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I long for every detail on the ptsd episode with Will. I know I will cry in so many different ways. I crave Will angst.
i would be happy to tell you. ahem. (be warned the concept is. a little ridiculous. nor do i know why i structured this like a poem but alas we carry on):
middle of the summer after the giant war.
something happens at dinner. who knows who started it (hermes cabin). there is a food fight.
someone gets WAY too intense and fucking. launches a watermelon at someone else.
they miss thankfully! but it splats on the stone
and everyone jumps cus the sound but then they’re back to laughing and throwing shit but will just.
freezes.
and starts to walk very slowly to the watermelon.
and tries to.
piece it back together.
and after a second people are looking like oh my god what’s going on what’s his deal….
and percy stands up and rushes over and he’s like hey, man. you okay? you good?
and the camp has gotten silent enough to hear a quiet, panicked i don’t know what to do, michael, what do i do, what do i
and percy gets this LOOK on his face this horrible look and he’s like will, it’s percy. can you look up at me? do you know where you are?
and he just gets increasingly hysterical. trying to put the pieces back together. red juice spilling down his arms and pooling on the inside of his elbows. michael what do i — michael! michael! it’s not working, i can’t — i can’t feel him! michael! michael —
there are very few people at camp who understand what’s happening.
but a handful of them.
know will is not seeing a watermelon right then.
percy is just holding wills wrists and clutching him tightly and just saying it’s okay, will, it’s okay, it’s okay over and over
crying himself
i don’t have an ending it would just be painful. i do however have the image of clarisse, watching aching and angry in the sidelines. i like to imagine her barking at everyone else to look the fuck away and mind their business. i like to imagine chris holding her hand, and her tightening, hard. her crying. the little kids in apollo crying, too, because they've never seen their brother like this before. maybe nico remembering a golden shroud and a boy around his age who couldn't stop sobbing.