PJO/HoO Oneshots

A Chance - Valgrace

Leo knew he shouldn't be wishing Jason was his. Jason had recently broken up with his girlfriend, Piper, and always had sadness in his eyes after that. She had left him for Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, his fellow praetor comrade. He didn't understand her taste, because Jason was everything you could've asked for. Blonde hair, piercing blue eyes, talented with everything he did, handsome, and a gentle smile to accompany the rest of his features. Leo didn't understand how Piper could leave such a guy.

He was messing around with spare pieces of metal when he felt a hand touch his shoulder. He jumped slightly, but slowly turned around to see who it was. It was a very tired Jason—he could tell by the weariness in his eyes, they were more dull than usual, and they weren't sparkling or gleaming with excitement like they typically used to.

"Hey Jason, what's up?" Leo asked, looking at Jason in the eyes, trying to ignore the sadness in them.

Jason gave Leo a tight smile. "Nothing much. Just need some cheering up and getting away from reality."

"Well, Leo-Mcshizzle-Bad-Boy-Supreme is here to help out!" Leo yelled, getting up.

"That's why I came to you," Jason said, rolling his eyes.

Leo just stared blankly at Jason. Jason found comfort in Leo? A dream come true. "Oh yeah, right. So... wanna have like a picnic or something?"

"Yeah, sure," Jason said, as his hard gaze softened.

"Great! I'll see you at 5 PM?" Leo said, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

Jason gave him a you-know-it look. "Of course, but don't get too excited. You'll set yourself and the food on fire, and I can't be annoying Percy with that."

"Whatever you say, Lightning McQueen," Leo said, trying not to squeal like a child. He needed Jason to leave, and fast.

"Lightning McQueen? What kind of nickname is that?"

"Come on, Jase, I give everyone nicknames. Don't even get me started with Percy's or Hazel's."

Jason sighed. He knew better than to bicker with Leo about nicknames. "See you later, Leo," he said, walking out.

Finally, he was gone and Leo could act like a fool, revealing his extra super goofy grin that he only saved for himself. He couldn't resist doing it! He was going on a picnic with the one and only almighty Jason Grace! The son of Jupiter, child of Rome, former praetor of Camp Jupiter! It wasn't a date, but it was close enough. Close enough to make him nervous and squeal with excitement. Gods, he really needed to stop because if anyone, especially Percy or Nico, caught him doing that, he would be a real-life tomato for the rest of his life.

He quickly gained his composure, and went out of his workshop in Bunker 9. It took all of his willpower to not scream out "I'M GOING ON A DATE WITH JASON GRACE" because 1) it would be embarrassing, 2) it's not supposed to be a date, and 3) he was covered head to toe in grease, which said point would add onto point 1. He ran to his cabin, all while trying to hide from the line of sight of Jason. Once he made it, he sighed in relief, and was greeted by one of his cabin mates.

"Who was—oh Leo. What are you doing here?" The girl, whom he guessed was Nyssa, said.

"I just need a change of clothes as you can see, I'll just grab it and go," Leo said, awkwardly getting said clothes, and quickly scrambling out.

He ran back, trying to hide from the view of Jason, once again. It was successful, but he almost got grease on his new clothes.

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It was 4:58 PM, which meant in 2 minutes, Jason would come find him for the picnic. Leo made sure he didn't get too excited, made everyone go away for an hour, tried not to get grease on his clothes, got food that Jason liked, and had a great view of the sunset. He wanted this "date" to go perfect... or as close as perfect can get. Demigods don't get "perfect." He sat there for the last minute trying to figure out what he was going to say when Jason came.

"Hey Leo... I'm here, for the picnic," a voice said from behind, and Leo knew that was Jason. He took a deep breath and turned around. He had a chance to win Jason's heart and he was going to take it.