Because I Care

After

OK NUDITY SEX BOOBS NO DRUGS BUT HEY JUST KNOW WHAT YOU'RE READING (lol jk but seriously they are 'breasts' not boobs because i am a mature teenager /tries not to laugh)

after Percy and Annabeth's 'first time'
I could not resist the urge to write this i just could not.

Percy's heavy breaths seemed to echo around his apartment as he let Annabeth rest her head on his chest.

"You okay?" Percy whispered, asking the same question he had asked her so many times before and during.

She sat up in the dark, and Percy examined how beautiful his girlfriend was, naked or not. "Yeah," she answered back, leaning on her arm. "You?"

Percy just smiled, sitting up next to her in the dark. He grasped her hand in his, gently leaning his forehead against her temple. "Did it hurt?" he asked quietly. His lips grazed her shoulder.

Annabeth shook her head no, and he sighed with relief. No matter how good - how right - it had felt for him, none of it would have mattered if she had been hurting.

"I love you," she whispered into his skin, kissing his neck. Her finger tip-toed along his arm, finally resting on his collar bone.

"I love you, too," he breathed, letting his eyes glide shut. He pulled her closer. "So..."

"So," she agreed; he felt her smile against his ear.

In the tangle of sheets, Annabeth pulled the blankets over their heads. Facing each other, their bodies heating the small area in seconds. The outline of her curves were smooth and soft; he could not resist.

Percy reached out, caressing her breast like he had before until he realized she was just watching. He blushed, retracting his fingers; but she pulled them back, pressing his hand against her chest: he could feel her heart beat against his skin.

Annabeth was so, so beautiful. Her gray eyes shone in the darkness, like little light houses telling him that home was on the soft edges of her hips. Guilt suddenly swept Percy's heart off it's feet, and not in the good way.

"I'm sorry," he whispered to her. "Annabeth, I-"

She silenced him with her lips, and the light houses shut off, their purpose temporarily accomplished. There were zero layers between them, nothing keeping them apart.

Percy's hands kept her close, his fingers tracing her spine and circling around her shoulder blades as her arms tangled with his.

"You know," she whispered, "I never would have expected you to have a condom in your wallet."

Percy turned bright red. "Um... Paul gave it to me."

He could tell she was trying not to laugh.

"It was my birthday, okay?"

This time, she couldn't help but giggle. "Whatever you say, Seaweed Brain."

Quietly, Percy pulled her even closer, letting her rest on her stomach. He wanted to kiss ever inch of her again, tracing her scars with his lips until they disappeared.

"Tired?" he asked her, but her eyes were already closed, her fingers wrapped tightly around his wrist.

~~~

Annabeth woke to soft fingertips tickling her spine. Light from the window blinds created stripes on her pillow, and Percy's green eyes were staring.

"Hey," she whispered, stretching her arms. Suddenly cold, she realized she was butt-naked; then she remembered the night before.

"Hey," he replied back, his fingers never stopping as he ran them up and down her back. His face was so concentrated, so focused, Annabeth herself couldn't help but stare.

She reached out to touch his collar bone, but was intercepted by his other hand, warm to the touch.

"What're you doing," she asked, barely moving.

He smiled a little, and she noticed the hint of sadness that had surfaced in his crinkled eyes. "Nothing."

"What's wrong?"

"Everything 'cept you," he whispered, and finally met her gaze. "You're skin is, like, seriously soft, you know."

wow the ending is just what is that.

hope you liked it :) it was a little awkward to write while i was home alone in my room with my computer on but it's finished!

so the next update will be the last one for the story. i've really enjoyed the break from Jiper and Everlark, but i promise to update those as soon as possible!

"It's not a walk in the park to love each other.
But when our fingers interlock,
Can't deny, can't deny you're worth it
'Cause after all this time, I'm into you.
I should be over all the butterflies
But I'm into you
And baby even on our worst nights
I'm into you."
-Still Into You, Paramore.