Curate, connect, and discover
we were stolen of a Percy/Hazel friendship after he got his memories back. they never interacted again in their own POVs and never got to talk about Percy’s past. (meanwhile he learned everything about Hazel in like 4 days)
because when Nico admitted to Hazel that he knew Percy in the beginning of SoN, he tells her about how powerful Percy is. but he doesn’t talk about their relationship, she doesn’t know what Percy means to him, and I’m not even talking about his feelings.
there should have been a scene in MoA, while Nico’s kidnapped, where they talked. imagine Hazel learning that Percy was the one who brought Nico to Camp Half Blood. That he knew Bianca too. That he was there when she died. Bianca was the reason Nico was in the Underworld when he found Hazel. And Percy had a connection to them this whole time. even the Great Prophecy connect them more than Hazel and Nico. because that was the reason Nico was sent to the Lotus in the first place. and the reason Percy took it upon himself was so it wouldn’t fall on Nico’s shoulders. imagine actually showing Percy being concerned for Nico during that argument with Jason and Leo. and his friendship with Hazel getting stronger.