[Leo didn't know how to feel. Everything that had happened the last few days...
It was a lot.
He was so glad to have Percy and Annabeth back. He had beat himself up so much about them falling into the Tartarus in the first place. But even with them back, even with them succeeding in closing the Doors to Death and being so close to beating Gaea and the Giants, he felt like something was missing.
Of course, he knew exactly what it was: his heart. He left it back on Ogygia, when he left Calypso. He tried to hide how upset he was about that, but he knew he couldn't fool all of them, not forever. Jason and Piper, especially. They knew him too well. Plus Hazel had already figured it out. And he knew at some point, one of them would want to talk about it. Things were calm, at least for the moment, so someone would try.
Which is exactly why he volunteered to take over watch on his own, sitting on the deck and watching the stars. It was a boring job, but at least he was alone. He wasn't doing too great at the whole keeping watch thing, though, having gotten lost in his own thoughts, wondering if Calypso was looking up at the stars and thinking of him....
But then Leo heard something and he snapped to attention, flailing and fumbling up onto his feet and putting his usual five pound hammer from his toolbelt.]
W-Who's there? [...Way to sound all strong and brave, Valdez.]
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It was a lot.
He was so glad to have Percy and Annabeth back. He had beat himself up so much about them falling into the Tartarus in the first place. But even with them back, even with them succeeding in closing the Doors to Death and being so close to beating Gaea and the Giants, he felt like something was missing.
Of course, he knew exactly what it was: his heart. He left it back on Ogygia, when he left Calypso. He tried to hide how upset he was about that, but he knew he couldn't fool all of them, not forever. Jason and Piper, especially. They knew him too well. Plus Hazel had already figured it out. And he knew at some point, one of them would want to talk about it. Things were calm, at least for the moment, so someone would try.
Which is exactly why he volunteered to take over watch on his own, sitting on the deck and watching the stars. It was a boring job, but at least he was alone. He wasn't doing too great at the whole keeping watch thing, though, having gotten lost in his own thoughts, wondering if Calypso was looking up at the stars and thinking of him....
But then Leo heard something and he snapped to attention, flailing and fumbling up onto his feet and putting his usual five pound hammer from his toolbelt.]
W-Who's there? [...Way to sound all strong and brave, Valdez.]