**Falling Into Darkness**
Prompt: Please create a 20 thousand word story of Percy and Nico falling in Tartarus instead of Percy and Annabeth, who are dating. However, throughout the story, Percy and Nico end up falling madly in love Also, include sexual tension scenes between Percy and Nico throughout the story. The first scene, Percy back away because he does not want to cheat on Annabeth. However, in the next sexual tension scene, Percy ends up kissing and saving sex with Nico after neither of them could deny their feelings any longer.
Percy Jackson had never been one to back down from a challenge, but as he plummeted through the dark abyss of Tartarus, his heart raced for an entirely different reason. The chilling wind whipped around him, and though he was not afraid of the darkness, the thought of leaving behind Annabeth hurt more than the physical stress of the fall.
Beside him, Nico di Angelo tumbled through the void, his pale skin almost glowing against the swirling shadows. It was strange, Percy thought, how in this desolate landscape, the familiar figure of his friend suddenly seemed to radiate something he couldn’t quite identify. Was it strength? Resilience? Or something else entirely?
They landed hard on the rocky ground, the impact knocking the breath from their lungs. Pain shot through Percy’s body as he groaned and tried to catch his breath. Nico groaned beside him, pushing himself up and glancing around at their surroundings. “Well, this is a lovely vacation spot,” he muttered dryly.
“Yeah, a real paradise,” Percy replied, forcing a laugh as he stood up. But the weight of the situation was heavy on him. Annabeth was back home, fighting for their future, and here he was, sharing a moment of recklessness with Nico, one of his closest friends.
As they started to regain their bearings, a tense silence fell between them. The overwhelming darkness of Tartarus felt suffocating, and it became hard to ignore the way their shoulders brushed together, the way their breaths seemed to sync as they moved cautiously through the shadows.
Percy shoved down the unsettling feeling that started creeping in. “Nico, we need to find a way out of here. We can’t—”
“Can’t what? Can’t enjoy the moment?” Nico interrupted, frustration lacing his voice. “Everything’s deadly here, Percy! You think I’m not aware of that? But at least we’re alive, at least we’re together.”
Together. The word echoed in Percy’s mind, sending a jolt of confusion and guilt through him. “Nico, wait,” he said, stopping in his tracks. “We can’t. I mean, I can’t. I’m with Annabeth.”
Nico’s gaze hardened, the spark of something fierce igniting in his dark eyes. “You think I don’t know that? You think I wanted to feel this way about you? But it’s here, it’s real, and I can’t just turn it off.”
Percy clenched his fists, battling an internal war as they stood facing each other amidst the chaos of Tartarus. “This isn’t fair to her,” he managed to say, even though he felt that familiar ache rising in his chest.
Nico took a step closer, his voice dropping to a whisper. “Is it fair to us? To ignore what’s happening? You can’t deny the chemistry, Percy. The way you make me feel...”
Percy’s heart raced as he stood frozen between the fear of betrayal and an overwhelming urge to pull Nico closer. “I’m not cheating on Annabeth. I love her. I can’t do this.” The words felt like a plea as he took a step back, creating distance between them.
Nico’s expression flickered with hurt, and Percy felt the sting of it in his own heart. “Then why does it feel like you’re lying?” he responded, bitterness creeping into his voice.
The two boys fell into silence, the air thick with tension. Percy could feel the heat between them, a spark that ignited every nerve in his body—the kind that made it nearly impossible to think straight. They’d fought monsters, survived a war, but this... this was uncharted territory.
Days turned into what felt like an eternity as they navigated through the horrors of Tartarus together. Each confrontation with monsters brought them closer, and every shared laugh softened the edges of the darkness that surrounded them. Yet, it was the quiet moments that pulled them into an unwelcome intimacy.
One evening, they sat on the edge of a cliff, looking over a chasm filled with writhing shadows and lost souls. The atmosphere felt electric, the kind where the world outside faded, and nothing mattered except the connection between them.
“Do you ever think about what you really want?” Nico asked quietly, his voice barely above a whisper as he stared into the abyss.
“Sometimes,” Percy admitted, glancing sideways at Nico. “But it always leads back to Annabeth.”
Nico’s eyes darkened, but he kept his gaze fixed ahead. “And me? What about me?”
“I... I don’t know,” Percy replied, the truth grappling within him. “I feel something for you, Nico. Something deep. But I can’t betray Annabeth.”
“That’s the problem,” Nico said, his voice slightly breaking. “You’re fighting it, but look where we are—fighting for survival, fighting for our lives. And yet, here we are, trapped in this cycle of emotions.”
Percy’s resolve started to crumble, his heart thundering as he moved closer. “I don’t want to hurt you. I don’t want to hurt her either.”
As if the universe had conspired against him, Nico closed the gap between them at that moment, his breath mingling with Percy’s. “You can’t help who you fall for,” he murmured, his voice low and filled with yearning.
The air between them ignited—a palpable electricity that buzzed around them. Percy felt his defenses start to slip away as he was drawn in by Nico’s intensity, the fierceness that radiated from him. “Nico...” he breathed, knowing he was crossing a line but unable to resist.
And then, in that instant of vulnerability, their lips collided, a desperate and passionate kiss that silenced all doubts and fears. Percy felt the warmth of Nico as they melted against each other, the kiss igniting flames of desire that had been flickering beneath the surface for far too long.
As they pulled apart, breathless with shock and longing, Percy’s heart raced with the realization of what they had done. “What did we just—”
“Something real,” Nico whispered, tears threatening to spill down his cheeks. “Something we can’t take back.”
But as Percy stared into Nico’s eyes, he knew there was no way back from this moment; they had crossed a threshold. This was a new beginning amidst the darkness—a perilous path neither of them had anticipated but both desperately craved.
As they moved deeper into Tartarus, hand in hand, they faced the darkness together, no longer merely friends, but something much deeper and more terrifying—a love that thrived against the odds, shrouded in secrets and shadows, yet burning brighter than any light in that abyss.
