"do you think my dad loved my mom?" percy softly asks, his hands running through the water of the lake.
"i think so, yeah," i reply
"then why did he leave her? why did she...why did she have to marry gabe..why was she all alone?" tears threaten to come out of his eyes
"she wasn't alone percy, she had you. and i think gods feel love differently then we do...their lifespans are a lot longer. so what feels like years to us, is only minutes to them. they fall in love quickly, but fall out of it just as fast"
"what about you, did your mom love your dad?" he asks
"i...i don't know. i like to think so, it would make everything easier," i mutter out
"do you think any of them actually love who they have kids with?" he questions
"i think for most of us, we aren't children born out of love. but maybe that's because i can be a bit pessimistic when it comes to love. iconic huh?" i breathe out a soft chuckle
"maybe just a bit," he laughs out "i mean, it's hard to imagine love lasting when everything else changes so quickly, right?" i say, watching the ripples in the water move around my fingers.
"yeah, i get that," percy replies, his voice quieter now, like he's thinking it over. "i just... i don't want to end up like that. you know? like, not even knowing if it was real or not."
"i think love's complicated, percy. it doesn't always look the way we want it to. sometimes it's messy, sometimes it's not enough... but that doesn't mean it was fake," i tell him, my eyes drifting to the sky, trying to find the right words. "maybe love is just about what we do with the time we have, how we make it matter while it lasts."
"maybe," he says, pausing. "i just wish it was clearer. i wish people didn't hurt each other so much, you know?"
"me too," i reply, my voice soft. "but hurt doesn't always mean it wasn't real. sometimes, it just means people don't know how to handle everything they feel."
"i guess," percy murmurs, a little more at ease. "it's just... hard."
"yeah, it is," i agree, turning to look at him. "but we learn, right? even if it's slow."
"yeah," he says, looking up at me with that faint smile again. "we learn."
A/N...I KNOW ITS SHORT OKAY😭😭 i haven't been updating like i want to, but between college prep and work and life...i've been slacking...i'll try and actually update these stories🙏🙏
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Fanfiction"i don't hate you," my voice was barely a whisper against his chest "i know sweetheart," he murmured, his arms tightening around me i looked up at him, my eyes brimming with tears, "but i should hate you," i confess "you should," he cupped my face...
