Discovery of Love
After everyone got their dishes cleaned and went off on their duties, Tony dragged Leo back to the lab. They continued making the monster proof Stark phones before Leo brought up what Tony asked him earlier.
“What did you want to ask me Tony?”
The billionaire put down his tool and faced Leo, who did the same.
“I want your help. Well, more of something that’s a little more emotional.”
“Couldn’t you talk to Percy about this, since he’s your nephew and all?”
“I could but that’s the point. That he’s my nephew. I feel like I don’t have a well established connection with him to talk about this. It’s a little easier with you. You know, mechanic to mechanic.”
Leo nodded and gestured for him to continue what he was saying.
“I’m kinda… in love with Steve? Now don’t interrupt, I’m not finished,” he said as Leo opened his mouth, “I’m just afraid to take a leap. What if he rejects me or leave me? Do you have any advice?”
Leo paused to think. True, he knew what Tony was going though. But he was afraid of giving the wrong advice.
“Well… I do think you should try to take the leap dude. I mean, do it before your chance is gone. Personally, I don’t think he would dump you. He seems too nice for that.”
Tony chuckled and thanked the teen. He then asked for some privacy to think it over. Leo ran off to see what Percy was doing. He saw his friend walking in the hallway towards their rooms then decided to tackle him in a hug. Although Percy could hear Leo’s footsteps hitting the floor, he was never really quiet unless he had to be, he wasn’t expecting the tackle to the ground. They both made contact to the floor groaning and laughing.
Leo turned to look at Percy who was still laughing and lost himself staring at Percy’s features. How his smile seemed to brighten up the area around them, his hair that was a beautiful black that complimented his tan skin perfectly, and his eyes that were crinkled from the laughter that now were opening up and showing the pretty sea green eyes that were… now staring at him.
“You okay dude? Kinda staring at my face.”
Leo felt his face flush and his ears lighting on fire. He started stuttering apologies while trying to put his ears out. Next thing he knew, his head was soaking wet and he faced a smirking Percy.
“Hey, had to put you out, ya know?”
They laughed and got up from the floor before someone found them down there. They started talking about the progress on the Stark phones on their way to Leo’s room. When they arrived, Percy was surprised on how undecorated it looked. Most of the shelves were empty, the desk only had some blueprints and tools and some other things strewn about it. The only thing that was labeled as Leo’s was the suitcase that contained Festus and a lone picture frame with a burnt picture of Leo and his mother. Percy knew that Leo spent most of his time in the lab or with others, but it was kind of sad to see his room like this. Leo sat in the, disappointingly, non spinny chair by the desk while Percy took the bed. They talked for a while before Leo told Percy about him and Tony from earlier.
“Tony asked me for advice earlier and I’m hoping I gave him good advice.”
“Wait, holdup. My uncle, Tony Stark, Iron Man, genius, playboy, philanthropist, asked you for advice? What was it about?” Percy looked like an excited puppy at this.
“Uhh… love? Yeah. He said that he loves Steve and that he’s afraid of being rejected or dumped.”
Leo felt like he said something wrong when Percy froze but that quickly turned to confusion when Percy burst out laughing.
“He - He loves, oh my gods, he loves Steve! Oh this makes this ten times easier!” At Leo’s confused expression, he continued, “Hold on, JARVIS?”
“Yes sir?”
“Could you inform us if anyone comes close to this room?”
“Of course sir.”
“Thanks. Anyways, on the day you returned to camp, Steve was drawing Tony. He had a lot of drawings of Tony but this one was more romantic. I asked him about it and he confessed he has feelings for my uncle. In fact, while you were down at the lab, I was talking to Steve about it. I was returning to my room from that when you tackled me to the ground. They’re both afraid that the other doesn’t reciprocate the other’s feelings but they both do!”
Leo was smiling by the end of it, forming a plan. He informed Percy what he was planning for the older men.
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To say that Percy was excited was almost an understatement. It was almost a surprise that he didn't burst aflame and finally discover his fire blessing. They planned to set them up on a blind date on the balcony to have dinner, since they didn’t want their date to be risked by paparazzi or crazy fans. Percy, along with Natasha since Thor was doing something with Bruce in the tower and Clint was on a mission that just required him, went to Camp Half Blood while Leo stayed back to work on some nice decorations for the date, still not trusting the camp.
When they were discussing the plan, JARVIS warned that the assassin was coming to Leo’s room but she came in and asked what they were talking about. They told her, trusting she kept their secret. She kept it with the exception that she joined in on it. She knew the sexual tension going on between the two.
So the two of them walked to Camp Half Blood to try and organize something for the dinner since Steve would eventually wander to the kitchen and ask what they were doing and Leo could tell Steve and Tony where the other two were. Luckily some campers knew how to cook a nice meal so they were taught on how to cook. Natasha told the campers what each male liked for dinner and dessert.
Soon, a nice dinner was made, with the plan for Nico and Percy to shadow travel with the food when the time came. When they got back to the tower to check on Leo, they were amazed by the things he had made.
Some fairy lights, two metal flowers, one representing Captain America, the other representing Iron Man, for them to give each other, little figurines of them holding hands as a decoration on the table, even a smaller version of Festus that would be like a waiter and also take a few pictures.
As Natasha told Bruce and Thor that they would have to go without Steve for dinner that night while Leo and Percy went to tell the two men to dress up nice for the evening and give them a flower.
They put Natasha in charge of telling them when they could come to the balcony, which was still being set up by Leo and the food being delivered by Percy and Nico. Soon, the sun was setting, and the two men were able to go to the balcony. Steve was the first to get there before Tony, amazed by what was where he was to have the date at. In a few seconds, Tony was being pushed into the room by Leo. Steve could see Leo whisper something into Tony’s ear before giving them both a thumbs up and leaving, wishing them luck.