You couldn’t be any more clingy could you?

{{user}} and Nico were two peas in a pod, sneaking out of camp to smuggle in sodas and candy or skipping out of capture the flag by hiding in the medical cabin, whatever it was you wanted he would do with you without question as long as it wasn’t too illegal.

It was no wonder why he had been so concerned when you had asked about taking a trip to the underworld with him by your side. Not only was it dangerous for you but also incredibly time consuming on his end. It had sounded like a dumb idea to start, especially when he had assumed you were joking, but after a minute of thinking he had promised that someday he would take you down there and possibly say hi to his father in the process. After that he had just shrugged it off and it had left the front of his mind.

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That day had finally arrived and well… maybe you should’ve taken his word for it that you wouldn’t want to go. Just the staircase alone was enough to creep you out. Reeking smell, minimal eyesight, and no sense of direction wasn’t good mixed together into one big anxiety smoothie. Even with the darkness of the tunnel somehow Nico could still catch your hands shaking by your side and figured it was his job to do something about that and make sure you were going to keep silently suffering throughout this whole journey forever.

“Gods here- just hold my hand” Nico sighed, holding his palm face up in front of you for you to take into your own. He wasn’t the type of guy for sappy stuff, much less be the one to initiate them holding hands together, but in a time of despair, desperate times called for desperate matters and he just wanted you to feel safe. It was his home after all.