I'm Really Into Blondes
Submitted by @ztygianiron for @hyacynta Work Based On: here
If you were to offhandedly think about it, Nico Di Angelo didn't have a 'type'. Which would be all fair and well if you knew about all of the crushes he's had. And that didn't mean he had a ton, but he did have more than two. That had to be obvious, not that people thought it.
One crush he was particularly embarrassed with was his crush on his boyfriend's father, Apollo. But he was young, impressionable, and the guy was hot. Like really attractive. But it was a simple crush, one he forgot about in the five years since he'd developed it.
It was brought back when he met the god again, at the foot of the Big House stairs. He wasn't what he was expecting. True he was mortal, but couldn't he have looked a little better? Acne ridden, lanky, and thin he wasn't exactly the epitome of what he once was.
It still lingered during those five years but his now appearance quickly stamped it out. It wasn't until he was used to him and how he now looked that he was pleasent on the eyes. And then he had to go and kiss his head, and he felt a feeling in his chest. Not a crush this time, but something warm was there at the show of affection. Maybe he was touch starved, yes that was it.
(He later finds out that he thought of it as a form of parental love, or that's what Will says at least).