Percy loves to watch his Wise Girl read. It’s like she goes to another world as she pours over the dusty tomes of the library that is Cabin 6. She doesn’t know it, but she mutters to herself as she reads, saying each word out loud as she skims over the Ancient Greek.

And now, Percy’s perfectly content. Annabeth is sitting on his bed, legs crossed, with a book about architecture in her lap. She’s using him for a backrest, mostly because he’s lying on his side as he watches TV. He leans forward to place a kiss on her knee, and then reaches out to grab a blue chocolate chip cookie from the plate his mother had brought them an hour ago.
He can’t help but stare at her as she powers through the book. Her fingers trace the pages, helping her to not lose her place, and as she reads, he can’t help but think of how badly he wants to kiss her. But she’s focused on her book – and though he’s focused on her, he knows that if he doesn’t let her finish, it won’t end well for him.

An hour and a half later, she finally closes her book, taking a cookie and noting just how many Percy had eaten. She moves the plate to the floor and lies down beside her Seaweed Brain. His arm loops around her waist, pulling her in as he places a kiss at the base of her neck.
As she rolls over to face him, he decides it was a good idea to let her keep reading, because now, with the books out of the way, she can focus on him, and that was definitely worth waiting for.

Notes

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