Leo Valdez x Reader/Nico x Reader

Leo Is a Mortal

Sucktastic. The one word that describes my life perfectly. As a daughter of Hepheastus, I definitely don't have the prettiest face in the world. So, it's a wonder why an Aphrodite boy fell for me. Well, actually it was fake. But, why did he choose me? I was ugly, constantly covered in grease, and my hair looked like a half-dead thing attached to my head. 

Anyway, I left Camp just to wander around. I arranged my hair in a decent manner, changed my clothes, and left. As I was walking, I heard pretty decent singing. I followed the sound to see a boy around my age sitting on a bench tuning his guitar.  He then began to sing.

"She just wants to be beautiful
She goes unnoticed, she knows no limits
She craves attention, she praises an image
She prays to be sculpted by the sculptor
Oh, she don't see the light that's shining
Deeper than the eyes can find it
Maybe we have made her blind
So she tries to cover up her pain and cut her woes away
'Cause cover girls don't cry after their face is made

But there's a hope that's waiting for you in the dark
You should know you're beautiful just the way you are
And you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful
Oh-oh, oh-oh
And you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful

She has dreams to be an envy, so she's starving
You know, covergirls eat nothing
She says beauty is pain and there's beauty in everything
What's a little bit of hunger?
I could go a little while longer, she fades away
She don't see her perfect, she don't understand she's worth it
Or that beauty goes deeper than the surface
Oh, oh
So to all the girls that's hurting
Let me be your mirror, help you see a little bit clearer
The light that shines within

There's a hope that's waiting for you in the dark
You should know you're beautiful just the way you are
And you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful

Oh-oh, oh-oh
And you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful

No better you than the you that you are (no better you than the you that you are)
No better life than the life we're living (no better life than the life we're living)
No better time for your shine, you're a star (no better time for your shine, you're a star)
Oh, you're beautiful, oh, you're beautiful

And there's a hope that's waiting for you in the dark
You should know you're beautiful just the way you are
And you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful
Oh-oh, oh-oh
And you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful."

The song made me feel wanted. I applauded and handed him some money. I left in much better spirits.

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College. I was in college now. It was my lasst year here. You had seen a familiar boy on campus, but you brushed it off. Till now. You were walking down Washington Street towards to Life Science Circle. (Y'all, this is based off of Virginia Tech. I've been there twice, so.... yeah. I memorized parts of it specifically for this!!) Out of nowhere, a boy on a skateboard rounded the edge of the building... And smacked into you. 

You flew onto the grass in front of one of the buildings. Shouting. Ringing. Darkness. 

When you woke up, that boy you recognized was sitting near you humming 'Fight Song' by Rachel Platten. When he saw you were awake, he helped you up and explained how a friend of his cough Percy cough had hit you with his skateboard. The two of you became really close after that.