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The music was loud in his ears as the world spun around him; sweat clinging to him. The alcohol had reached his brain making thing everything fuzzy and ten times funnier. This wasn’t the first time Will had been drunk and most definitely wasn’t going to be the last. Though he’d probably be saying otherwise in the morning.
The Hermes cabin was having an underground party, the Stoll brothers had managed to smuggle in black lights, streamers and a bunch of other party stuff. But most importantly they had managed to make their own moonshine. Even though Will was head healer and didn’t condone binge drinking or any excessively bodily harm intentional or not sometimes you just had to go with the flow.
And really Will kind of need this he’d been going non-stop for weeks now after the war with the earth mother Gaia. He needed to feel like himself again and not just a doctor. So this was his time to shine. The Stoll brothers had bribed the Hephaestus cabin to use the forge as the base of operations. AKA party venue. It wasn’t long until the whole camp found out.
But can you blame them? No you can’t. Not after everything they’d been through. Homemade moonshine was really tricky to keep under wraps for so long. Dionysus would flip his lid if he found out, he’s been hankering for a drink for centuries. So why not drink it before he gets the chance to find it.
But in the moment all he could feel was ecstasy and body heat. But he needed some fresh air, just for a moment and then he’d be back with the others. Will stumbled through dancing bodies, streamers and lights and made it into the dark of night the fresh air consuming him. He breathed a sigh of contentment.
Will stood there for a moment soaking in the coolness that blew in from the beach. Listening to the music coming from under the ground. He almost felt right again.
“SOLACE!” Someone yelled no too far from him. He squinted his eyes in the dark helping them to focus. His eyes landed on Percy Jackson his arms waving enthusiastically, beckoning him to come sit with him. Will shrugged and didn’t see why not.
He stumbled his way up the dune his foot slipping now and then. When he reached the top he swayed slightly, giggled and continued to move forward. He made it to Percy in one peace, thankfully.
“Hey-y dude.” He hiccupped between each word. He sat down beside him, only then noticing that the rest of the A-list campers were sitting with him. Wondering when they turned up because he hadn’t seen them on his way up the hill... or did he? “When did you guys get here, you weren’t here a second ago?” The confusion clear in his voice. But he was met with an eruption of laughter from everyone else instead of an actual answer.
Percy wrapped his arm around his shoulder and pulling him into a head lock and giving him a noogie. Making him completely forget what he’d just asked. Will laughed because he knew it was meant to hurt but honestly he couldn’t even feel his face right now. “Are you having a good time bud?” Percy said with a slur taking a mouthful of the infamous bootleg drink and then handing it to Will.
“You bet!” He said with a goofy smile. Taking a large gulp of said drink himself, the liquid burned his oesophagus on the way down. He winced slightly but loving the feel none the less. Will looked around the group to see if anyone was missing trying to focus on everyone’s face in the dim light. His vision blurring in and out as he focus on their faces. Everyone except his favourite person was here, his stomach did a sad flip.
“Hey! Sunshine! You’re GLOWING!” Jason yelled distracting him of his thoughts of the dark haired teen. And then all eyes were on him. A few people gasped and Will happened to look down to see what all fuss was about. He blinked a few times and shook his head to clear his thoughts of the clouding alcohol that was floating in his blood stream going straight to his brain.
He blinked again but what he thought was his imagination brought on by the strong drink was in fact reality. He was glowing. ACTUALLY glowing. His skin was radiating light.
“HOLLY SHIT!” He exclaimed loudly. This was cool. He’d never done that before… well not that he could remember. Was this normal? Probably. Hell practically all weird things when you’re a demigod is normal. He shrugged like it was no big deal and took another swig of his drink.
A commotion broke out a few feet away and the attention on him was averted to the Ares and the Hermes kids having a screaming match, something about which God had more titles and who was better. Will didn’t really care.
“Gods! Waterboy needs to go to the water closet, this stuff makes me piss.” Percy said next to him, his voice gruff.
Will thought that was the most, greatest idea he’s ever heard. The son of Apollo followed suit by standing up way to quickly almost falling over. He steadied himself after a moment getting his grips on the world making sure the ground underneath him stopped moving. He took another big drink and blindly made his way towards cabin 7.
The son of Apollo was glad he was glowing as weird as it was. But currently it was convenient because it made it easier to see as he walked. Sure it was only a meter in front of him but all the same it helped.
He let his mind wonder slightly and as always his thought always landed on the son of Hades. Why hadn’t he come out tonight? Worried that maybe Will’s fusing over him in the past weeks was the reason why. It was clear now. It was obviously Will’s fault. Nico might be mad at him for caring. But caring shouldn’t make someone mad, they were caring! Man he had to sort this out as soon as possible.
He stumbled up the stairs and pushing the door open, he really needed to piss. He groaned thinking his bladder might explode. The cabin was far too dark for some reason like everything was black. His glow wasn’t doing anything for his eyes in here. But he didn’t want to turn on a light in case he woke up his brothers and sister that were asleep.
He made his way through the darkness using his memory. He took 3 steps into the cabin tripped and fell over face first into the ground, but somehow managing to save the alcohol that he held in his grasp. “Fuuuuuuuccck!” He said in an angry whisper. Whatever the hell was there was as hard as obsidian.
His eyes were suddenly assaulted by light. “What the fuck?” he groaned covering his eyes.
“I could be saying the same thing.” A voice all too familiar was think with sleep.
“What are you doing in here Nico?” Will said highly confused looking up at the small teen. What was Nico doing in Cabin 7? And why was he ONLY in boxers?
“I should be asking you that Solace.” Nico’s voice was traced with malice.
“I’m in cabin 7, I needed to pissss.” Will said it like it was the most obvious thing in the world. The thought of his straining bladder made him grimace. It was mind boggling how Nico just didn’t realise he was in the wrong cabin.
Nico sigh long and hard. “Solace. Look around you.” He was clearly annoyed, but Will did what he was told. The son of Apollo turned red like the sun, he was in cabin 13. What? How? He was on his way home to piss. Gods he needed to piss so bad right now.
Will tried to stand and almost falling over the other way. His head felt heavy and his limbs felt weak. The ground was moving again and he didn’t know if he could save his drink if he fell over again.
“Gods Will how much did you drink?” Nico asked rushing over to save him from tipping over again.
“Apparently not enough.” Will slurred as he took another swig of his drink. He took a step in the direction of the bathroom and tripped over nothing, glad that Nico was holding him up. Will saw Nico roll his eyes and Will made a whining noise in his throat.
Nico carried the taller teen to the bathroom and Will waved him off as he helped him to the toilet seat. He was a big boy he could take care of himself. A giggle escaped his lips. Big Boy. He giggled again.
When Will finally stepped out of the toilet the ground seemed to be more stable, though he was still shaky on his legs. He almost ran into the statue of Hades by the fire place. “Oh sorry Sir.” Will mumbled an apology to the inanimate object.
He hear Nico chuckle from across the room. It was a cute sound.
Will made his way over to Nico and plopped himself down on the bed next to him. Nico was still only wearing boxers, Will had to swallow a few times before he said anything. He couldn’t think straight, he couldn’t tell if it was the moonshine or the fact that Nico was in his boxers. He shook his head.
“Are you feeling alright Solace?” Nico said with a smirk.
“Peachy, Death Boy.” Will replied snarky, in truth he felt like he was flying, euphoria was setting in and he’d do anything to keep this feeling. He brought his hand to his mouth to take another drink from the bottle. Only to realise he didn’t have the bottle anymore. “Where did it go?” Will panicked. Shit that stuff was good he needed more. It’ll be a while before the Stoll brothers brewed up another batch. Will patted his jean shorts and looked around the floor.
“Solace, relax I’ve got it.” Nico said voice thick. The next second was possibly the hottest thing Will Solace had ever seen in his life. Ever. Nico took a long swig.