#poor sally

[tvneon]

[lilislegacy]

Firefighter Percy! - Telling his mom

What if Percy wanted to become a firefighter? How would Sally Jackson react?

~3 to 4 minute read

21 year old Percy Jackson sat at his old kitchen table in his parents’ New York City apartment. Next to him was Annabeth, his girlfriend of almost 6 years. On the other side of the table sat his mom, Sally, his step-dad, Paul, and his 4 year old sister, Estelle, who was coloring.

Percy was nervous. He had something to tell his mom, and he had no idea how she was going to react. Annabeth told him it would be okay, but he truly had no idea what to expect.

They’d gotten through dinner and were now talking and catching up. He loved his visits to New York. Annabeth and he had considered moving back after college, now that they were nearing the end of their time at New Rome University, but they decided that they would keep discussing it. That is, assuming his mom doesn’t kill him tonight.

“Percy, you’ve been quiet tonight.” Sally glanced at him with concerned eyes.

He hated how easily she and Annabeth could read him. How do they do that?

He took a deep breath and sipped his soda. “Uh, yeah. I have something to tell you.” He felt Annabeth squeeze his hand from under the table.

Paul and Sally looked at him expectantly. Estelle continued to scribble in her coloring book, having no interest whatsoever in the conversation.

He glanced at Annabeth, and she gave him an encouraging nod.

He took a deep breath. “Okay, here goes. I want to be a firefighter. I’m going to be a firefighter. Not forever. Just while I’m figuring out what I want to do with my life.” He looked her in the eyes. “I just, I can really help! I’m fire resistant. I can control water, so I can help put out fires more quickly. I’m tall and athletic. I’m really fast. I’m strong, too. And I think quick on my feet in dangerous situations. I’m perfect for the job, especially given my powers. I can really do good by this. And I—well, what do you think?” He looked at her with uncertainty.

Sally stared at him blankly, for what felt like several minutes, but was probably just a few seconds. Paul didn’t say anything either. He usually did this; he waited to react until Sally did so first. When it came to Percy, he always followed her lead as his parent.

When his mom finally spoke, Percy’s stomach dropped at tone of her voice. If sounded like pain. No… worse. It was betrayal.

“You want to run into burning buildings? On purpose?” She asked him slowly. “Not because you’re forced to for a quest, but because you want to? You want to risk your life on a daily basis? You’ve survived all that you have and— are you trying to get yourself killed?”

His heart broke at the wounded look she was giving him. “I— No! No mom. I want to help people. I want to use my abilities for something good. And like I said, I can’t really be burned. I’m way safer than—”

“I don’t care that you can’t be burned, Percy! You could die from smoke inhalation! Or toxic gases! Things explode. Buildings collapse. I watched from right down the street as hundreds of firefighters ran into the towers and never came out. Firefighters die! You could die, Percy!”

Percy felt sick. His heart raced, and he couldn’t even look at his mom’s face. He all of a sudden felt guilt beyond belief. After all he’s been through—after all he’s put her through… he felt terrible even considering it. How could he put her through any more than he already had?

The room was tense. Everybody was unsettled, and it was completely his fault.

“I won’t do it. I’m sorry.” He shook his head. “I wasn’t thinking. I’ll call the station tomorrow and tell them—”

“Oh be quiet.” Sally dismissed him. She seemed to be at war with her own emotions. “I said I didn’t like it, I didn’t say you shouldn’t do it.”

Percy was now confused. A feeling he was very familiar with, being the boyfriend of a daughter of Athena.

Sally looked at him, carefully considering her next words. “Is this something you really want to do?”

Percy looked his mom in the eyes, channeling every bit of sincerity and determination that he had. “Yes. I really think I need to do this, Mom.”

Sally closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She took a minute to compose herself, and seemed to be willing her mindset to change. He’d seen it before—when he had asked her for her blessing to bear the curse of Achilles, all those years ago.

She let out a sound that was something between an exasperated sigh and a laugh. She shook her head in a way that said ‘I should have expected nothing less.’

“Well okay.” She said with a new, slightly forced, optimism. She reached across the table and took his hand, looking at him with a mix of emotions: uncertainty, fear, love, and tremendous pride. “You’ll be a firefighter, then.”

He squeezed her hand, and she gave him a small watery smile.

Sally looked him in the eyes. “I better get lots of pictures of you looking all handsome in your uniform.”

Annabeth laughed. “I’m already on it.”

Percy felt relief flood through him. Usually he would roll his eyes at that exchange, but he was so happy that he found himself smiling.

Paul chuckled and lifted his glass. “To Percy, and to his safety as he begins this new adventure.”

Everyone raised their glasses.

Estelle finally looked up from her coloring book and gave Percy a very serious look. “Are you gonna get a polka-dot doggy?”

[thetownwecallhome]

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(( OOC: Completely ruining the mood here but Sally rn:

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[bunnymajo]

“Shh it’s ok, 90′s misogyny & the forced love triangles can’t hurt you any more”

[perfectday1972]

via schulzmuseum

[robotnikholmescomicblog]

Aw yeah, return of Super Sonic and Super Armor Mega Man! If there’s one thing that’ll stop Sigma 3.0 from curbstomping the entire cast, its definately these two!

Though its kinda eyerolling that Sally Acorn and Mega Man X had to be regressed to damsel/dude in distress for this act. What’s super egregious is that X and Sigma don’t even get any banter despite the former being the latter’s arch enemy! The story either didn’t find any significance of their longtime hero/villain relationship or this issue was just so stuffed that they didn’t have the time.

According to writer Ian Flynn, they originally planned for X to have a Super form too, resembling his Fourth/Force Armor from X4, but Sega of all people prevented that from happening. I can’t figure out why, maybe they only wanted Sonic characters to have Super States and Mega Man was already kinda stretching it...?? It would have honestly been cool seeing X get back at Sigma for all the chaos he has brought to his world and others, but this time as a cool golden boi.

[amesliu]

loving the concept of percy going to one of annabeth’s shows post sohae 1 and she sings dress and hes just standing there like 🧍 while sally is also there with him trying not to read too much into it. but annabeth finds it funny

there are meme comps later on tiktok of percy being down bad and him standing there beet red next to his mom is often included

asdasjkdlajdlka he should just be thankful that the audience is not very well lit during a concert

[atangledfate]

“ If she can’t handle Sonic....she’s in for a rude awakening with Tangle...oh boy....”