★ kee speaks set in the hidden oracle before apollo and meg show up, the slightest spoilers ig? y/n is a daughter of athena and doesn't have anything romantic w connor. not yet at least. wrote this as a self indulgent self-insert because i was tired of pretending my pillow was a person lmao </3

"Y/N. Wake up."

I felt a pillow slide off my back. In my sleepy haze I unsteadily propped myself up on one elbow. I looked for the source of the voice and found Malcolm and a few others in the dimly lit part of the room.

"What?" I hissed. "You're awake at this time?"

I shouldn't be surprised that at least 2 kids in the Athena cabin were awake at this time, but my mind thought differently. He pointed to the window. I couldn't make out a figure at first, but then I saw it.

The silhouette knocked on the window. The wind brushed through his curls. I nodded hesitantly.

Connor shut the window quietly enough, but he tripped on the way to my bed. My bed was soft enough to stiffle his noises, and I tugged on his shirt.

"Why are you here, Stoll?" Before he said anything I turned to Malcolm and the others and pointed at him. "You did not see anything."

Lauren Carney, who was only 9 but got hours of sleep much lesser than her age, shrugged. "Sure."

I tugged on Connor's shirt again to signal him to go onto my bed. He slipped again and made a louder noise than before. We froze.

One of my youngest half-siblings stirred, but didn't wake up. Connor sat on my bed and brushed his hair away from his face. "Hey, N/N."

I looked at him expectantly. "So...?"

He looked straight in my eyes, which made my heart skip a beat.

"I...I miss Travis."

"Okay, but like...why me?" I asked.
"Hm?"
"Out of all people to talk about this, why me?"

He sighed. "I figured you would know it. Like, you're from a family that actually loves and cares for you, right? And every summer you have to go here for your safety. You would know the feeling of missing someone."
"Oh."
"Yeah."
"So do you wanna talk about it or be distracted fro-"
"Can I sleep here?"

Me head snapped upwards. "Huh?"

"Can I sleep here? With you?"
"What do you mean?"
"Should I make a PowerPoint presentation to explain how the Free Trial of Death works? Because we demigods can't use those kind of things."
"I was in the middle of the Free Trial of Death but you had to knock on the fucking window!"

He sighed. "I wanna sleep beside you. Please? It gets lonely without Travis." He pouted.

I resisted the urge to smile at him. "Sure. Just...don't get too touchy, and no stealing anything."

He lit up like a light. "Okay."

"And unless you want the younger ones to snitch, you have to get up early and sneak back out the window."

He grinned with that crazy smile again. You know, the smile I hated. "Sneaking."
"Yeah."
"Yep, that's a talent of mine."
"Tell that to the floor."
"Shut up, Princess."
"Make me."

He looked away. "Can I lie down now or will I do something else?"

"What do you mean by something else?" Malcolm laughed softly.

"Shut up!"

Moments later I settled down on the bed beside Connor. "Please don't push me off."

"I might." He grinned. I pouted.

"Can I..."
"What?"

I hesitantly slung my arm over his midsection. With as little noise as possible he slipped his arm under my head.

"This is nice. I trust you that you're not gonna push me off."
"Thank you."
"Like I said, you're nice to hug."
"I'm nicer when I'm not—"
"Not wreaking havoc, yeah."

He chuckled. "Yeah. Night, N/N."

"Night, Con." I buried my head in his neck.

"Someone's gonna get some action!"
"Sleep tight, don't let horniness bite."
"You two better be sleeping and nothing else."

"Shut the fuck up, you little shits."