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Title: A to Z with the di Angelos – Parental Life of Heroes

Fandom: Percy Jackson and the Olympians / Heroes of Olympus

Disclaimer: All rights reserved to Rick Riordan for he created the awesomeness that is Nico di Angelo. And everything else related to Percy Jackson and the Olympians / Heroes of Olympus. Aside from the Gods, they belong to the old Greeks. This fanfiction and its OCs on the other hand are entirely mine. No money is made with this, though reviews are more than welcomed.

Warnings: shounen-ai, fluff, family, adorable kids, mpreg, pregnancy, shoujo-ai, hetero

Main Pairing: Nico/Percy

Side Pairings: Piper/Annabeth, Chris/Clarisse, Paul/Sally, Tyson/Ella, Charles/Silena

Percy Jackson Characters: Perseus Jackson, Nico di Angelo, Annabeth Chase, Piper McLean, Clarisse la Rue, Chris Rodriguez, Lou Ellen, Will Solace, Charles Beckendorf, Silena Beauregard, Sally Blofis, Paul Blofis, Tyson, Ella, Small Bob, Mrs. O'Leary

Mythological Characters: Atalanta, Britomartis, Calypso, Chiron, Poseidon, Hades

Own Characters of the Next Generation:

Nicercy: Bianca Maria di Angelo, Hades Poseidon di Angelo, Sally Persephone di Angelo, Theseus Paul di Angelo, James Charles di Angelo, Laura Silena di Angelo, Jackson Tyson di Angelo

Chrisse: Calandra Rodriguez, Chrysander Rodriguez, Charisma Rodriguez

Pipabeth: Theadora Tiphane Chase, Lucas Thomas Chase, Tristan Frederick Chase, Matthew Robert Chase

Louranda: Kathryn Ellen, Alabaster Ellen

Jakill: Elizabeth Mason

Summary: One chapter for every letter of the alphabet, each depicting a scene from the family life of Nico, Percy and their children, from "A Very Half-Blood Marriage" to "Chasing Fireflies".

A to Z with the di Angelos

Parental Life of Heroes

27. J is for Journal [May 2032]

It had been a year. A whole year. Well, a bit more than a year actually. And Nico and Percy started getting worried. Bianca Maria? She was fine. She loved her new life, adored Thalia and loved fighting the good fight all over the planet. It was Donny they were worried about.

For the first few months, they let him be. It was only natural that he was angry and upset about her leaving. Bia was the one he had the closest bond with, even though he loved all his siblings.

But by now a year had passed and still nothing seemed to really help.

They had tried therapists, had tried sending other family members and friends to talk to Donny. And three months ago, on the one year anniversary of Cal Rodriguez and Bianca Maria leaving, Sander had come up with an idea. Clawing at straws, they had agreed. Buying Donny a journal so he could write his thoughts down, sort them. If he refused to talk to anyone, maybe that could work.

For the past three months, the journal had been laying around doing nothing but collecting dust.

"I'm at my wit's end", sighed Percy frustrated as he collapsed on the bed.

It was not just frustrating, it was incredibly painful to see your own child suffer without being able to help. And truly, they had tried everything at this point. Nico heaved a sigh as he sat down to pull Percy close and into a hug. With a whine did Percy bury his face in Nico's neck.

"One last resort", whispered Nico determined, caressing Percy's head.

"What is there that we haven't tried already?", sighed Percy and looked up.

"We sent everyone to talk to him, everyone he cares about, we tried giving him that journal as Sander suggested and both of us thought it may help. Now we're sending the one person he may listen to to tell him the journal is for usage not for laying around", stated Nico simply. "I called Bianca Maria and she said she's on her way."

"She already tried to talk to him dozens of times too", argued Percy with a glare.

"But this time, she's supposed to push him to try and write into that diary", stated Nico. "The longer I thought about it, the better this idea of Sander's seems to me. Donny is... dangerous."

"Never heard you say that", muttered Percy doubtfully, glaring a bit.

Nico heaved a sigh. "He is my son. He has the same... capacity for grudges as I do, but apparently he is even better at holding them than I ever was. It's not called a fatal flaw for nothing, Percy. Look at him, he is... he is bottling up his feelings, his anger, allowing it to grow and fester. He needs to get it all out. If he keeps bottling up his feelings, he will explode at one point and that is going to be dangerous. For himself and possibly for us or others."

Now it was Percy's turn to heave a deep sigh. "You're right. I remember how anger-fueled you were when you took on Minos in the labyrinth. I'm just grateful you were on my side back then..."

"That's because I was madly in love with you", huffed Nico, kissing Percy's temple. "We need to find a kind of anchor for Donny too. Maybe a journal will ground him for now."

"And if anyone can make him do something, it might be Bianca Maria", agreed Percy with a frown. "Especially since she's... really, really angry with him for refusing to accept help. She's good at kicking her siblings' butts. She'll come today and talk to him?"

"She is", confirmed Nico. "She said she won't be able to stay for long because they're in the middle of a crisis. Something about the nature spirits going wild all around the world. They had been busy for months with this now, but she managed to get an hour off to talk to Donny."

"Hopefully, she'll get through his thick skull", muttered Percy, face hidden in his husband's chest. "And maybe... just maybe camp will help him out too? Last year, it was too close to when Bia had left and it had upset him. But maybe now it may help distract him. Maybe he'll make new friends."

"You're such an optimist", grinned Nico softly, kissing the top of Percy's head. "I love that."

~*~ The End ~*~

Author's note: I only found it appropriate to end this with a tie-in to "Chasing Fireflies". You could say that this chapter takes place right between the last chapter of "Chasing Origins: Sam's Story" and the first chapter fo "Chasing Fireflies"!

Now, this story is over, but it is not the end of my headcanon timeline! I'm currently working my way through the Kitty/Percy oneshot and I have plans of working on "Chasing Real Life" this winter~ ;)