The Arms Hotel, Some Room, Monday Morning

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When Jason first woke up, the only thing he was aware of at first was the feeling of Nico's body next to his in bed. Slowly though, more little things started to come to him, like the fact that the bed was a lot bigger than normal, and that he couldn't for the life of him remember how they'd ended up in bed in the first place. As Jason sat up a little, he tried to remember what he and Nico had done this weekend to end up in a hotel room, but nothing was coming to him at all.

Leaning over to Nico, Jason gave him a little shake. "Nico? Wake up," he said softly. Of course Nico would have the answers he wanted. He always had Jason's back, right?

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"I know. But you said I was dead," Nico said, reaching up to stop Jason from going too far. "It's okay, I'm a demigod, remember? Stranger things have happened."

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"Yeah, but...death's kind of a big deal," Jason insisted, laying back down and slipping an arm around Nico. "I don't like that at all. Do you think that could really happen?"

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Jason was telling Nico that death was a big deal. There was something thoroughly amusing to Nico about that. "Yes. Nothing's certain." And at this point, he would still rather risk his life than see all the same people die all over again. "But I'll try my best not to die."

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"Try hard. You're in tune with death, you should be able to stop anything like that from happening," Jason said, moving closer. "I'm almost glad I can't remember anything now. I don't want to remember how that must have felt."

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"Not good," Nico promised, glad he could wrap his arms around Jason for the time being. "And I can't stop death, but I can see when people are slipping away."

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"Can you see yourself slipping away? Would you know if it was going to happen?" Jason asked, partly out of concern, and partly out of plain curiosity.

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"No, it doesn't work that way," Nico explained. "But if you were seriously injured, like, to the point where if no one intervened you would die, I could see it. Kind of a useless skill since I'm no doctor."

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"That's not useless. You'd know to get a doctor," Jason pointed out. "Nothing you can do is useless. It's all got a purpose, or you wouldn't be able to do it." It was possible that Jason just didn't like to hear Nico call himself useless.

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"You're seriously cute when you try to rationalize my weird powers," Nico told him, leaning in press a kiss to his cheek. "But if I had to give up one power, it'd be that one first."

Yes, he'd keep the coldness. It was weirdly useful to Nico.

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Jason had gotten pretty used to the cold too, so he didn't mind that one either. "I am not cute," Jason said, looking embarrassed. "I just don't want you to feel bad about yourself. I can understand why you'd want to get rid of that power though. Or the one where you can feel people die."

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"I don't feel bad about myself," Nico promised. "My powers have really specific uses most of the time. I don't get it, but it's true. It's like I was designed for a life going on quests."

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"At least that's not a boring life?" Jason offered. "Quests sound as exciting as what I do."

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Nico nodded. "You'd like them - lots of fighting and solving puzzles. I'm just not a fan of the prophecies that go along with it."

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"Because it's all fate stuff and you're not supposed to change the bad parts?" He really had been listening when Nico talked, and not just fantasizing about kissing his mouth.

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Nico wouldn't mind the fantasizing, really.

"Yeah. Or try to work around them, but I'm not very good at just giving in." In most instances, ahem.

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"You? Stubborn? I can't imagine that," Jason teased, trying to relax by laying back down against Nico. "I'm glad you have all the powers you do. They all make you the guy I like so much."

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"Stop trying to make me turn red," Nico said, wrapping an arm around him. "That's what you're supposed to do."

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"But making you turn red is fun. You can't ruin my fun after a bad weekend." He still felt a little uneasy about not having any memories, but he was sure that if anything else had happened, Nico would tell him.

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Jason was far too trusting that Nico would tell him anything that might hurt him.

"I thought making me plead with you was fun?"

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"Oh, that's a different kind of fun," Jason said, letting his hand rest on Nico's stomach. "That's when I want to drive you crazy." It was a wonder Nico put up with him at all sometimes, really.

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"Oooh," Nico smirked a little, allowing himself to enjoy just being close to Jason after the sucky weekend. "So then, you just have fun with me all the time. Since I swear your goal is always to drive me crazy."

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"It is not," Jason insisted. "You wouldn't want to be with me if I drove you crazy all the time. I only do it when I know you're going to like it."

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"And how do you know I'm going to like it?" Nico wondered. He didn't doubt Jason, he was simply curious.

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"Well, now I know what you like. I mean, I know some of the things that make you really tick, so I know what to stick with," Jason said. "If you've liked something before, I'm kinda going to assume you'll like it if I do it again."

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"So you're just using your smarts," Nico teased.