(Fem.) Percy meets Spidey

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"Percy, let go." I shook my head and held tight to Dad as he stood in the room I was going to be staying in. Dad sighed and pulled me away from him before sitting me on the bed. He sat beside me. "I'm going to have to call your mother and tell her that you're staying the night. And about your PTS-"

"No."

"She needs to know where you are."

"I wasn't saying no to that. She doesn't need to know about my PTSD."

Dad pressed his lips together before nodding. "Fine. How about you go explore the palace for a while? If you're going to be spending weekends here, you're going to have to learn your way around." He walked out of the bedroom, leaving me alone to do whatever I wanted.

And since I couldn't think of anything better to do, I actually did what Dad suggested and explored the palace. That took all day. Like how many different hallways do you need? Though those did keep me from running into Triton, which I appreciate, because oh boy would he be upset that I'm here.

I made my way back to my room, eating a snack I snagged from the kitchen. I changed into some pajamas and jumped onto the bed. I laid there for a little bit, eventually getting up to pace around the room, scenarios running wild through my head. The water around me began to churn as I wrapped my arms around myself, nails digging into my sides.

The door opened and I glanced at Dad before continuing my pacing, my breathing becoming shallower when I felt his gaze follow me.

Dad grabbed my shoulder. "Hey, hey. Sit down. Deep breaths." He guided me over to the bed. Sitting beside me, his eyes trained on my arms, which were still tightly wrapped around myself. He pried them away from my stomach and held them loosely. His gaze shifted to train on my face as I tried to steady my breathing. Tears fell down my face, mixing with the water around me. Dad pulled me close to his chest, running the fingers of one hand through my hair while his other hand pulled my arm to wrap around him.

"Sh...it's okay. Nothing is going to hurt you. Not here. Come on, just calm down--" his aura swept around me, forcing every emotion aside. I shuddered and relaxed against him. "There you go, that's it. Just calm down." He said before pressing a kiss to the top of my head. I looked up at him, wiping my eyes with my free arm. I stared at him. He chuckled softly. "Are you surprised that I'm doing this for you?"

I nodded.

Dad sighed. "Just because I'm a god doesn't mean that I don't care about you. If I didn't care, I wouldn't go against my brother in his votes. I wouldn't have came in here. And I wouldn't be sitting next to you right now."

"But-"

"No buts, Percy. You're my daughter. And I know that I haven't been able to be there for you before, but now I'm going to do everything I can to be there for you." A small smile rose to my face and I leaned back towards him, moving my arms so they were wrapped around his neck. I rested my head against his shoulder and he pressed a kiss to my temple. "I love you," he mumbled. "I don't care if you love me or not. You need to know that I do love you." He released me. "Now get to bed. It's late and your mother will want you home first thing in the morning."

"You better not be taking that as being midnight."

"I'm not cruel, Percy. Get some sleep." He stood up and walked towards the door. I sighed and crawled under my blankets, turning to try to get comfortable. I closed my eyes, and then opened them when I felt someone move the blankets.

"Are you seriously tucking me in?" I raised an eyebrow as Dad pulled another blanket up over me.

"And what if I am?" he asked, tucking the blanket around me.

"I'm not a little kid Dad."

"To me you're basically a toddler. I mean Hermes stole cattle the day he was born, Artemis helped deliver Apollo. So yes Percy, you are a little kid."

I groaned and rolled onto my side. "Goodnight Dad."

"Give me a kiss."

"Goodnight Dad." I repeated.

"Percy."

"Dad."

"Perseus."

I sighed and sat up, ruining Dad's job of tucking me in. I gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"There. That wasn't so hard now was it?" He smiled at me before kissing my forehead and tucking me in again. "If you need anything, I'm right down the hall. Triton's room is right next to yours if you want him. And I think you already found the kitchen so I don't need to tell you where that is. Goodnight Percy." He finally walked out of the room, leaving me to stare up at the ceiling and mess around with some water.

It wasn't that I'm not tired, cause I definitely am. But I just don't want to sleep. If I sleep, I'll have a nightmare. And if I have a nightmare that will make people worry. And if people worry, then they're not going to treat me the same. And if they don't treat me the same...

Would I still be the same person?

Okay so I came home from the family reunion yesterday and went to bed at around four

Woke up at nine then went back to bed at around midnight and then woke up at 7 this morning

So...I typed this like all today I think

I honestly cant remember anything I typed for this chapter

But what did you think?

And I'm gonna go carry a bunch of encyclopedias into my room cause my mom told me to get them out of the living room

See yah