
Deathmetal (Leo Valdez/ Nico di Angelo)
Leo had always been fidgety. It was how he survived. How he escaped. The trick was how to do it without being noticed. How to slip away and hide. Because nobody seemed to realize he was suffering too. After all, Leo was just there to give laughs, right? He wouldn't burn himself out. Never.
He didn't realize he had been seen when he tried to slip away this time. Didn't hear the boy who moved as quiet as the shadows he traveled in following him. It wasn't till he was about to start on the engine that he even saw the small boy. He scoffed because sure he might have had some small feelings for Nico, maybe, but he was trying to be alone. He didn't have the energy to pretend to be okay anymore. "Following me, Death Boy?"
"I know you're in pain. You're allowed to have feelings. I want you to know that you're seen." Nico brushed his dark bangs out of his eyes. "That I see you."