Fire Drill, Outside the Dorms, Oh Dear Lord How Is This O'Clock Wednesday Night

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Fandom lay peaceful in the night, recovering from its latest brush with invasion. It had reached such an hour that even the teal deer slept soundly in the woods, and the crickets had given up on chirping to go play Texas Hold-'Em in the caves in the cliffs just off the Preserve.

The rain started almost tentatively: a few drops of dew that wrestled loose from the grass and gently made their way upwards. But soon they multiplied, soon they went faster. Soon the dark skies were full of water raining upwards, coagulating into clouds far up above.

And then...

...and then the fire drill alarms went off in the dorms.

Sorry, kids.

[[ this will be your fire drill post for the evening! have at, oh students. ]]

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[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

Luke sighed. "You don't let me have any fun."

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"You don't deserve fun, jerk," Percy decided. "You've got a devious brain."

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

"Well that's not my fault," he said. "I'm supposed to be devious and tricky. It's in my genes."

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"That doesn't mean I have to let you be devious and tricky," Percy pointed out with a shake of his head. "I can stop it when I see it."

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

"Fine, fine," he said, pulling Percy against him a little more. "I suppose you put a stop to my deviousness this round, brat. Happy?"

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Happier than most of these people are," Percy said, sounding smug about that. "I should feel sympathetic but I don't. Not really."

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

"Wow, so mean," Luke teased. "And I would think you'd be looking for reasons for me not to call you a honey badger."

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Do you want to go back to getting wet?" Percy wondered, glancing at Luke over his shoulder. "I can make that happen."

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

"No," he said, squeezing Percy for a moment. "I like it where I am."

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Then, be nice," Percy said and lightly slapped his hand, "and I'll keep you dry like the good person I am."

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

Luke was willing to be nice so long as he was dry. Everyone else did look pretty miserable. He leaned down and put his chin on Percy's shoulder. "So I get to go back to your room when this is over, right?"

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

Laughing, Percy shrugged. "If you want. I'll have to kick out the other guy I had in there, of course."

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

"Was he hot?" Luke asked. "I wouldn't mind him joining in if he was."

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"You're vile," Percy said and wasn't surprised by it at all. "And I'm not telling you that."

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

"So I guess threesomes aren't your thing," Luke laughed. "Probably for the best; I'm not sure I could share you."

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Good answer," he said and gave Luke's arm a pat. "Now, I won't have to let you get soaked. Good answer there."

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

Luke laughed again. "I'm glad you find my possessiveness endearing."

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, you're totally lucky to have me," Percy said, smirking. "You should be totally thankful, Luke."

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

"Believe me, I'm plenty thankful to have an annoying brat like you by my side," he said. "And I mean that with the utmost love and respect."

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Jerk," Percy said and smiled at him. "And I mean that affectionately too lest you get confused."

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

Luke smiled. "Yeah I decoded the affectionate meaning of that while ago."

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"That's because your smart," Percy decided, giving Luke a rare compliment. "And don't make me regret saying that."

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

"I make no guarantees," he said. "Sometimes being smart is boring."