#platonic valdangelo

[heyhoneyfox]

Nico: *violently pressing buttons on a controller and pointing it at Leo*

Leo: wtf are you doing

Nico: trying to put you on mute

Leo:

Nico:

Nico: oh look it worked

[unknownlesbianartist]

I’m currently working on a sweet Solangelo fic that of course has a bunch of traumatised Nico and sad sir. Sunshine angst because I’m me and nothing I write cannot have angst.

Also because Leo has the best base for angsty oneshots and fics (I have one cooking on my laptop)

TWs panic attack

Leo couldn’t sit still. The faint sound of the passing ocean in the background and the comforting silence usually calmed him but at the moment, he couldn’t get his brain to shut up. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t stop thinking about the guilt that overwhelmed him. He’d failed too many times. The little screw-ups in the engine room that no one else would notice but him, the wires in his personal projects that were twisted from some part that didn’t affect the piece itself, but Leo’s sanity. The bigger things like letting himself be fucking mind controlled into bombing the Roman camp, unintentionally getting in between Frank and Hazel who obviously deserved each other, annoying everyone on the Argo II and not stopping until Jason would tell him to.

He got up off his bed and walked laps around his cabin. It wasn’t spacious, it was just like everyone else’s. There were bolts and wires lying around on the small table, there were some oil stains on the bronze coloured rug and of course, the biggest shit stain standing in the middle of the room. Him.

Leo got out of the room. He walked silently down the hallway and into the engine room, hoping he woke no one.

This is the only thing I’m good for anyway.

He thought and moved to stand in the middle of the room. He listened to the pistons and gears turning and moving in the correct ways to keep the ship running. He could see everywhere where he and the other Hephaestus campers had made the pipes a tiny bit imperfect, he could see every part where they’d missed the correct measurement by a millimetre. It was driving him mad.

He hated it when he got like this. Usually it was fine, he could brush the mistakes off and he could just talk over the guilty thoughts but now he was alone. In the sound of the engines. He didn’t even notice his breathing growing faster. He barely noticed as he whipped around and ran up to the deck.

The cool breeze hit him in the face as he stumbled to the railing and looked over the vast sea. The sound of the waves drowned in the sound of his own thoughts. Too slow, too fast, both at once. He should breathe. Jason and him had talked about it once, one time when Piper had been sleeping during their search for Hera. Jason had told him about his time as praetor, or what he could remember at least. He’d told him about choppy memories of some girl with a panicking disorder thingy. He’d said that Reyna had told that girl to breathe in and out or something, one time she’d had a panic attack in the middle of a battle. He tried to remember it but all he reached with that was the mental image of Jason staring at him with those pretty blue eyes of his, exasperated by something dumb he’d said.

He tried to breathe in, out, in and out slowly. It wasn’t working like it was apparently supposed to. He tried again but it felt like he was suffocating no matter what he did. That probably made it worse, he didn’t know.

Leo dug his nails into his arms, hoping that the pain would ground him, snap him out of it, anything.

He couldn’t breathe, he couldn’t think like he was supposed to, he didn’t-

“Valdez.” A voice behind him said firmly. Leo couldn’t really reply, his feet gave out and he fell to his knees, clutching his arms with all the strength he could muster up.

“Vald- Leo!” The voice snapped and Leo recoiled as he felt a cold, eerily bony hand on his shoulder. He backed against the railing and looked to see Nico di Angelo crouching down behind him with an odd expression. It was the most emotion he’d seen on the face of the son of Hades aside from anger. Or brooding. Did that count as an emotion?

The surprise tricked Leo into breathing for a moment before the feeling of suffocation came crashing back.

“Leo, breathe with me.” Nico ordered. His voice was commanding but not unkind. He took a deep breath, held it for three seconds and exhaled slowly. He repeated the action.

“Inhale, hold exhale.” Nico had an accent. What was this the first time Leo was noticing it? He shoved the thought aside and did as Nico told him. It surprised him that it actually worked.

Soon, the panic had subsided enough for him to speak.

“Why-… what?” Leo panted.

“Anxiety attack.” Nico replied awkwardly and took a step back from Leo, assuming he’d want space.

“Why do you know how to help?” Leo didn’t want to seem like he didn’t appreciate what Nico had done for him, it was plain curiosity.

“I-..” Nico hesitated. He stared at Leo before answering. “I used to have those in new Rome. Some better some worse.” He added as if he was unsure.

They just stared each other before Nico turned and shoved his hands in his pockets.

“We aren’t talking about this, ever.” His accent was definitely European, and it was sort of bouncy in a way. Nico walked to a shadow and sort of melted into it. What a strange boy.

[the-only-way-out-is-through19]

Leo valdez hcs

braces!!!! he definitely has braces i will die on that hill

maaaaaany ear piercings- they are usually covered by his hair, but one day he pins it back and jason is absolutely shooketh about just HOW many piercings leo has

him and nico were weary of each other at first, but they eventually become friends. not super close, but they talk a lot late at night since both of them have awful sleep schedules

nico and leo mostly talk about their experience losing someone they love, and nico ends up helping leo with his mental health (bc lets be honest, leo’s mental health is below horrible)

listens to music all day long

wears loop earphones (earphones that block out echos and excess noise to prevent over-stimulation) 24/7, 365

aaaaand finally a question:

[daylightleha]

EXACTLYYYYYYY THATS WHAT I’VE BEEN SAYINGGG

I think that Leo and Nico should’ve been besties, like Leo should’ve adopted Nico and been like “look at my little introvert” yk? They could’ve been THE boy besties ever.

[willthespy]

i didnt know nico and leo had roblox at the orphanage! anyway what game are they playing?

A REMINDER TO FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM !

[marigold-solis-harp-player]

Leo: What's the most illegal thing you can do with one dollar?

Nico: Exchange it for a hundred pennies, put them all in a sock, and then beat someone to death with it.

[ryuusei-niu]

I think I found the phrase that perfectly sums up one of my favorite ships:

[daylightleha]

hear me out. nico and leo.

What’s one underrated friendship or relationship you wish we could’ve saw more of in the PJO universe? Or gotten to see?

[sophplanetoflove]

Rating ships bc I’m bored,

Percabeth - 100000000/10 like obv

Jercy - 10/10 I love Jercy sm u don’t understand

Valgrace - 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000/10 all I write abt is them

Solangelo - 10/10 Jsjsjs grumpy x sunshine

Shelper - they seem so cute together so far so prob like 7.5/10

Jasper/Jiper - 2/10 Pipers fake memories were cute ig?

Jeyna - IF Reyna wasn’t aroace they could’ve been cute so 4/10 don’t ship it tho

Theyna - NO. they r both huntress of Artemis ??? 0/10

Pernico - disrespectfully jail xoxo -1010918282828/10

Jasico - same as Pernico just a little less minus numbers -291982/10

Valdangelo - they r so cute 8.5/10

Pipabeth - AAAA I love them sm !! 9.5/10

Rachbeth - I don’t read much of it but from what I’ve read it’s pretty cool !! 7.5/10

Perchel - I don’t like them together :c 3/10 the kiss was cute tho

Frazel - 9/10 bc the age is a bit iffy

Caleo - -179229682698729872692862/10 rot in the pits of Tartarus tysm!!

sanubis - -17198719816186881868816/10 same as caleo

Zarter - don’t rlly know bc it was kinda fake for a lot of the ship?? But they r not bad so 6/10

Fierrochase - YESSSSSSSSSSSSS 272987298272/10

Bliztstone - 161671816/10 it’s canon idc what u say /hj

lmk if I missed any u ship ??

[rosesradio]

For the xmas, drabble can you do one wherr its Nico's first xmas at camp half blood

The cabin was full of so many presents.

Too many.

Nico didn’t know what to expect. He’d gotten so lost in his training and studies of mythology. He’d gotten so caught up in…hanging out with his new friends, living a somewhat normal life.

There was a mechanical skeletal cat from Leo; the creature blinked at him with ruby red eyes as it prowled the perimeter of the cabin. Piper had gifted him an entire collection of classic novels in a dyslexic-friendly font, bound beautifully with golden-edged pages. Annabeth had even gifted him skeleton patterned socks and boxers, which should have been embarrassing, though it really wasn’t—it was a pretty practical gift.

That was only some amongst the many. Nico was left looking out over it all, his face flushed as he took it all in. How was he supposed to begin to repay everyone?

There was a knock on his door, and Leo burst in before waiting on an answer.

“Merry Christmas, Neeks! I trust you’ve named the cat by now, and—“ Leo’s face fell, and he came to sit cross-legged in front of Nico. “Hey, what’s wrong?”

“I didn’t know,” Nico’s eyes stung as he forced a shrug. “I knew there was something going on, but…I didn’t expect this. I’ve never had…”

“Never had a Christmas…?” Leo asked, his voice barely above a whisper. “I get that. One time I spent Christmas under a bridge in Queens, playing hockey with a couple sticks and a rock.”

“Leo,” Nico started. “That’s…surprisingly depressing, coming from you.”

“Not as depressing as the fact that I lost to myself,” Leo replied. “Point is…it’s better to be overwhelmed by all the…Christmas joy and jolly crap like that than to have nothing, right?”

“Of course,” Nico said softly. “I’m just…not sure how to repay everyone…I’m gonna leave this cabin and not have gifts for anyone…”

“Oh, it’ll be fine,” Leo insisted, patting Nico’s knee comfortingly. “Everyone forgets at least one gift—plus, it’s your first Christmas! Leave it all to me, Neeks—I’ll take you shopping, teach you how to wrap gifts, and—“

Leo was cut off as Nico wrapped his arms around Leo’s shoulders, hugging him close. He had almost knocked him down in the process. Leo’s voice faltered as he wrapped his arms around Nico’s waist, settling into the hug.

“Before we get carried away, though, we could just…get some eggnog with the others?” Leo asked. “Or hot chocolate. The others won’t mind if the gifts are late, promise…”

Nico nodded and reluctantly pulled away. “Tell anyone about the hug, and you’re getting coal in your stocking.”

Leo laughed, then gave a playful salute. “Taking it to the grave—scout’s honor. Now come on! Let’s go have a snowball fight.”

[ambriel-angstwitch]

Leo: You have to learn to love yourself.

Nico: don't you hate yourself?

Leo: yes. but this is about you. stay focused.

[maraudersarecanon]

I feel like they would be the totally unlikely friends everyone would be baffled by but they would actually be really good for each other

thoughts on platonic valdangelo?

hello, @wants-to-marry-sirius-black, 👋! thanks so much for the ask!

when I first thought of it and I'm sure other people will have that thought too, is 'no'. cuz everybody knows leo is this loud annoying guy and nico is this quiet introverted person who you, well, really don't want to annoy, yk?

but the more I thought of it, the more it worked in my brain. maybe not during the events of hoo, but maybe after tsats era they would totally be friends. they both have a very dry humour which compliment each other, along with their trauma which they can connect to (similar trauma of not finding anyone to love them).

I think that when nico is able to open up more, which he definitely would after all that happened, I feel like he would go from just tolerating Leo's humour to actually finding it silly and funny 😁😁

[threemoonwatchers]

Leo: We gotta hit the gwiddy. Multiple times.

Leo: And also set fire to our enemies.

Nico, just now tuning in: What?

[livingponcho]

[poppitron360]

Does a ship count?

Because…

Welp...

[pjo-ship-polls]

Nico di Angelo

These are only for romantic pairings, not platonic.

The ships in the polls are the twelve (12) most popular ships for each character based on the number of fics on AO3. The fandom's top two ships (you know the ones) aren't included in these polls to make the results actually interesting (sorry not sorry).

F.A.Q.

Ship List:

Nico/Percy (percico)

Nico/Jason (jasico)

Nico/Leo (valdangelo)

Nico/Jason/Percy (jaspercico)

Annabeth/Nico/Percy (percicobeth)

Nico/Percy/Will (solangelson)

Nico/Thalia (thalico) 

Luke/Nico (lukico) 

Nico/Will/Leo (soldezangelo)

Annabeth/Nico (nicobeth)

Apollo/Nico (nicollo)

Nico/Jason/Will (solangrace)