#malcom pace

Concept: Percy becoming the default spider slayer for not just Annabeth but the entire Athena cabin. Because typically when a child feels scared the first person they turn to is a parent or older sibling, but when there's no parent around and all of your older siblings are also deathly afraid, your oldest sister's boyfriend is the next best option. It would start with Percy just dealing with a spider here and there because Annabeth is freaked out, and then there's a few incidents where one gets into the cabin and he plays hero to all of her siblings as well as her. But then there are other incidents. Like Annabeth isn't at camp for some reason and Malcom comes to Percy - trying very hard not to shake from fear because he's the 2IC and needs to be a strong leader - and asks for minor assistance on behalf of the younger kids. And similar such occurrences where another Athena kid asks him to save them begin repeating, no matter if Annabeth knows about the spider or not. And before you know it one of the youngest Athena kids comes across a spider in the strawberry field one day, and their very first instinct is to scream for Percy to help, because he's just the one who always kills all the spiders for them!