Short Percabeth Job Interview AU
Percy Jackson was currently being interviewed by a beautiful yet seriously terrifying blonde woman that was about his age. Her grey eyes seemed to be boring into his soul. It feels like she knows he’s not really an adult and had to ask his mom and the internet how to tie a tie. Shit. Shit. How was he going to feed his dog now? Shit.
“Last question for you Mr. Jackson” Mr. Jackson, Percy thinks sounds incredibly professional and the way she says it her voice cool and confident makes him feel like she’s the kind of person who knows exactly what she’s doing which she probably does
“Sure,” he says going for a smile he knows would look either goofy or nervous. Hell, maybe even both.
“What qualities do you think describes you best?” she asks him
Screwed was a word best used to describe Percy in this moment. There were a million things going around his head. All of them unhelpful.
He remembers how he read somewhere that when asked these types of questions he should answer with his Hogwarts house traits. He didn’t have any better idea so he just went for it.
“I guess the qualities that best describe me are cunning, resourceful, and ambitious,” Percy says
Then Annabeth looks at him weirdly for a second and then smiles a little bit. When she smiles it made her less scary and seriously beautiful. Leave it to Percy fucking Jackson to get a crush on his pretty yet totally terrifying job interviewer.
“Ah, so you’re a Slytherin?” she asked humor in her voice
Screwed. Percy’s mind echoes Fuck it. He decides to go with it.
What happened next was a bit of a blur. All he remembered was his mouth was moving and she had this amused expression on her face. By the end of it she smiled like a real actual smile.
“You know I pegged you more of a hufflepuff,” she says conversationally
He almost choked on air “Why is that?”
“Well, before we interview a person we call their references first. From what I’ve heard you are hardworking, loyal, and dedicated”
“I’m not a very patient person,” Percy says then kicks himself mentally
“Hmm,” Annabeth hums and you could see she was already thinking something up. Evaluating Percy, judging him.
“What house are you?” Percy asks and then regrets immediately
Annabeth pauses then says “I think I’m a mix of Slytherin or Ravenclaw”
“Slytherclaw,” Percy says. Goodness gracious why can’t he stop?
She just smiles “Sure. Why not.”
“It was a pleasure meeting you Mr. Jackson,” she says as she stands up and shakes his hand. It feels like it wasn’t such a total lie every interviewer says to everyone
“Please call me Percy, and it was a pleasure meeting you too Ms. Chase” he said shakes her hand
“Percy,” she repeats his name “Truly this was an interesting interview. You’ll hear from us very soon” she says just before he leaves. He gives another nervous smile and says thanks though he doesn’t know why
A few days later he gets the call saying he got the job. Then a confirmation email from a Ms. Annabeth Chase with the parting words:
We hope to work with you and your Slytherin talents to further our shared mission and vision.
Ms. Annabeth Chase (slytherclaw)
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