around 200 words. swear words. kinda sad, but oh well.

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As Jason slowly sipped the nectar, in an attempt to lighten the mood, Percy asked, "Hey Jase, just curious, what do you taste when you take nectar? I know what everyone else tastes, except for you."

"Hey, yeah," Annabeth joined him, "I don't think anyone here knows what you taste."

"Probably my tacos," Leo said, joking. "They're fuckin' irresistible, just like me." That resulted in small chuckles across the seven.

As they looked at him expectantly, Jason could only blink. He felt like a car had run over him, in addition to the pain of his stab wound. He didn't need a fucking reminder of what he didn't have. 

His answer felt hollow, and every word pierced him, as he said, "Nothing. It's tasteless."

It took a second for everyone to take it in. Then, like a ripple, everyone's smiles vanished, and it quieted down completely. Frank was the only one who managed a response, "Oh." 

Leo tried to make a new joke to change the topic, which Jason was grateful for. The rest of the seven obliged, casting him pitiful glances. Piper even looked close to tears. Hazel was about to tell him something but bit back her words, the sympathy clear in her expressions. It made electricity crackle at his fingertips.

Jason couldn't even manage to think about the fact that they actually cared– the idea of abandonment was so usual to him, he couldn't even fathom the fact that they would genuinely care. 

Instead, he was more than pissed at their reactions. Couldn't they just accept the cold, hard fact? It wasn't a big deal. 

Apparently they fucking can't, he thought bitterly, taking another sip of the tasteless liquid.

Because he really didn't need a reminder. A reminder of the fact that the closest thing he'd had to a home was still a shithole. That he'd never taste anything close to home. 

He'd never really had a home, after all, so how could he have something that tasted like it?

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this was kinda random, written in the span of 5 minutes, and yeah, this is how it turned out.