Disclaimer: Nope, just a fanfiction writer. I would be a man, if I owned it, wouldn't I? So nope.
Story: Two people grieve over the loss of Luke, and in the end consequences wait. Hermes sleeps with Percy, misses his son, wants Percy to be with him, hates everyone around him and overall feels like a jerk. Percy is all over the place and just wants things to be normal.
Set AU elements for "The Lightning Thief" and onwards, set at the end of "The Last Olympian".
Spoilers: Yesssssss…
Warnings: Cursing and violence for now…hm, just in case since I'm usually writing it, bit of crazy humor, perverted humor, morbid or sarcastic humor, and maybe some sexual situations…bits of chanslash (aka shota) (minor/underage activity)…oh, just read at your own risk…
Pairings: Past Luke/Percy, Hermes/Percy
A/n: (Glad I managed to get this done in time for the end of LGBTQ month).

Scattered Memories on the Floor
Chapter Eleven: The Minor Fall

Hermes' jaw was clenching and unclenching. He wasn't happy that Percy had had to go with Triton, but he was also worried as to what Triton wanted and what he could be saying to Percy now. His sudden appearance boded ill will for things and he was feeling uneasy.

There was also that the cat was finally out of the bag.

Outside of Athena, no one had actually known of his dalliance with Percy, so now that Triton was here and could obviously tell their closeness and obvious relationship, there was now someone else in the know…someone of the godly kind, so Hermes doubted that he and Percy weren't going to be outed to the whole of Olympus.

"Mm, smells good in here!" he heard Paul's voice and he and Sally walked into the kitchen. Paul looked surprised at Hermes. "Oh! Lord Hermes, you're here. Where's Percy? Still sleeping?"

Hermes' forced smile turned grimace said it all.

"What's wrong?" Sally asked, worry plain on her face.

"Percy's brother came and they're talking out there," Hermes frowned.

"Brother?" Paul asked in confusion, but Sally's surprised expression showed she'd understood.

"Lord Triton is here?" Sally asked in trepidation. "Did he say why he was?"

Hermes sighed and shook his head. "No."

"You're worried," Paul noted, catching on that this was probably something serious.

He nodded, giving them a disgruntled look.

"Percy and I have finally gotten to a stable point. Now Triton has appeared and I don't want this to spin things into a loop and cause problems between us," Hermes bit out.

Sally came over and hugged him. "Oh, you poor dear."

Hermes blinked in her arms, thrown off by the show of affection and being comforted like a…child? Or someone younger than her, but he admitted that it was amusing and rather nice of her. Peeking over to Paul showed the man grinning full out.

"Mom, don't suffocate him," Percy said from near them, voice sounding way too entertained.

Sally laughed but pulled away from Hermes, allowing him to look over to Percy and see him and Triton standing together. He felt his uneasiness grow again.

Triton cleared his throat, shifting a bit in place. "I apologize for the intrusion," he said politely, smiling charmingly at Sally and then at Paul.

Hermes inwardly snorted.

Triton took a step further into the room. "I'll be quick, but I just wanted to inform Perseus that our father was actually hoping to come visit soon, and have dinner with everyone. He's finishing up last minute errands, but he is going to be appearing tonight."

Everyone but Percy's eyes widened, with Hermes' uneasiness turning into full blown dread.

"Oh Tartarus," Hermes muttered, running a hand through his hair. "Tonight?"

Triton nodded. "I overheard him say so."

But that sounded like…Hermes stared at him. "You came here without his knowledge?"

Triton straightened up, frowning at Hermes. "I came here as a courtesy to my brother. I wanted to give him a heads up before Father were to come unannounced and hoping to surprise you all. I'm sure Father'll be surprised at your presence, Lord Hermes," the younger god eyed Hermes speculatively.

"I'm sure he would," Hermes said, but it was more tired sounding than having any bite to it.

"Actually, perhaps you and I can have a chat outside while Perseus further explains to his mother and second father about the situation," and Hermes knew there was even more to this than what had been said, increasing his dislike at the news that had been delivered.

He stood up and gave a small smile to Sally and Paul, before he headed over to Triton. He caught Percy's eye and tried to figure out what had been said from his partner's face, but Percy only gave him a reserved look that didn't say much. That didn't reassure him at all.

So it was with hidden trepidation and agitation that he followed Triton out of the cabin, to where the other led them a little ways away. However, thankfully, he didn't head to the water. Aside from not wanting to fear the water being used against him in some kind of surprise attack, he didn't want Poseidon somehow overhearing what this talk was.

"I can see from your expression that you're on edge," Triton said dryly, watching him with the younger god's usual disdain. Hermes wasn't surprised –Triton tended to show disdain to most everyone, minus his father and more recently Percy. Even Amphitrite was subjected to it, though in a more subtle vein than Triton's more obvious veneer.

"I don't know what's going on and I would like to, especially if it's concerning Percy," Hermes said firmly, though honestly.

Triton's lips thinned. "How is that any of your concern?"

Hermes only raised an eyebrow, knowing that Triton had probably already figured out the truth between him and Percy.

"Father wishes for Perseus to be more…ingrained into the Royal Sea Family. That means that he would like it if Perseus and I were to get engaged," Triton revealed, and Hermes was thrown off and suddenly felt like grabbing Triton and throwing him into the sea (and far, far, far away from Percy as possible).

"Did you tell him that?" Hermes asked sharply, keeping a firm control of himself and trying not to lose control.

"Perseus knows," Triton nodded. "I proposed to him before we came back into the cabin. He has not given me an answer and revealed his relationship with you as a reason why. I believe you two were to have a talk first before I'm to be given an answer."

'What answer?' Hermes wanted to rant. 'It's obviously a no!'

"As I told Perseus, if he wishes it, the engagement and marriage can merely be a front for your relationship and to appease Father. I have no qualms with just playing husband, though I do wish he'd picked a more suitable partner," Triton added in that last jab, sneering slightly at Hermes.

But hearing that, Hermes was torn between balking and actually considering it.

For one, Poseidon (even if he were to find out about Hermes and Percy) would be content that at least Percy was married to Triton. But he hated that thought and just thinking it put a bad taste in his mouth. Then there was that the two of them could continue to stay together without interference and nosy opinions and comments from the others.

"I'll talk to Percy," Hermes agreed sourly, but even then he doubted that he'd want to go through with it.

Triton gave a long-suffering sigh that made Hermes twitch. "If that is all, then I will say my goodbyes and then head back before I'm noticed missing. Father will be here around 7."

As Triton went back into the cabin, Hermes stayed outside and found himself brooding and feeling extremely unhappy at this turn of events.

Why now, of all times, did this have to happen? When he and Percy were finally stable and on track?

It just wasn't fair.

As Triton finished saying goodbye to everyone, Percy remembered his talk with his brother. He didn't really know what to feel about the information he'd just been told, but he felt dazed at the least. Confused too. That and slight panic at the thought of Poseidon coming there and also of him finding out about Hermes.

He didn't know what to do about this proposal thing. He knew that technically, because of the whole demigod-DNA and godly genes, he and Triton weren't really related. He also, now that he'd finally admitted that he was attracted to men, wasn't bothered by Triton being male. And there was still Hermes, who he had to talk to about all this and see what his opinion about all this was –

Speaking of the god, he hadn't come back in with Triton and he guessed that he was probably still outside. Frowning, Percy stood up.

"Going to see Lord Hermes?" his mother asked knowingly. Percy blushed and nodded. "I think that would be good."

Confused what she meant, he'd opened his mouth to ask, when Paul was the one to answer before he even said anything.

"If he found out what you just told us Triton said, I'm pretty sure that he's probably feeling a bit miserable and a lot upset right now," Paul told him surely. "You should check on him, since I'm certain that being told your boyfriend's being pushed to get engaged is a bit of a bummer to hear."

Percy blushed, but agreed. And hearing that, he thought that Hermes probably was upset right now and that they should probably have that talk then rather than later. Leaving the cabin, he was quick to find Hermes, who was scowling heavily at the ocean from where he stood facing it.

"Hey," he said softly and Hermes' attention was quickly drawn to him. The god forced a smile on his face and Percy shook his head. "Don't do that. I know you're upset, so don't hide it and pretend."

Hermes sighed and gave him a wry smile that turned into a grimace.

"I take it Triton told you?" Percy asked, and at Hermes' nod, he sidled closer to Hermes' side and leaned against him. "What do you think?"

"I hate it," Hermes said bluntly. But then he paused and his grimace fell into an obvious upset look. "For a moment, I considered and thought that maybe it was something that could work for us, especially in regards to Poseidon and not earning his wrath and maybe even a semi-acceptance from him for us…but I honestly can't stand the thought of you marrying Triton…marrying anyone but me," he admitted, biting his lip as he looked at Percy hesitantly.

Percy sucked in a breath, looking at Hermes with wide eyes.

"That's a big step," he said, thinking about it.

"If you were going to be married anyway, I'd rather it'd be me than Triton," Hermes said miserably. "I'm not pushing you or anything, but I just thought…why can't it be me instead?"

Percy's lips quirked up a little and he leaned back against Hermes again, this time wrapping an arm around one of the god's.

"I think I'd like that. Not now of course…but later on. If we're still together. You know?"

Hermes looked at him closely. "Yeah, I do," he said softly.

He then turned Percy towards him and kissed him long and hard, and Percy could feel his hands slide from his shoulders to hold his waist and squeeze. He leaned up and reached around Hermes' neck, pushing back against him and letting his own tongue trace against Hermes' lips and then enter his mouth to engage with the god's tongue in a battle that Percy didn't mind losing.

And when Hermes picked him up and carried him over to the sand and laid him down, Percy made an agreeable noise and let Hermes wickedly run his hands all over his body.

"Mine," Hermes purred against Percy's neck, before nipping at it lightly and then smoothing it over with his tongue. He nuzzled Percy's ear. "I love you."

Hermes pulled back and looked into Percy's wide, surprised eyes, but the dark-haired man's face was completely seriously.

Percy found himself smiling and not at all upset or alarmed by those words.

"I love you," he reciprocated quietly.

He let slip the talk with Triton and the proposal, and leaned up to kiss Hermes again. Right now, all that mattered was that he was with someone he wanted to be with…

Later, when Poseidon came, he could worry about what it meant for them.

Started 6/23/17 – Completed 6/28/17

A/n: Long time no see? Anyway, I'm hoping to finish this one soon (like I did for "Forgot to Say"), so I hope there's only another chapter left for this, or at least two more. Hope you guys liked this chapter and please remember to review!