completely still. sleeping. not moving.

almost an impossible task to contain a growing smile upon your mouth but you manage to tuck your face into the soft blanket.

your chest rises and falls slowly despite the rapid heat of your heart.

from beside you, technically behind you, percy frowns at your non-compliant self. you'd refused his kiss three times.

he'd nearly earned it the second time as your reflexes had weakened with an absentminded flex of his scrumptious biceps in the midsts of tugging you onto his lap.

luckily, you were able to swerve out of the way just in time. the third was when you climbed off and curled into the blanket, laying in what he assumes to be bliss. your heart did ache knowing there was a possibility you had upset him in a way. so you'd force yourself to cave eventually.

percy tugs gently at the blanket, sliding downwards to rest his chin on top of your bare shoulder. "sweet girl."

you sigh just barely and chose silence as a response. but you, at the very least, acknowledge the love of your life and turn onto your back so you face him.

he smiles at eye contact. so soft and warm and you want to bask in his oceans for eternity. his eyes are wet and trickling with faint tears.

you use the pad of your thumb to wipe them away forever, pressing your lips gingerly to each of his eyelids, shielding the sea until they reopen as you back away.

you drown in the green of them. the depths of the water where it's warm and the angler fish lurk. but percy would protect you from them if it meant risking his own life.

your bottom lip quivers but you slip your arms around his shoulders and pull him to lay against you, his heat surrounding and encircling your frame.