Hi, guys. As of now, this is a one shot, but if enough people want me to, I will make it a two or a three shot.

This is a prompt from Dawnbreak55

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Despite the Giant War having ended only a month ago, things were surprisingly normal at camp. It was sunny (as usual); the air was filled with laughter and shouts and speaking and cursing (as usual); Katie Gardener was yelling at the Stoll brothers, her voice raising above all others (as usual). Like I said, things were pretty normal for a camp that barely escaped the biggest war in centuries alive and just barely avoided the upcoming apocalypse.

Leo Valdez. How many of you have heard of him? Joker, prankster, son of Hephaestus, hero of Olympus, defeater of Gaea, awful flirt, and doomed to forever be single.

You forgot depressed, over worked, exhausted, hurting, angry, and struggling to maintain control over his mask, his emotions, and his powers.

No one knew this side of Leo. It was hidden behind a carefully crafted façade. "Humor is a good way to hide the pain." That's his motto, and no one ever saw through the mask. Until now, that is.

This is the story in which the seven are oblivious, but Grover Underwood is not.

"Hey, G-man!" Percy exclaimed as he clapped his best friend on the back.

Camp hadn't seen hair nor hide of Grover since the war because he was working hard on getting the forces of nature back in working order. Putting out some fires, mourning those that died in the war, and healing the injured. Nature must go on with the world, and as we all know, war damages it. Long story short, getting the forces of nature up and running again became a full time job for Grover, the Lord of the Wild. After a month of reconstruction, Grover had returned to camp for a visit.

The seven were gathering outside the Pavillion, all except for Leo, who was helping his siblings with the reconstruction.

"How's being Lord of the Wild treating you?" Percy asked.

Grover shrugged. "It's pretty good. Pretty much a full time job now, but the forces of nature are almost back up and running again. The war destroyed a lot of nature, especially here in New York, but we've come along way since the war ended. How's camp?"

"It's great," Annabeth replied as she leaned against a nearby wall. "The wounded are healed. Funerals are taken care of," she said, her voice adopting a tone full of grief for their fallen comrades and friends. "Anyway, the rebuilding is going great. Cabins are fixed up; Big House is mostly rebuilt. Some interior stuff, but beyond that, it's good. The Hephaestus kids are still working on fixing up some other buildings, like the arena."

"How's Camp Jupiter?" Grover asked Jason. "Didn't you just visit?"

Jason nodded. "I visited a week ago. It's... wonderful. Frank and Hazel are visiting here for the next few days. Frank needs a break from all the fantastic Praetor work he's been doing."

Frank blushed. "Reyna's been doing most of it..."

"That is a whole lot of dung, and you know it," Percy laughed. "Frank actually had a whole new wing for their Infirmary put in, not to mention handling the funerals. He and Reyna also organized the building of a new monument to honor those that died in the war, both Greek and Roman. And that's only the tip of the ice berg."

Grover nodded at Frank. "Sounds impressive. Maybe I'll stop by Camp Jupiter to see what a good job you're doing. Now, anything else I'm missing?"

"Nico and Will started dating," Piper told him.

Grover raised an eyebrow. "Nico-the son of Hades- is dating Will Solace-"

"The son of Apollo, yes," Hazel replied. "Surprisingly, light and dark go pretty good together. Nico introduced Will to McDonald's, and Will introduced Nico to... what was it called?"

"Starbucks," Annabeth supplied.

"Yeah, Starbucks."

"Anyway," Grover said, "how's-"

"Hey, guys!" Leo shouted as he appeared. "Oh, hey... Grover, right? I don't think we met, but Percy's told me all about you."

Yes, you heard that. Grover and Leo had never met before that. During the building of the Argo II, Grover was busy searching high and low for Percy, and Leo was constantly in Bunker Nine. Due to this, they never really crossed paths. After the war was won, Leo was in the Infirmary (no one really knew how the physician's curse affected people beyond bringing them back to life, so Nico dragged Leo to the Infirmary and had Will prod and poke Leo to ensure that he was healthy and wouldn't drop dead any second). Besides, after the war, Grover barely had time for a quick conversation with Percy and Annabeth before he had to run off to the wilderness and do his Lord of the Wild thing.

"You must be Leo Valdez," Grover said as he shook Leo's hand. "Thanks for the whole defeating Gaea thing by the way."

Leo laughed before performing an elaborate bow.

"It was my pleasure, good sir," he replied, making the other six of the seven laugh.

Grover managed a weak chuckle, but he was more focused on staring Leo, who appeared so happy and fun loving and overall, content with his life.

Grover's ability to read emotions told him otherwise.

Leo checked his watch and cursed in Spanish.

"Dang it, break's over. See you guys at dinner," he said before speeding off towards the construction at the sword area.

Grover frowned. That break didn't last very long, he though. Probably not even three minutes.

"Hey, guys?" he said. "You know how I can read emotions, right?"

Sounds of confirmation met Grover's ears.

"Did you guys know that Leo's depressed?"

Silence, and then...

Laughter.

"Nice one, Grover, but Leo's happy as usual," Percy chuckled.

"I don't think I've seen him be anything but happy," Piper added.

Grover shrugged. "Well, he is, and I'm going to figure out why he never told you."

Grover walked away, strolling towards the sword arena and leaving the other six members of the seven in the dust.

"That was weird," Frank muttered.

The others nodded in agreement.

Grover approached Leo, who was sitting on the ground at the edge of the construction site, sipping from a water bottle. He placed the bottle on the ground and went to stand up to continue building, but Grover interrupted him.

"Can I sit?" He asked, gesturing to the patch of grass beside Leo.

"Sure," Leo replied.

Grover seated himself beside Leo.

"Leo," Grover said, hesitantly. "Did you know satyrs can read emotions?"

Leo paled, but he chose to give a shaky laugh instead of confessing.

"I did not," he replied. "Is that like your sixth sense or something?"

Grover shrugged. "I guess you could call it that. Since I can read emotions, I know if a person is happy, angry, scared. It's also how I know that you're depressed."

Leo laughed. "Me? Depressed? That's hilarious."

"Leo... my ability doesn't lie. You're mainly depressed; you're angry, envious, grieving, hurting. Leo, I haven't felt so much hurt radiate off of someone in a very long time. Probably not since Nico was ten, and that was three, four years ago. I felt it when his sister joined the Hunters. Long story short, I can tell you've been carrying this around for a long time. You need to tell someone."

"No," Leo replied. "I can't. The more vulnerable I am, the easier people can hurt me, and that only makes things worse. I have to get back to work."

Leo stood and left Grover sitting on the ground with too much to think about.

"Grover," Percy said when Grover returned after a not-so-successful talk with Leo. "What did you mean by Leo isn't happy?"

Grover sighed. "Look, I haven't felt so much hurt in one person since Bianca joined the Hunters and hurt Nico by doing so."

"But Leo's always so happy," Jason said.

"It's an act," Grover replied. "That happiness that Leo shows... it's all a mask to keep you away from the truth. I asked around and heard some stories about Leo. Now I just wonder how you guys didn't know sooner. Look, you guys are my friends, but you can be really oblivious sometimes. Yes, even you, Annabeth. Do yourselves and Leo a favor, and wake the heck up."

After that uncharacteristic outburst, Grover stormed away, leaving six very confused teenagers behind him.

The other members of the seven may be oblivious, but Grover Underwood wasn't, and he was going to find a way to help Leo Valdez.

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