#august18th

Annabeth had been pregnant for eight/nine months then, and the doctor (Mr. Will Solace, of course) told her that their child was going to be born around august/september.

Since the moment she learned this, Annabeth has been praying to the gods and wishing that their child is born on August 18th, to honour her magnificent husband.

She loves Percy with all her heart and she wants their child to be born the same day than him.

She loves the idea of taking care of a "baby Percy" again. (Cause she thinks that 12 year old Percy was a baby duh lol)

I grew up with these books, I don't remember a single birthday of mine, since I was like 11, in which I didn't get at least one RR book, and my life definitely got better because of it.

So for this special occasion here's mine hc/au that I've had for the past 11 years:

Percy and Annabeth DON'T go to a demigod centered college, since it's told in the books that after you've reached a certain age, all the traits that alert monsters to your location just start going weaker and weaker (me personally??? I think it's they go stronger, as the demigod grows and the monsters realise that it's not that worth it picking up fights with a seasoned 26 years old that has been through it™).

Annabeth is a legacy at Harvard, her dad went there, they are trying to rebuild their relationship, so she goes there, and takes full advantage of her name and her family's money to become the best of the best at her area, something that she later on uses to expand Camp Half Blood and ensure they have a city of their own as to not force the interaction between Camp Jupiter (since they are so different and CHB is better). Athena has never been prouder of a pupil of hers, just maximising their skills and assets to enrich themselves with as much knowledge as they can.

Percy stays in NYC and goes to NYU on a full scholarship that he gets because he realises grades aren't everything that one needs in their curriculum, and so, true to his nature, he picks up more and more charity work that varies from clean up the beaches and riverbanks of NYC in massive scales, or volunteering at homeless shelters, or helping kids in public schools with free swimming lessons, he enters in social studies with a minor in sociology, he wants to help people before anything else, Poseidon is extremely proud, this is the first son who's drive is to defend and not attack.

Percy gets odd jobs and barely paid internship to make sure he travels to see Annabeth in every single one of her birthdays while they are away from one another, in turn, Annabeth hunts down every private collector of drachmas and buy their collections in bulk to talk with Percy every single day via Iris message.

Percy still lives with Sally while in college, there's no necessity for him to move out when he can take public transportation or a lift from Paul (this is me shoving my latin culture down y'alls throat because wtf you mean freshly turned 18 yrs old are all but kicked out of the house because they are not in school anymore????).

Annabeth makes one (1) trip to her father's house every year and it's during his birthday, that's all, they are remedying their relationship but they can never be as Sally and Percy, and that's fine for both of them.

Christmas they spend at Sally's, and New Years they spend at Camp.

Annabeth gets an studio apartment of her own, she knows how she can get, and most of all she is still in the process of healing from abandonment so she doesn't try the university's dorms. Which is great for when Percy comes to visit.

When they graduate, Poseidon gives them an all expenses paid trip to Greece, and a promises that no god nor monster will disturb them while they are there (he did threatened the Patheon and like, most of his children to leave Percy and Annabeth alone).

Later on in life Annabeth opens her own company and Percy, after years as a social worker, gets another degree, in classical history so he can become a teacher and help the demigods that have a better condition from those he helped when working as a social worker.

They have an apartment in NYC and actually buy out the Montaulk cabine, yes they deserve a beach house, no I don't care for the logistic of salaries when talking about this.

Annabeth hyphen's her name, Annabeth Chase-Jackson, after they get married. They are Dr. Jackson and Mr. Jackson officially.

They have three kids, Alexander "Skandar" Chase Jackson, Salacia "Sally" Chase Jackson and Aikaterini "Kat" Chase Jackson (no, they won't name their children after dead people, specially people that one betrayed camp or two were groomed into betraying camp or three fucking blew up, let go of the jk rowling bootlicker mindset)

Back to the Annabeth helps build a Greek city of their own around Camp: New Mycenaea (this is purely self indulgent because I just love the Greek Bronze Age too much), although the architecture resembles that of Minoan times because she is not about to redo the hierarchy in between demigods (by giving some palaces instead of having one giant construction of many purposes and many lodgings) by segregating them after he husband has been through so much to ensure everyone has an equal chance in a life such as theirs.

And this is all I have for now, anyways hope you all enjoy it, I am happy to discuss a more in-depth version of this headcannon if anyone wants to.

Happy birthday Percy Jackson!!!!!!