'll take first watch."

"I don't think there'll be more than one if you take the first," he points out smartly. "Nico told me you're not sleeping."

"That's a lie," Ara says defensively, dropping Leo's hand. "Sometimes my body doesn't need much rest, it's been like that since last summer, you know that."

"What about food? You packed less than what you'd usually pack for a group of four."

"Since when do you pay attention to nonsense?"

"Since I came back and saw you doing weird stuff," Leo raises a brow. "You've eaten nothing since last night."

"I wasn't hungry."

"I believe you, but that's not normal, Ara." He lowers his voice so the others can't hear in case they wake up. "Hercules said having a bunch of blessings could affect mortals—and when Asclepius looked at you he freaked out. He said being a daughter of Olympus—"

"You're overthinking."

"You don't sleep and you don't eat," he presses. "Something is going on—"

"Stop," her voice quivers as Leo inches closer to the hunch she's had for quite some time. "Leo, don't..."

His voice turns urgent as he cradles her face. "Arae, you gotta tell me if something's going on..."

"I don't know," she whispers. "It could be anything, it doesn't have to be otherworldly."

Leo searches for a better answer in her frightened gaze but ends up empty-handed. He sighs, pressing his forehead against her. Ara can tell he'll drop the subject, at least for now, and she relaxes. His hands move, one to the back of her head and the other down to hold one of hers. 

The boy tilts his head, pressing a soft kiss to the corner of her lips. When Ara doesn't move to kiss him properly, the hunger that's been festering for half a year takes over. He mumbles her name while pressing feather-light kisses down her jawline and to the soft spot under her ear.

Ara feels her face burn, her pulse rising as Leo's mouth moves lower, his pecks getting more enthusiastic until his lips part and leave an open-mouthed kiss where her neck meets her shoulder. Ara tenses, speaking in a tight whisper. "Do you dare—"

Leo bites the tender skin, too eager to be stopped. Ara covers her mouth to stop a yelp from bursting into the silence. "Leónidas! We're not alone!"

"They're asleep," he mutters. "Passed out— you think this is gonna wake them?"

"No, but something else could and I don't want them to see us!" She whispers frantically, trying to push him away.

"Why, because they'd get jealous?" He smirks, not meaning it.

"Leo," Ara glances at the sleeping figures before them. "Please, this isn't funny."

"Since when making out isn't fun?" Leo groans, nuzzling his face on her neck. "We used to make out all the freaking time!" He presses soft kisses against the skin he reveals by pulling her shirt's neckline down and hums approvingly. "In a ship full of people... and I think you liked that they could probably hear you giggling and sighing..."

"This isn't the same," Ara protests, getting a little angry. "This is disrespectful."

"Disrespectful?" He pulls back. "To whom? Not to my girlfriend who loves my lovebites, or my friend who hates romance at the moment," his glare lands on Lester. "Say what you mean, it's about him."

"You said to cut him some slack," Ara reasons. "That guy has been struggling— the flowers Rhea put in my head are Hyacinths and Lester thinks they're supposed to mean—"

"That you're marked to be his childbride?" Leo snaps. 

Ara stops, he'd never talked to her like this before, but she gets it, if only because Leo is still holding onto her hand and she can feel the anxiety he's nursing. He thinks there are lingering feelings in Ara's heart for Apollo, which is crazy. Michael held a bigger part of her heart than Apollo ever did, but now Apollo is Lester, and he's what Leo was when Ara met him, and she'll want to adopt the next puppy in line. Which is crazy. 

Nonetheless, Ara gets it. She feared the same of Calypso when Leo went to save her, that he'd found his next extraordinary girl in line. But they can't continue like this, feeding their jealousy and squeezing each other in vice grips just to make sure the love stays put. Hate and love are equals and old friends, and Ara knows it's easy to turn one into the other.

"I don't wanna fight," she says after taking a deep and calming breath. "I love you."

Leo comes to his senses, processing what he said and regretting it. "Arae..."

"We're tired, we've had to hasten our reunion and double our shifts," she cups his cheek. "Let's sleep, okay? Festus will take the night shift. Right, buddy?" The bronze dragon lets out some steam as confirmation. "That's a good boy," she pats his flank, too anxious to look at Leo any longer.

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[bwoahtastic]

But on the other hand, an Omega queen who hides their face too, or has servants blindfolded because they want to be taken seriously and no one ever cared about his intelligence or opinions when they could see how pretty they were...//

Plss Nico is the queen, the first omega queen and wants to be listened to and not dismissed bc of his beauty, so he hides his face behind the most gorgeus veil and isn’t interested on taking a husband.

But the advisors assure him that without a husband the people will never take him seriously, plus he needs an heir, if not he risks the kingdom to be taken by his evil cousin! (fernando? sksk)

Enter Seb, a cheeky alpha of nobel family whoms family is trying to set up with someone to end his playboy days, has the reputation of fucking every alpha omega and beta that comes on his way ssksk. Nico’s advisors think this is the best match, that no one else but Seb would want to fuck the prissy queen and Nico ends up accepting very sadly. He had thought that he’ve found love and marry someone who loved him, but he got no choice at the end.

When Seb meets this untouchable queen he expects Nico to be bratty and so prissy and unreachable, but Nico is quiet and almost seems defeated. So Seb takes him to the gardens and they just talk for a while. Nico starts to get a little more comfortable, Seb doesn’t ask intrusive questions or asks to see his face, they just talk for hours and Seb listens to him! Doesn’t dismiss him bc he’s an omega!

They start to get closer and their wedding date too. Nico is happy with the arrangement now but a little nervous about showing his face in front of the whole wedding for the first time. So when he lays on his bed the night before the ceremony he realises Seb has to see him! What if he doesn’t like him and resents him all their marriage for not being pretty enough. So he rushes to Seb’s bedroom in only his nightgown and knocks on the door frenetically. Seb opens up in just some sleep pants and just freezes. Nico is the most beautiful creature he has ever seen. But he’s carrying a look of such nervousness and fear that Seb takes him in his cahmbers so that no one else sees him and they can talk. Nico explaining his reasoning and telling Seb he can cancel the wedding is he’s not pretty enough, also he knows of Seb reputation and tells him he understands if Seb wants someone with more experience and sexier.

But Seb is just in awe and his heart breaks listening to Nico. He tells Nico he would’ve married him even if he was an ogre because he had fallen in love with his voice, his ideas, his passion. He kisses Nico so tenderly and they sleep cuddled up that night, so inocent and in love.

The wedding is amazing and Nico can’t stop smiling. That night Seb makes love to him with such care and patience that Nico falls in love all over again.

Pls Seb then becomes an advisor but also a stay at home dad to their little kiddos while Nico reigns the kingdom!

Oh pls I love them! Also ofc keke loves nico so fucking much thst he would bend the rules so that his precious omega son can reign as queen, the first omega ruler! Nico being so afraid he will not be tske serious as so many people in the past (the few keke would allow ti see nico) implied his only value is his beauty. And maybe he wears a veil when he first becomes queen because he is mourning his father😭 but then he decides to keep the veil and hide his face.

The advisors try to talk him out of it but can't convince him, but do convince him to find a partner. They suggest seb as seb needs this as much as Nico does and would fit the picture nicely, and alpha with a reputation to get rid off but also not nobel enough to try and take over the throne.

Seb arriving thinking nico is gonna be bitchy and vain (because rumours are nico thinks people aren't important enough to have the honor of seeing his face) but instead nico is quiet, shy even, and seeming a little defeated ...

He decides to be nice and befriend nico as best he can in the maybe 2 weeks they have before they marry and surprisingly, they get along well, and nico explains why he wears the veil and how he mourns his dad and doesn't really have anyone now, which made him ache to marry out of love but he understanda marrying seb gives them a valuable treaty. Seb quietly promising to himself to always try and make Nico happy! Clearly he went through a lot and some grief is so recent and he is so convinced no one could ever want him for anything but his beauty but Seb adores him so much without having seen his face!

Nico finds himself being quite exciting to marry seb when the day approaches and the night before he is a little restless. Seb is so kind to him, values his opinions and doesn't think less of Nico because he is an omega so maybe he really wouldn't care about not seeing nico. But nico wants seb to see him and wants it before the wedding. He sees it as only fair that seb knows!

Nico rushing to seb's chambers barefoot and in his nightgown and without his veil, and Seb rushes to open the door at the frantic knocking and is in awe to see nico, so pretty and a little frazzled but also just still the kind soul he got to know. Nico being so insecure but seb reassuring him Nico is beautiful to him, because Seb already loved his soul and mind (and then also softly adds Nico is pretty in every other way too). They kiss so gently, and Nico asks to stay, wants to be cuddled up to Seb! It makes him less nervous the morning after, when he leaves to get ready for the wedding and Seb gently kisses his forehead before helping him put his veil on.

But ah! The veil being lifted at the wedding and the kingdom gets to see their beautiful queen amile at the new consort! And seb is very loved by the people, he goes around a lot to be Nico's eyes in the small villages and towns to make sure everything is okay, and when Nico gives birth to a tiny little princess, the Akpha is the one to mostly care for the child as Nico is still a queen (but still makes time for them too ofc!)