A version straight after the giant war finished

Percy and Annabeth are at Camp (this is straight after the second Giant War.)

Nightmares, fluff, healing, and all that jazz soon!

First part is from the book Blood of Olympus, Rick Riordan gets all the credit, and I don't own Percy Jackson.

Annabeth

The second day after the battle, Romans and Greeks worked side by side to clean up the warzone and tend to the wounded. Coach Hedge had shown all the demigods his new baby boy named Chuck.

That night after a few songs at the campfire, Reyna and Frank had been called up to the front. A huge round of applause followed them.

Reyna started "Tomorrow we Romans must return home. We appreciate your hospitality, especially since we almost killed you -"

"You almost got killed," Annabeth corrected.

"Whatever Chase" Reyna retorted.

The crowd went oooooohhh! Then everyone laughed.

Frank started speaking "Anyway, Reyna and I agree this marks a new era of friendship between the camps."

"That's right" Reyna clapped Frank on his back. "For hundreds of years, the gods tried to separate us to keep us from fighting. But there's a better kind of peace – cooperation."

Piper stood up "Are you sure your mom is a war goddess?"

"Yes, McLean," Reyna said, "I still intend to fight a lot of battles. But from now on we fight together!"

Cheers went around loudly.

…

"So thank you," Reyna concluded, "All of you. We could've chosen hatred and war. Instead we found acceptance and friendship." She then walked up to Nico, who was standing to one side in the shadows, as usual. She grabbed his hand and pulled him in to the firelight where everyone could see him.

"We had one home," She said, "Now we have two."

She gave Nico a big hug, but rather than pulling away, Nico buried his face in Reyna's shoulder. The crowd roared with approval.

The next morning, Annabeth was changing and getting ready to go to breakfast, the Romans were scheduled to leave after breakfast. Annabeth would miss Frank and Hazel. She would miss Reyna too although they would keep in touch with the Romans.

Annabeth hadn't slept more than two hours in the past two nights. She and Percy had gone to Chiron privately and begged him to let them sleep together so they could actually sleep. But Chiron was reluctant, and still is.

Annabeth and Percy had been sleeping in their own respective cabins, but tonight, Will Solace had demanded them a check up, and for them to spend one night at least in the infirmary. Nico still had two days left in the infirmary. Will had told him that he can't use any 'underworld-y' powers for a while, until he was fully healed, and that Nico had to spend the next three days in the infirmary. Now that Annabeth knew Nico was gay, and she will say their encounter yesterday of Nico expressing his past feelings for Percy, to him, and Percy being utterly confused, was somewhat hilarious, but also cleared a few things up for Annabeth.

Annabeth tied her messy curls in to a ponytail, strapped her knife to her waist and headed out of the Athena cabin. On the way to the pavilion, Annabeth had caught up with Percy, looking rather miserable.

She jogged next to him and put a hand on his chest to stop him walking. They were about 30 meters from the dining pavilion. When Percy turned his head to look at Annabeth, she noticed straight away how red his eyes were, and puffy too – he had been crying.

Annabeth didn't even need to say anything, she understood completely. She enveloped her boyfriend in a tight embrace, fearing the worst if she ever let him be alone again. She didn't want him to feel the pain of her absence, much like the pain and worry she feels when he isn't standing there beside her, the pain of the nightmares and the flashbacks they get on occasion, the fear of something happening to either one of them.

Picturing Percy in his bed in the middle of the night, sweaty and silently crying because he couldn't get to Annabeth in the Athena Cabin, made Annabeth cry soundlessly.

After she could feel her own tears soaking Percy's shoulder, she pulled back.

"C'mon Wise Girl lets eat a full breakfast for a change."

He wiped her eyes gently with his two thumbs, and then slung an arm over her shoulders. Annabeth leant in to his warm body and they strode along together.

At breakfast, Annabeth sat with Percy at the Poseidon table. Sadly, Percy was alone again in his cabin, because yesterday, Tyson went back to the forges and spent some time with Poseidon in his fancy, underwater realm.

Annabeth felt Percy's stare when she came back from sacrificing some portion of her meal to Athena, she also prayed to Poseidon too – for Percy's sake.

She turned to face Percy once again, she would never, ever get tired of looking at Percy, looking deep in to his green eyes and seeing everything she has seen. But when Percy looked in to Annabeth's eyes, she could see his own eyes sparkled just that little bit more which made Annabeth happy. She was glad that she could be Percy's inspiration and motivation, as he was hers.

"Bad dreams again?" She asked him as he was slowly getting through a blueberry pancake.

"Yea." He took a few seconds before replying even more. He dropped his utensils back on his plate as if he were giving up. "I can't keep doing it without you, Annabeth. I need you at night times. Plus I don't want everyone seeing me like this every morning." He seemed to be genuinely self-conscious, but he was still serious. I mean, how would you feel if you saw your leader breaking down? Percy was blinking back tears. Annabeth put her fork down from eating a fruit salad, and placed both hands on either sides of Percy's face. She wiped his tears away with her thumbs and continued caressing his cheekbones idly, not caring about the others around her.

"From now on, I don't care about the rules, Seaweed brain. We have to stay in the infirmary tonight anyway, I'm sure we wont be that far away from each other. I'm coming to you no matter what tonight." She shrugged, "I have barely slept either. I need you too."

She slowly released her hands and grabbed his hands; she held them in between their closely joined bodies sitting on the bench.

After breakfast, Chiron had made an announcement, before they all said their final goodbyes. Hazel and Frank had come up to Percy and Annabeth, and we all hugged together. What felt like a few seconds later, another two people had joined our group hug – Piper and Jason.

It was the rest of the 7 altogether, the surviving crew of the Argo II, the ones who had seen and done the most, the ones who fulfilled the prophecy, the ones who were in the most pain, and the ones who lost a dear friend and ship captain. Annabeth could barely make out several campers around their group hug staring at them with sympathy.

It was a long time before anyone pulled away. But when they did, they all stood in a circle in silence – remembering the brave soul of Leo Valdez. Then Piper spoke up, "Right, you two" she directed it towards Frank and Hazel, "Stay in touch, stay safe and thank you, for everything." She blinked back tears.

A chorus of goodbyes came, and then the Romans had left soon after Annabeth had given Reyna a huge hug.

Will Solace wanted to get her and Percy in to the infirmary as soon as possible. He had been working so hard for two days straight, giving out ambrosia to minor wounded demigods, fixing major wounds, and keeping track of everything all at once. He should really get more credit for what he does in times like these – times where there isn't one demigod unharmed in some way.

Will had pulled Percy and Annabeth in to a separate, more private room. He said he needed to do a full inspection and write down a whole lot of medical stuff Annabeth was too tired to even try to think about. First he had weighed both her and Percy. Percy and Annabeth were definitely not at risk of being overweight you could say that. Both Percy and Annabeth had lost a lot of weight on the quest, from running around trying not to die – which was practically all the time – to not having a gourmet buffet three times a day in Tartarus.

Then Will did a full inspection of their cuts and other wounds all over their bodies, individually. Annabeth couldn't think of what the son of Apollo was writing down on his clipboard when he checked her back wounds.

While one of their (Percy or Annabeth's) wounds got checked, the other turned away, not wanting a re-cap of the memories. Annabeth knew both her and Percy had acquired numerous new scars – too deep for ambrosia to heal properly. After the check up, he had given Annabeth and Percy both a little bit of nectar to drink and a little cube of ambrosia to eat, whilst Will cleaned both of their injuries. He also did an inspection on Annabeth's pre-broken-ankle-that-never-really-healed-and-still-gets-sore-when-Annabeth-is-stressed-or-trips-over.

That night, Percy and Annabeth were put in separate beds, but in the same room, as per requesting that much. Although she suspected the son of Apollo knew why. They didn't have dinner with the rest of the camp especially because Will didn't want Annabeth putting pressure on her bad foot for a while. Will had brought them a magical camp plate each, so like usual they each thought of what they wanted for dinner and it appeared.

Apologising to the gods for not sacrificing their food for that night, they started chowing down a slice of pizza. Percy had a blue coke, as did Annabeth, as she was curious to find out what exactly is so alluring and addictive about the beverage that Percy keeps telling her about.

When lights out was called, Percy started crawling out of his bed, since it was easier for him – he didn't have a bad ankle. He made his way over – slightly bumping into a table on his way – to Annabeth's bed; it was just big enough to fit two people comfortably. Nevertheless, the two demigods snuggled up close to each other. They were both lying on their sides facing each other. Percy wrapped a protective arm around Annabeth's waist, whilst she bent both her arms in front of her, laying her palms on his warm chest.

"Hopefully we can actually get some sleep now" Annabeth tried for humor, but was too caught up in the moment, with Percy's warm breaths on her face, it tingled down her neck giving her shivers. Percy was looking in to Annabeth's eyes, as if reassuring her that he would do anything for her, that they would in fact sleep more comfortably in each other's arms that night, and hopefully for more nights to come.

"I'll be right here when the nightmares come" He replied solemnly.

Annabeth noticed how he didn't say if. He said when the nightmares come. But they both knew it. It wasn't a matter of if they came or not, they would be sure to plague their every night, every time they close their eyes, the nightmares would return. They survive purely on the fear the demigods get when trying but failing to wake up, to see what was really happening rather than the images that are no longer the present time, in their minds. They thrive when they succeed in making their victims scream and cry.

Percy and Annabeth's life was sure to be a struggle from then on – even without any other prophecies (fingers crossed) or any other quests (for now), the brave couple would still have to fight, whether it be mentally or physically, they would nonetheless have a long road ahead of them. But it's a road they can, and will take together - because that's all that matters to Annabeth now, that her and Percy were together.

"Ditto." Annabeth replied, showing a hint of a smirk. "I love you so much, Seaweed Brain"

Percy moved his face an inch closer, so their noses were touching. "There's nothing I love more than you, Wise Girl. And nothing will ever change that. Ever."

Annabeth leaned in just that little bit more, to bring her lips to his. Sparks flew whenever they kissed, and those sparks would never dim. Annabeth could feel Percy's hand, originally on her waist, slowly rising up her side, and moving to cup her cheek. They continue kissing, slowly but strongly - their passion never dying.

A few minutes later, Annabeth thinks, Percy is still kissing her, but he bends his other arm at the elbow, on the bed, to hold himself slightly above Annabeth's body. He pulls his mouth away and moves a strand of curly blonde hair behind her ear. Looking up at Percy hovering above her, made her heart flutter. She just wanted him for eternity; she never wanted to leave his side. It is at this point where Annabeth realised just how much she not only wanted Percy, but also needed her.

Percy helped her get through the night. But not only that, he was her fighting partner; they would always be standing back to back during a fight. Watching each other's blind sides. If Percy wasn't with her, then who would watch her back for her? Realistically she would be more than capable of taking care of herself, but it wouldn't feel the same, not by a long shot. Percy completed her. He knew her, and she knew him. They know how each other fight; they know each other's weaknesses. They've both seen the other at their worst. Percy chose to fall in to Tartarus with her, for her, rather than saving himself. He had told her, that letting her fall on her own hadn't even crossed his mind. She loved him even more for that, if that were possible.

Percy leaned down, but instead of kissing Annabeth's lips again, he tilted his head and he softly kissed her neck. Annabeth's head relaxed in to the pillow, and she had goose bumps on her arms. The touch of his lips tingled and the sensation in Annabeth's gut grew bigger. He continued delicately kissing down her neck, then her collarbone. He moved his way back up, and he soon was kissing the tender skin just below Annabeth's ear, where you could feel the outline of your jaw – that made her sigh louder than she wanted to, because he pulled away and stared and her with a grin on his face, knowing that he did that to her, he knew that was the spot. Hopefully he wouldn't use it to his advantage.

But in a situation like this, where Annabeth can't think straight, she was wrong. Percy kissed that spot once more, silently chuckling. Annabeth put her hands on both of Percy's strong upper arms. She moved her hands over his shoulders and then brought them down his back.

She touched his lower back with two fingers. Even though she knew Percy no longer carried the curse of Achilles, she did it just as a reminder. That's the spot that only her and Percy ever knew about. She was Percy's anchor to life; She was what made Percy want to stay mortal.

It was also a reminder of the knife she took to her shoulder – to protect and save Percy's life, even if she hadn't known that at the time, Annabeth was so, so glad she took that knife for him, and she would never regret it for a second.

Annabeth didn't know where this was going, she just knew she loved being with Percy, and that he was making her feel loved right now; and that was all she needed.

Annabeth grasped both sides of Percy's face and brought his face above hers. Somehow, between the kisses, Percy had shifted his body so he was now directly on top of Annabeth, straddling her body.

She brought his lips down to hers for a final good night kiss. After pulling back, she moved the long dark hair that dangled down in front of his eyes (which she loved by the way) away, so she could see his eyes fully.

She whispered, "Let's do this again some time, but right now, unfortunately, I'm really tired Seaweed Brain. Just… hold me." She pleaded.

"Anything you want Wise Girl." He smirked, and then got off of Annabeth. Annabeth felt some of the heat go away when he wasn't on top of her anymore.

She turned in to him, and together they fit like puzzle pieces. They resumed their original position, with Percy's arm wrapped protectively around Annabeth's waist, and her arms being in front of her, laying her palms on his chest, until they both fell asleep.

Hey everyone! I've written so many versions of Percabeth's time after the Giant War and its so hard to just pick one version to share with you guys! so I'm gonna get parts from the different stories I've written, the parts I love most about in each story and put them together to make this story! I really hope you like it and I would really appreciate it if you REVIEW! thank you so much if u do, you're just that much more awesome :)