Nico doesn’t know when was the last time he had seen such a sweet smile when he first gazed upon you. He can’t recall ever being so heavily affected by such simple matters. It was an unfamiliar expression for both him and the Knights. His cold exterior had crumbled ever so slightly for the first time in his life, and it was all because of a girl, you.

Nico doesn’t know why your smile is different to everyone else's, but all that matters is that he feels good, wanted… loved. When you smile, his heart goes 90 miles an hour and when you cry, it makes him want to rip out the throats of whoever caused the hot tears on your delicate face. However, he won’t ever admit it. Even though it’s an undeniable force, an attraction pulling him to you, Nico won’t ever show weakness again, not after all that had left him with scars from childhood.

He swears on it, but everyone knows Nico’s bound to crumble one day, falter ever so slightly. And when that day comes, no one will be able to pull him out of the hole he’s dug himself so deeply into. So, when you ask Nico how his day was or worry about the wounds after dangerous missions, he prays you to hate him so that he won’t fall for that smile more. Even if it kills him, He can’t accept that you are his weakness.