jason ? jealous ? never

TheEternalEmpress: "Prompt request: oblivious Nico and Jason fighting off Nico's suitors"

thank you so much !!!!!!! i may have gotten a bit carried away with this because i love things like this. it really gets on my uwus

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The weapons were laid out before the sparring demigods. Each sword and shield polished meticulously 'til they shown. Today, the fighters would choose their partners and have a friendly match.

Jason wanted to spar with Frank, especially since Frank was stronger now. They were hoping they were evenly matched, just to draw the fight out longer.

Jason swept his gaze across the other demigods, spotting a messy mop of black hair. Nico came to visit Hazel, mainly, and to see his boyfriend Jason. It seemed he was itching for a fight, as he wasn't required to spar.

He chose to fight a child of Mercury, Austin. Austin was new to Camp Jupiter, but from what Jason had seen, he would make a worthy opponent.

Jason and Frank chose swords, and he knew Nico would use his own instead of bothering with the swords and shields.

Turning his gaze away from Nico, Frank and Jason began sizing each other up. They circled each other, looking for openings. There were grunts and groans around them. But all that mattered now was them and who won.

Frank made the first move. He lunged, noticing the loose hold Jason had on the hilt of his sword. Jason turned, avoiding the sharp edge of Frank's dagger. It was a dance, back and forth, both lunging and narrowly avoiding getting cut.

Who knows how long they fought. It was beautiful. The time went by quickly, as more and more sparring demigods won their matches. Jason and Frank didn't hear them congratulate each other; they were still busy winning.

A pained gasp drew Jason out of his trance. It was Nico. He whipped his head around. His guard was down now, and Frank took a chance.

He swept Jason's feet out from under him and pinned him down with his foot on his chest. Jason was surprised. He wasn't mad, he was impressed.

"You okay, Jason?" Frank asked.

Jason nodded, taking Frank's offered hand. His gaze drifted back to Nico, who was now chatting with Austin. Jason stood up, wanting to listen in on their conversation.

"That was a really cool move back there," Austin said. Nico helped him up. Their hands were clasped together too long. "You should show me how to do that sometime."

"Yeah, sure," Nico replied. It seemed as if he didn't notice the way Austin's eyes raked up his form or how he smirked when their hands stopped touching.

To say the least, Jason was infuriated. Everyone here knew him and Nico was a couple. What did Austin think he was doing? He was about to march over there when Nico turned to him.

Nico started walking towards him, and all anger melted away.

"Hey, you alright Jason?"

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine," Jason mumbled. Frank began walking away, waving to the pair. Jason looked back at Austin and then back to Nico. "You remember that dessert shop we went to the other day?"

"Yeah. Why?"

Austin was looking at them. "I wanna take you on a little date. Head over there and I'll be right behind you."

Nico looked at him confusedly, wondering why Jason wouldn't come with him. It never hit him that Austin was flirting with him and that Jason was angry.

Nico left the sparring grounds, leaving Jason, Austin, and a few other demigods. Jason walked over to Austin, who just smirked and winked at him.

"The Hades do you think you're doing?" Jason asked him. He grabbed the front of his shirt.

Austin put his hands up in mock surrender. "Hey, man, I just asked your boy if he could show me that move later. Nothing wrong with that."

"You were flirting with him."

"And? Since when is that a problem?"

Jason got closer to his face. "Listen here, Austin. Just because Nico can't catch it doesn't mean I can't. You stay away from him, or-" he raised his sword to Austin's stomach, "-we're gonna have a problem."

Austin gulped. His arms were still raised, but now they were shaking. "Yeah, man. I got you. Di Angelo is off limits, one hundred percent."

Jason let go of him and watched as Austin ran away. He turned, now happy to go on his date with Nico.

* * *

It happened again in the dessert shop. Nico wanted to wait for Jason before coming in, as he thought it would be rude not to. When the couple went inside to order, the cashier couldn't keep his eyes off of him.

Nico still couldn't see what was wrong. He assumed that the cashier was just keeping eye contact, as was good manners. Jason noticed though, and he could feel the same anger rising.

They both got hot chocolates and tiramisu. The cashier never looking away from Nico, even when Jason places his order

"Total is 20 Denarii. He eats free." He winked at Nico, who just nodded and thanked him.

They found a seat far away from the door so Jason could glare at the cashier without being incredibly obvious.

"Jason, you're doing it again." Jason turned around. "What's the matter? Why're you so angry all of a sudden?"

Jason was about to answer when the same cashier came to their table. "We made too many cassatines, so I brought an extra one for you guys." He set the plate in front of Nico. He smiled and Jason saw a piece of paper slipped under the plate. "Enjoy," he purred and sauntered away.

"Well, that was pretty nice of him," Nico said, already digging into the cassatine, moaning at the flavor. Jason glared at the cashier who was now taking someone else's order. Gods, did he want to rip his head off.

"Jason, Earth to Jason." Nico was snapping his fingers in front of Jason's face. He snapped out of it and turned to his boyfriend. "You gonna tell me what's up or what?"

"Later," Jason said. "I don't wanna talk about it now." As he spoke, he stood up and avoided the previous orderer.

The cashier noticed him and raised an eyebrow. "Hey, man. You guys enjoy your food?"

"Don't give me that. I know your game."

Another smirk. "Didn't look like you two were a thing. My bad."

"Yeah, you bet it's your bad." He would've grabbed the cashier and throttled him had it not been for Nico holding him back by his shirt.

"Jason, you, me, talk now." He hauled him out of the shop. "Thank you for the deserts!" He called behind him. Jason was even angrier.

They were both walking quickly now. "You wanna tell me what that was all about?"

Jason shook his head. He would've told him that he was jealous and extremely angry at the moment, but that was embarrassing. He wouldn't be able to live that down.

"I can tell you later, alright? I'm not in the best mood right now." Nico looked hurt and then angry.

"Alright, Grace. See you later." He stepped into a shadow of a nearby building and disappeared.

* * *

Later that week, Jason paid a visit to Camp Half-Blood. He wanted to make things right with Nico and to do that it would mean going to him directly.

Don't get him wrong, he wasn't afraid of Nico, but the smaller demigod can be the scariest thing he's ever laid eyes on. He could get mean, and he could get scary. It was one of the many things Jason loved about him.

First, he needed to figure out what he was going to say. The best thing to do was to not sugarcoat anything and to just go for it. No metaphors, no dancing around the subject, just be clear. Jason was jealous and protective of Nico. There was nothing else to it.

Now, he needed to decide when he was going to talk to him. He could think better on a full stomach, and if they were going to have a cuddle session (which Nico did love, no matter what he says) he wanted to be nice and comfortable. After dinner, then.

He saw Nico talking to a boy from the Aphrodite cabin. Cool it, Jason. They're just friends. He walked closer, eager to listen in on their conversation.

"-clean the stables tomorrow. Do you think you could help me?"

Nico shrugged. "I don't have anything better to do."

"Thank you so much!" the kid jumped up and hugged Nico. It obviously made him uncomfortable, but he took it like a champ. However, the hug lasted too long to be just between friends.

Oh, you have got to be kidding me.

Nico saw Jason coming. He stopped him from maiming the other demigod and started dragging him away.

The grip on Jason's arm was ironclad, and there would be no getting out of this one.

Jason was shoved into Nico's cabin. After shutting the door, Nico turned to him. "I want an explanation and I want one now, Grace."

Jason winced at Nico's tone. He didn't plan on the night going this way, in fact, he was more nervous than he planned to be. The Aphrodite kid getting too close to Nico wasn't anywhere on his list of plans tonight.

"Oh well, y' know, it's been uh, kind of, you get what I mean."

Nico's frown deepened.

"If I tell you, do you promise not to laugh?" Nico nodded. "Pinky promise?" Nico signed and rolled his eyes but took the offered pinky.

Jason took a deep breath. "I've been... jealous."

Nico raised an eyebrow.

"That's it. I've just been jealous about all that attention you're getting. Austin, the guy at the dessert shop-"

"Josh from the Aphrodite cabin?"

"Exactly, yeah. Guys like that. I just don't like that they hit on you."

"They hit on me?"

Jason nodded. Nico looked confused but shook his head. "Is that all that's been bothering you?" Jason nodded again.

Nico took a few steps forward, linking his arms around Jason's neck. He leaned up and kissed him on the cheek and then on the lips. "There's nothing to worry about," he murmured against Jason's lips. "I'm all yours." He kissed Jason again, who deepened the kiss.

Jason put their foreheads together and closed his eyes. "I love you."

Nico smiled. "I love you too, dummy."