Lean on Me

Gaia is finally defeated, her children scattered to the wind, the quest over, and the world returned to the semi-normal state that it was to begin with. Percy is surrounded by even more friends than before, Roman and Greek, with little time on his hands for much else; the expectations of being a hero of Olympus consuming his time and forcing him away from the one person he actually wants to spend time with: Nico di Angelo. Nico, ever quiet, ever withdrawn, has no place in the group surrounding Percy, and not even Hazel can make him fit in. She can, however, help Nico get time alone with Percy after she discovers something about her brother that she never thought she would. Nico is possessive of Percy, attracted to him in a way that he's never wanted to be close to someone before.

1. Lean on Me