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On Your Toes (Percabeth Ballet AU) Five Works, ratings T through E

Percy, a young soloist with The New York City Ballet, had gotten used to his spot in the back of the room, content with his role in the fourth cast of the company's upcoming production of "The Sleeping Beauty." But when the principal male lead gets injured, he's given the chance to dance with Annabeth -- the company's star, recently back after a long leave of absence. He's got one chance to dance with her in rehearsal. As he takes his spot at the front of the room, he knows that this is not simply a rehearsal. It's an audition. The sudden retirement of Annabeth's ex-finacé had left one male principal spot open in the company, and Percy is determined to finally earn his promotion.

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G Rated

Christmas Lists, Christmas Gifts Chapters 1/1

Percy was pretty good at getting gifts for Annabeth. She wasn’t that subtle about what she wanted. He was sure his wife wanted a dog. He was going to get her dream dog for Christmas. ~ Annabeth spent weeks subtly trying to get Percy to say what kinds of dogs he might like. Ever since they moved back to New York, and he’d once again left Mrs. O'Leary in New Rome, her husband had been a bit bummed out, staring wistfully at every dog they passed on the street. She was sure he’d love to get a puppy for Christmas. And she was going to get it for him.

A Little (Vegan) Treat Chapters 1/1

Percy had wanted to open up a bakery, but a coffee shop that sold pastries seemed a lot more lucrative. In hindsight he was glad he did. Every day, Annabeth - a young professional about his age - started her day with one of his soy lattes. He wasn't sure if she was actually a vegan or dairy-free, but she inspired him to add a few new vegan treats to the menu anyway.

T Rated

silence and slow time Chapters 1/1

Intellectually he knew that somehow eighteen years had passed since her arrival (birth?), but in his mind she was still seven -- that scared, smart, sweet little girl. He’d seen her plenty in the last few years, sure, he knew she had grown up, but she … she was still so little when he thought about her. ~ Fred invites Percy and Annabeth to stay Thanksgiving their first year of college, and for the first time, Fred really needs to confront that his daughter is an adult now. He wants to connect with her and remind her that she is part of the family. So, of course, he manages to say all of the wrong things.

Ever After Chapters 42/?

Percy and Annabeth have dreaming about their future together and their kids since they were teenagers. It's past time they got their happy, domestic future. This is a drabble collection of stories from their future life in New York City with their four daughters.

E Rated

#fic list #pinned post #percabeth #percy jackson and the olympians

leenfiend

Can u tell I love their loser fail dynamic

Plugging our pjo zine applications again too @twofoldzines

I understand why Percy goes to New Rome U, I'm just saying that he's going to take his first bite of a California bagel and burst into tears.

#missing new jersey bagels like crazy right now won't lie #percy jackson

nicothespy

most of you forget piper has a canonical girlfriend (including rick.) (rick write a book on them)

lizzibennet

no but really percy jackson has been such a huge part of my life for such a long time i’m not prepared for it to end

lizzibennet

#a monkeys paw really curled for all of us

Renaissance is one of my favorite albums and I keep thinking about your percabeth series on the songs!!! Plastic off the sofa is SO them. especially the I think you're so cool (even though I'm cooler than you) part

Plastic Off the Sofa has truly become one of my go-to Percabeth songs, and I always picture Annabeth when I get to that bit. It's so perfect for them.

I did start a Plastic Off the Sofa fic a while ago. I thought I had written like ... at least half of it. But when I looked at the wip just now it was just the two pages of set up. So it goes!

Now that my dissertation is done, I'm hoping to get back to fic writing, but right now my brain needs a rest from constant writing. But hopefully soon we will see more Renaissance smut fics and maybe even modern royals chapter 5.

#percabeth

Do you ever wonder if Athena fully consciously creates her children, or could it be like a hyper fixation?

Like how regular birth can take a lot of time and effort, what if when she meets a mortal and gets the idea for a new child, it’s almost becomes like a obsession until it’s fully formed?

I'll be honest, I've never thought about it much. I assume she decides when to have the kid, as so all the female gods when they're with mortals, but I don't know how much effort it takes. I also don't think she's building them like Sims. I think at most she's got control of hair and eye color (that seems consistent with canon) and maybe the sex, but I don't think she can plan their final forms or anything.

#athena

roygbivv

“My baby and his girlfriend 💙”

(A caption on Sally Jackson’s Facebook post probably)

(Click for better quality <3)

My “WIP” is now coloured!

Listen… if you want clean crisp lineart, you’re in the wrong place lmao. I sorta, maybe clean up and sketch and call ‘er a day.

Like I’ve said before, Sally has a whole album of these two snuggling. Plus, she definitely put a #bonusdaughter on that FB post!!

Annabeth is her baby too guys 😭😭

your fics are such a gift 💓 how do you envision percy and annabeth's relationship evolving when they become parents, in terms of their intimacy, how much time they're able to spend together. they've been the centre of each others lives since they were kids and i know they really want the kids, but it's interesting to see how they grow and take out time for each other as parents too

Thank you so much!

The definitely have strategies and routines to make sure that they don't just Become Parents, but that they continue to really be partners too. When the girls are particularly young, this isn't always easy, but they really do their best. One of the reasons they knew they wanted to raise their kids in the city was to be close to support networks of grandparents and friends who can help with childcare. It also means a much shorter commute for Annabeth, so she can spend more time with her kids during the week, so that she can justify spending more time with Percy on weekends.

They also get a lot of great advice from that extended community that they have. In my version of the universe, Clarisse has some kids already, so she probably told them like: "When the baby comes, you're going to want to kill each other, because you're both going to be tired, dirty, and confused all the time. Remember, you two are a team, she is the enemy." And things like that, those little reminders or guidance from others on how to stay sane and connected to each other make a real difference.

Even though the sex probably needs to be, on average, shorter, quieter, and less involved than before, they do still have it pretty regularly. There are definitely some nights that get interrupted by a baby trying to crawl into bed, but this is not so frequent that it becomes a big barrier.

I also think dates are important to them. Either a Friday night or weekend afternoon/evening, like I wrote here, where they can just be together, kid-free for a while. Vacations also help with this, and they will try to take a couples vacation at least once ever other year for that kind of retreat.

They also really value the little things. Sharing a few hours at the end of the day to watch a show together, or Percy going out of his way to make her laugh, or her taking five minutes to call him when he gets done with school for the day just to check in before he picks up the girls from school. Those things are what really matters to them the most, and if they went away, it would be a sign to them that something was wrong with the relationship.

On that note, I think maybe my most controversial head canon in this realm is that they would go to couples therapy at least once a month. Most of these meetings are just maintenance. It's a spot for them to really check in with themselves and one another, with the guidance of a professional who can help them work through any snags. They know they won't be interrupted either, and because they aren't in their home, they know no girls will overhear. So it's a great way for them to also talk about kid-related issues without kids overhearing and having their feelings hurt. They think of it as like an oil change - you do the little bit of maintenance on the car periodically to prevent it from breaking down. After these meetings, they also usually take two hours or so to either have a little date with each other (lunch, a walk, a movie) or they take some solo time, whatever they feel they need to come back to each other stronger at the end of the day.

They know when they start having kids that most of their time is going to involve child care, whether that is taking care of a new born or getting kids to karate practice on time. So while their one-on-one time does significantly decrease with each new kid, they do feel like they were ready for that transition. And the lovely thing they get to discover is that, while one-on-one emotional and physical intimacy is still very much necessarily to their relationship, moments with the kids do not inherently lack emotional intimacy between the two of them. Their kids are expressions of their love, and they way they each care for the daughters is an extension of that love. Percy sees his daughters as tiny Annabeth's, and Annabeth sees them as tiny Percy's. It makes Percy feel so loved to see qualities of himself in his daughters, and to see Annabeth value, support, and (in some case) encourage those behaviors or kindly help the kid work through them if they are self destructive. And this goes both ways.

#future canon #percabeth #percy jackson #annabeth chase #percababies

I love your future canon fics so much! Have you ever thought about what colleges and majors do all the four girls have in the future?

Thanks! I have ~

Sophia is very Annabeth-brained and goes to a specialized high school for math and science. She ends up getting into Harvard and MIT for Engineering, and she ends up choosing MIT. She for sure gets at least an MA if not a PhD in engineering. She is second most likely to move far away from home to pursue education and career opportunities.

Nella takes after the writer-historian-English teacher side of the family and wants to be an English lit major, maybe with a bit of theatre or creative writing. She knows she does not have Ivy League ambitions from pretty early into high school, but she does apply to some non-Ivy caliber schools in Boston. But ultimately she decides to stay at home through college and go to Brooklyn College as a commuter. She just knows that being far away from home, even if Sophia and her grandpa are there in Boston, is not going to work out for her.

Olivia is the one I think most likely to not take a traditional route. I don't think she really ever enjoyed school that much; she's very much got Percy's personality. She might take a gap year and work in restaurants a bit. Or she might get an associates or bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management as a back up plan. But I think she ultimately wants to go and work in a fast paced-hands on culinary school and kitchen. Percy and Annabeth are happy to support her in whatever career ambitions she has, even if it doesn't include a traditional college path. She stays in New York through most of her late teens and early twenties working where she can, but she's the most likely to travel for her career, either abroad or to other major US cities for work or training.

Rosie is the one who finally goes and maintains the Harvard legacy. I think she does some sort of polisci or international relations degree before going to law school. They are all a little convinced she might be the president or something. She's definitely the coolest of the girls as she gets older. She's just got a real ease about her, and she naturally dresses like Caroline Kennedy. She is pretty committed to staying in the North East; she just does not have the vibe of someone who would like LA. So she lives her life between Boston and New York - and Orlando, Fl. Her big secret is she does remain a Disney fan/adult for the rest of her life where all the other girls grew out of it, and this does embarrass her but not enough to try and change. She's this supper cool high powered Harvard Law grad working on big human rights cases, and she secretly loves Minnie Mouse more than most people.

I will say I'm not too interested in writing these girls as adults, mostly because ... look Fred Chase was probably in his late twenties early thirties when he had Annabeth. If I write them as adults ... Fred's going to get pretty old. And I don't want to deal with that.

#percababies #future canon #percabeth #percy jackson #annabeth chase

in honor of Mother’s Day would love to see how Annabeth finds out she is pregnant with Sophia in future canon!

I've written that!

#future canon

annaethchase

happy mother’s day to sally jackson specifically

Which percabeth daughter will most like to going to be a cheerleader?

Hmmm. Honestly, I don't really see that for any of them, but that might be an author limitation. I was never the cheerleader sporty kid.

Sophia I think is the most natural answer. She's the outgoing blonde kid. She kind of matches the type. But I do think that she would get bored of it if she wasn't doing the high intensity competitive cheer. If she was just doing your average high school cheer team, where most of the work is dancing and chanting with a few stunts, I don't think she'd be that interested in it.

The other one I could imagine is Rosie, because Rosie's personality is a little bit based on my sister, who was a varsity cheerleader. My sister did cheer from a very young age through senior year of high school, but she was never a super peppy kid, she was very sassy and a bit mean (to me specifically), but there she was every Saturday cheering on the football team and doing a great job.

I don't mean to be disparaging to cheerleaders, by the way. I have always been on team "cheer leading is a sport.," and I have huge respect for it. I've just never thought of it as a thing that these characters might do.

#future canon #percabaies

dranktwocoffees

LAME cousin: nico those are real swords be careful eat your vegetables. oh god i sound like my mom

COOL cousin: i crashed the sun

If you’re a George Balanchine fan and a messy bitch who loves drama, and you’re not following John Clifford on Instagram, what are you doing? The hate this man has in his heart for Peter Martins and present day NYCB that manifests as passive aggressive, multi paragraph Instagram captions is incredible.