Demeter sat at her wheat throne during the latest Olympian Zoom Call™ with a cup of tea, chuckling to herself.
“I have a daughter named Persephone…” she mused, swirling her tea, “…and now a granddaughter named Persephone Jackson.”
She leaned forward. “This is peak family branding.”
🌊 The Loophole War: Gender Edition 🌊
Down at Camp Half-Blood, things spiraled immediately after Persephone Jackson strutted into the dining pavilion with oceanic waves tumbling down her back.
Silena: “So… since gender is fluid… like, literally fluid… wouldn’t that make her more of an Aphrodite kid now?”
Aphrodite’s symbol shimmered above the pavilion like a glitter bomb, winking.
Aphrodite (sultry voice in everyone’s heads): “Correct, my darling.”
Dionysus, lounging with grape soda: “Excuse me, I’m literally the god of all gender and transformation. I should get the primary claim rights.”
Clarisse, mouth full of steak: “Didn’t realize we were doing lawyer battles now.”
Triton crossed his arms. “As family, the sea has the strongest claim. Gender-fluid like the tides, thank you.”
⚡ It Escalates Quickly ⚡
• Apollo: “Technically, Persephone sings. The musical claim is mine.”
• Artemis: glaring murderously
• Demeter: “She’s named after me. Bloodline rights.”
• Dionysus: “Transgender patron privileges.”
• Aphrodite: “Goddess of love says mine, sit down.”
• Poseidon: “She’s my kid, everyone can get shipwrecked.”
It was absolute chaos, again.
🔥 And Then It Happens… 🔥
Suddenly the hearth fire at camp flared up, golden and warm, silencing everyone. The bickering stopped cold.
In the flames, a soft voice chuckled.
“Honestly,” said Hestia, her presence peaceful but mischievous, “hearth claims Persephone Jackson.”
The gods: 😳
The campers: 😳
The entire camp: 😨
In the flickering flames, Hestia was absolutely giggling like a gremlin, roasting marshmallows with divine power.
“You can argue about sea claims and gender rights all you want… but nothing says family more than the hearth.”
🏕️ Camp Half-Blood, Minutes Later 🏕️
Persephone Jackson, sitting next to a very smug hearth fire, popped a golden marshmallow into her mouth.
Annabeth, whispering, “You okay?”
Persephone shrugged. “I’ve been claimed by like… nine gods this week and apparently my gender now changes divine jurisdiction.”
Clarisse: “You’re fine. Wanna pummel some dummies later?”
Persephone: “Sure.”
In the distance, Hestia roasted another marshmallow, cackling quietly while Aphrodite and Dionysus sulked and Poseidon muttered about hearth theft.
Reblog if you're autistic but you learned to mask young and so instead of letting yourself have meltdowns that could help reset your nervous system, you just post gifs of people screaming and hope it helps relieve the crushing pressure in your chest.
My Over-Whelmed Heart (Jake Lockley x GN Autistic Reader)
Marvel Masterlist
Warnings: Reader has a meltdown, Self Harm, Angst, Detailed Meltdown
A/N: I know not all people with Autism act or respond to situations like this, I am going off my own experience since I have Autism
A/N: Jake Lockley x GN Reader, Marc Spector x GN Reader (Minor), Steven Grant x GN Reader (Minor)
Summary: Steven comes home to a situation he wasn’t prepared for so Jake immediately takes the reins for everyone's safety and helps you through your meltdown.
Steven had no idea what to do he has never seen it this bad before. He just came home from work only to see you crying on the kitchen floor while clawing at your arms and rocking back and forth. You were inconsolable and Steven felt himself becoming overwhelmed at the sight. He wanted to get to the root of the problem, but your words were incoherent babbling. He could hear the flem building up in the back of your throat, and the snorting of your nose as you attempt to breath through your nose despite the snot running down your face. Steven tried to pry your hands away from your raw skin that were littered with scratch and bite marks, but was only met with being shoved away. It was like you had no idea who he was.
‘You need to restrain them Steven’ He looked over at the pot in the sink to see Jake in the reflection.
“What?! I can’t do that! What if I hurt them!” Steven says back.
‘They is doing more damage then you could do to them! You need to restrain them now!’ Jake shouts.
“I-I don’-” He suddenly feels his head loll back as he is transfered into his head space.
‘Jake wait!’ Steven calls out.
Jake doesn’t listen instead he sits himself behind you as close as he can get. He waits for a moment for your hands to be free before grabbing them and pulling them around you as if you are giving yourself a hug. He then wraps his legs around your waist to restrict further movement.
“Estoy aquí mi amor..” He says soothingly. “I am right here. Come back to me.”
You continue to thrash and twist with the back of your head meeting his nose.
“Mierda!” He exclaims before using both hands to put your wrists together.
He holds them in his right hand before using his left to pull your head back against his shoulder with the palm of his hand on your forehead.
“Let go!” You sob out. “Let go, let go, let go!”
‘Let go of them Jake!’ He hears Steven scream. ‘They wants you to let her go!’
‘You need to shut up and let me focus!’ Jake says back in his head.
Marc seems to have either checked out or is just staying silent, but Jake can’t think of that right now. His goal right now is to restrain you and calm you down in any way he can. He tries to ignore the taste of blood in his mouth and continues to whisper soothing word. He hates that he has to do this knowing that you will have some serious bruises for the next few days, but he continues to remind himself that it is necessary.
He doesn’t know how long it has been, but he realizes that the sun has gone down substantially since he has come home. What he does notice though is that you go limp in his arms as only your sobs can be heard.
“estoy aquí mi amor... estoy aqui mi corazon.” He says as he kisses the side of your head.
He holds you still in his tight grip for a few more minutes longer before relaxing his grip. He unlocks his legs from your waist and you immediately turn toward him and hide your face in his neck.
“Shhh... I’m here...” He says as he rubs firm yet soothing circles on your back.
As he does this he takes a look at the damage you dealt to yourself. He can see blood blisters beginning to form along your arms. He can also see bruises beginning to form on your wrists which hurt the most. He wishes he was here earlier, or co-conscience earlier to maybe coach Steven through this better instead of forcefully taking the body.
“I-I’m sorry!” You sob into his neck.
“I know... It’s going to be okay. Okay?” He doesn’t hear or feel a response so he continues to say.
“Do you want a bath?” He feels you nod at that.
He picks you up bridal style and carries you to the bathroom. He sits you on the toilet lid and kisses your forehead. He is about to let go of you, but he feels you grip his left hand. He rubs your knuckles with his thumb as he starts the bath water. He decides to not use bubbles as to not irritate your damaged skin.
‘Let me out. I want to talk to them.’ He hears Marc say, but Jake shakes his head
‘Ja-’ ‘Not now Marc.’ He hears Steven coming to his defense.
Jake stops the water once it gets to the right height and looks over at you.
“Can I undress you mi corazon?” He asks and you nod.
He is thankful that you wore jeans today instead of the shorts you had as a second option. He takes off your socks and then your pants. He then goes for the T-Shirt you are wearing, leaving you in your undergarments.
“Can I take off the rest?” He asks and you nod. He slowly stands you up and removes the rest of your clothes.
He guides you toward the bathtub and eases you down slowly. He hears you his as your raw arms make contact with the warm water.
“Can you come in with me?” You murmur.
“Of course...” He says slowly.
He stands up and shuts the shower curtain so he can undress. He hears the water shift as you scoot forward. He looks in the Mirror to see a concerned Steven.
‘You got blood on your face, mate’ Jake nods and quickly rinses his face to remove the dried blood.
He turns to the bath and pauses before opening the curtain. “Do you still want me to come in?” He asks.
“Yes...” You say quietly.
He opens the curtain and steps into the water. He slowly sits down as his legs are placed on either side of you. He keeps his arms open and waits for you to recline back . It is a few seconds before you do.
“Can I wrap my arms around you?” He asks and you nod. He slowly wraps his arms around you and places warm open mouth kisses along your neck.
You both sit like that for a long time. The water is on the verge of becoming lukewarm. “Can you tell me what lead up to this?” He asks
You pause for a moment. “Now that I think about it... It’s stupid.”
“It isn’t stupid if this is the outcome...”
“It... It was a lot of things piling up today...” “Can you talk me through it?” He asks. You slowly nod.
“It started this morning... I forgot my ear buds for the bus ride to work... It was loud and people were touching me...” Jake tenses up for a moment.
“Not like that... Just people in my personal space... Which I wouldn’t have minded, but I didn’t have my music to distract me...”
You pause and turn side ways to lay your head over his heart.
“Take your time mi amor.” And you do. You wait three minutes before saying your next statement.
“It is a block from my bus stop to my work and it rained yesterday... I walked to close to the street and a car zoomed by, and my socks and shoes got wet.”
“Mhm...” Jake hums.
“Then my boss yelled at me... I got the wrong file out during a meeting which caused us to lose an important client. S-So I had soggy socks and my boss yelling at me...”
Jake hears that you are about to become over-whelmed by the memory so he tightens his grip around your body, not to restrain you but to compress you. This seems to calm you down.
“After that the paper I printed the sheets on later was wrong and I scratched my nails against it. I couldn’t do anything else for a hour until I picked the feeling from underneath my nails.”
Jake nods for you to continue. “I was sent home afterwards... I am under review now... I think I am going to lose my job..”
You sigh for a moment before looking up at him and caress the side of his face.
“I got over-whelmed at the thought of you three being disappointed in me...” He hears you sniff so he looks down at you with a frown.
“So when I got home I thought that doing the dishes would make you happy... Then I got wet food stuck underneath my nails and I just broke...” Jake kisses the top of your head.
“A-And I hurt you... I didn’t mean to Jake... You know I’d never it’s just I-”
“You didn’t know who we were in that moment... It is okay see?” He scrunches his nose like a bunny a couple times which makes you giggle at the facial expressions he makes.
“Can I kiss you?” He asks and you nod and lean up to kiss him. He meets you half way. It isn’t passionate by any means it is gentle and soothing with no sexual intent behind it, which is rare for Jake.
He pulls away and smiles. “Lets get out okay? I want to clean you up.” He says with a smile. You nod and lean forward as he gets up.
He helps you out and wraps you in a towel and smiles again. He walks out and puts on a pair of boxers before coming back. He then opens the medicine cabinet behind the mirror and grabs a pair of nail clippers.
“Want me to clip your nails?”
“You don-” “I want to Mi Amor... Please let me...” You sigh and nod.
He goes slow and after clipping each nail he kisses the tips of your fingers. After he is done he goes back to the medicine cabinet and grabs some ointment and band aids. He sees you shudder away/
“I know you don’t like how it feels with clothes on. Do you want to sleep naked tonight?” He asks and you nod. “What about me? Do you want skin to skin?” You nod again and hug him again.
“I love you...” You say and he kisses your head.
“Not as much as us...” He says with a smirk. “We have three peoples worth of love in here.” He says with a small smile.
You laugh and let go so he can begin to bandage your arms. As he does he continues to place a kiss on each band aid he puts on. Once he is done he picks you up bridal style and takes you to the room you four share and sets you down. He makes sure to dry your hair well enough so it doesn’t stick to you while you sleep. He tosses the towel to the foot of the bed and pulls the covers up so you can slide in. He then tucks you in and kisses you head before going to the other side and sliding in. He keeps his distance and allows you to come to him. He opens his arms and you immediately curl into him. You tangle your legs with his and tuck your head in his neck.
“The others are worried. Would you like one of them to come out now?” He asks and you shake your head.
“I don’t want to be mean or anything... It’s just yo-” “I helped you through it. They understand mi paloma... They will never be mad at you for this. Same as if I was in their shoes I could never be mad at you.”
“But I scared Steven... I know I did.” You murmur.
Jake only nods. “You scared all of us, but you are okay now and so are we. That is all that matters.”
You nod and kiss his collar bone. “Will you be here when I wake up?” you ask and he nods.
“If you want me to I will be.” You nod. “As long as th-” “They are fine with it. You and your comfort is our top priority. They understand.”
You look into his eyes and say. “I will talk to you both tomorrow okay? I am sorry I scared you guys...”
‘We understand love, sleep well.’ Steven says in their head.
‘Rest easy okay? We will be here when you want us.’ Marc responds
You tuck your head into his neck again and Jake drags his fingertips lightly on the skin of your back.
“Sleep well okay? I will be here when you wake up. I will make you your favorite in the morning okay?” He asks and you nod.
“I love you...” You say as you close your eyes.
Jake smiles and kisses the top of your head and continues to whisper sweet nothings in your ear until your breathing evens out before he slowly falls asleep.
