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[Will opens the video with his usual friendly smile, his guitar in his lap and his arms draped and dangling lazily over the side of it as he taps out an idle rhythm with his fingers.]

So I have a few things I was thinking about and was hoping people might be able to help me with some of them.

The first thing I was thinking of is if anyone else here plays any instruments? Or even sings? [Will gives a playful, single strum of his guitar with a grin.] I know at least one person here besides me does. [He's looking at you, Rose.] I was just thinking about how all my siblings had at least some talent with musical instruments and we would often lead the campfire singalongs back at the camp where I live or we would just mess around and jam in the Apollo cabin. I'm starting to really miss it so I thought it might be fun if people wanted to get together and just jam together some times.

The other thing was if anyone's any good at working with metal? I have a few things I'd like to build but I definitely don't have any talent for it.

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[Will looks a bit puzzled for a moment.] What does me healing Annabeth have to do with Kronos not winning?

I wanted to impress you, you know. Do something cool to get you to notice me, and then you showed up, and I had to go into scolding doctor mode instead. I could tell you were irritated with me but then I got irritated right back when you were so blind to the fact that not everyone thought you were creepy. I didn't want you to disappear forever, especially before I even had a chance to tell you that I liked you and thought you were amazing.

[He takes one of Nico's hands, holding it between both of his own and palm up so he can rub his thumb against it gently.] I know we all have our own roles to play and I know what mine is but... it's hard to have to stay back sometimes, even if I know it's the right thing to do. [He thinks about when Paolo got hurt and Kayla and Austin went missing, how he wanted so badly to go after his sister and brother and look for them - he was the head of the Apollo cabin, they were his siblings, he was responsible for them as the counselor - but being a medic had to come first. Being a medic always had to come first.]

[ he can see the concern in will's eyes, feels it radiate from him as it always seems to. that medic part of him that will never go away. coupled with his warmth and the feel of his thumb against his palm, he shudders a little. but pleasantly. ]

Didn't you know? It was by giving her dagger to Luke that the prophecy was fulfilled. Percy told me about it. How she she gave Luke the dagger and he sacrificed himself to destroy Kronos.

[ settling his other hand atop the one covering his, he tilts his head to make sure their eyes are meeting. ]

Every time you save a life, that's one more life that could make a difference in the fate of the world. That's huge, Will. I didn't understand that at first, when we met back then at camp, but by saving my life, we were able to bring peace to the camps without further bloodshed and ultimately you taught me that life is better to choose over death.

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... Oh. I never really put that together. Yeah, I guess you're right. [He smiles at him warmly in gratitude.] And you'd better chose life over death. If you ever go back to the Underworld once we get back home, then I am absolutely following you down there. You're stuck with me forever, di Angelo.

I won't let you become another Othello, caro mio. Don't worry. [ brushes his nose against will's. ]

Can't say I'm familiar with that one... Who was he again?

Used his lyre to crack open the earth and find a path to the Underworld in order to find his dead wife. The only stipulation was that he couldn't look back at her and at the last moment, he did, losing her forever.

[ another brush of his nose. ]

I won't let you lose me and I won't lose you.

[Scrunches his nose up in slight confusion.] Wasn't that Orpheus?

I will definitely keep that in mind though. If I ever need to go to the Underworld for any reason and someone tells me the only way you can get out is if you don't do this one thing, I will make absolutely sure to not do the one thing.

I seem to be getting my dead people mixed up. [ makes a face, eyes going crossed as he buries his face in the crook of will's neck. ]

Good. Though hopefully that won't ever be the case.

[That makes Will laugh.] Cute. [He presses a kiss to the top of Nico's head.] Yeah, let's hope so.