((AN: This is my first fanfic, and it takes place about three years after the war, so Nico is a lot better with human contact, and people in general, so yeah, enjoy it, I guess))
Nico was in his cabin, trying to dress appropriately for a casual movie watching session with a certain blonde son of Apollo. It was about three years after the titan war, and Will and him had become close friends, him having been one of the first people he came out too officially. They hung out quite a lot, and it was safe to say Nico had developed a crush on the healer.
They had hung out plenty of times before, but this time something had seemed different. Will was almost nervous when asking Nico to hang out. He had asked Nico to see a movie, and Nico would love to think of it as a date, except for the fact Nico still didn’t know if he was into males.
There was a knock on the cabin door, and Nico walked over to go answer it, heart beating out of his chest. He finally reached his destination, taking a deep breath before answering the door.
“Hey Sunshine,” Nico said, moving aside to let the blonde into the cabin with a small smile on his face.
“Aw, the death boy is smiling,” Will teased, a smile that could end world wars on his face, practically lighting up the room.
“Leave me alone,” Nico blushed a little, quickly covering it up by walking towards his bed, where he had his laptop set up on Netflix, and sat down, leaving some space for Will.
Will sat next to Nico a bit nervously, as tonight was the night he was going to try to make a move on Nico. He had waited long enough, and it was driving him insane that he didn’t have the privilege to be able to tell people that he was Nico’s boyfriend.
“What movie?” he asked, scrolling through the different options.
“So this is going to sound lame but we should totally watch Hercules,” Will said, giving off a laugh as he saw it come up on the screen.
Nico gave a huff, having already learned it was impossible to say no to Will when he wanted something, and selected the movie.
It was about thirty minutes in, and Will kept finding himself looking at Will out of the corner of his eye, knowing that it was now or never. He decided to try that really cliché yawn thing that seemed to always work for the guys in the movies.
He managed to pull it off successfully, looking at Nico out of the corner of his eye after it was done.
The Italian blushed darkly, leaning into his touch without thinking about it. It surprised him that this had happened, as he normally hated any kind of human contact.
Will felt the Italian move closer, taking a deep breath before pausing the movie.
“We need to talk about something,” Will started, looking at the raven haired boy, who was still a bit red in the face.
Nico tilted his head to the side, a way of telling Will to keep talking. He was genuinely curious about what the blonde had to say.
“Okay so I…” he trailed off a bit, breaking eye contact with the other and staring down at his own lap, neck going the back of his neck on instinct.
“You can tell me anything Will,” Nico said quietly, leaning forward a bit to put a hand of Wills leg, causing the blonde to look at him.
Will couldn’t wait a second longer, and leaned forward, gently capturing Nico’s lips with his own. This caught Nico off guard but once he realized what was going on he started kissing back softly, almost as if he was scared of breaking Will.
Will eventually pulled back, though if it was his decision, he would stay like that forever. He gently brought his hand up and cupped Nico’s face, thumb sweeping over his cheekbone.
“I really like you Nico,” he whispered out, biting his lip a bit unintentionally, something he did when he was nervous.
“I like you too William,” he gave a small half smile before leaning back in, having their lips meet for the second time that night, smiling into the gentle kiss they were sharing.