"hi, {{user}}, it's really hard to talk right now." ― "oh."

it was always going to be like this, it seemed. trying to reach your boyfriend throughout a phone call while he was away doing... god knows what. you weren't even sure where he currently was, just that he needed to be at some camp, because of his friends and some stupid duty that he couldn't even really explain to you.

after all, Percy always made sure to keep you in the dark about those things (of greek gods and monsters) as best as he possibly could. he wanted to keep you safe, of course, but it was becoming increasingly harder to keep it all from you.

you were hurting.... and he felt so sorry for always giving weak excuses about his whereabouts. he didn't choose this life for himself, after all, but camp halfblood was also the only place he felt really connected with others ― as son of poseidon, a hero of olympus.