"these are us if we were jellycats."

you hold up two stuffies. a seahorse and a turtle. your grin never falters as you hand the seahorse to percy. "this is you." you point to the seahorse in his hand, then back to the turtle you hold. "and this is me!"

"why am I the seahorse though?"

you shrug. "I dunno. because you like seahorses?"

"hm. I do, you're right, sweet girl."

you rub your thumb over the soft fur of the stuffie, quietly admiring it, before sitting up and placing it at the end of your bed. you reach back and rip the seahorse out of percy's hands too, placing it directly next to your turtle.

you squeal and fall back onto the bed beside percy who wraps his arms back around you, pulling your frame into his. his chin rests atop your head as he eyes the stuffies.

"are you gonna leave them there all night?"

"yeah. they're gonna sleep together."

"oh are they? can I watch?"