#preyna

And everything's fine when he's teaching her at the half-empty roads of New Rome, they chat and have fun together, sipping hot chocolate from papercups. But some time later he drags her all the way to New-York for the final exam, and Reyna passes, obviously, but cusses poetically at the car, the city and Percy himself the whole time, disheveled and fierce, her eyes burning with fire Percy's never saw her before.

Afterwards she parks a car to just breathe silently for ten minutes. And then asks him to drive somewhere where they can have dinner.

Rachel is made the Oracle and can never have romantic relationships with anyone. After TLO, the friendship that she and Percy developed over what he thought was his last year alive was thrown out the window.

Calypso is trapped on Ogygia, but Percy ensures her release. Until that’s retconned in HOO, anyway, in a move that makes Percy look like a dick and utterly defangs oaths on the Styx. Not to mention, Calypso “cursing” Annabeth (even though it wasn’t intentional or even conscious), and then being given to Leo to ruin his character arc for good measure.

Reyna isn’t even given a chance; her advances are openly rejected by Percy, which is a rarity, and she’s later made a Hunter for good measure.

Nico, despite the years Percy spent worrying about him, searching for him, and then spending time with him, is now treated like a stranger by Percy, even though TLO left them off as good, even best, friends. To add insult to injury, Nico’s “confession” to Percy is, frankly, insulting and played for laughs, and post-HOO he’s given a new boyfriend he has spoken maybe one sentence to beforehand.

And it’s not even just canon love interests either; anyone who even has the potential of an interesting romance with Percy is pushed aside:

Thalia? She’s a hunter now.

Bianca? Hunter; also she’s killed off the chapter after she and Percy form a solid bond.

Any of the Seven post-SON? Percy only has eyes for Annabeth.

Clarisse? Random new boyfriend.

Grover? Random new girlfriend.

But like I told you guys years ago: this demigod gig is dangerous. Don't say I didn't warn you.

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Felt inspired so after doing praetor!Preyna headcanons, let's go with hcs where Percy is not praetor but Reyna is :

He's her best support. I don't think I need to say it but he's her rock. Bringing her lunch, checking on her regularly throughout the day and quietly working at bettering anything he can in camp to make sure she doesn't have to deal with it.

But because he doesn't want to suffocate her and seem overbearing, Percy often see with Frank eather than Reyna directly to know how she's doing. But at the end of the day he's the only one capable to see what she is really feeling behind this mask she's constantly wearing.

They have a rule they never strive away from : breakfast is taken together, no matter where or what they eat, they do it together. At the very least through Iris messages when Percy is needed outside of Camp Jupiter.

Percy's job on the side of college is managing the communication between camps (and maybe even mythologies after he met Carter, Sadie and Magnus) which takes him a lot of time. But he values Reyna's help and advice a lot, leaving them having to soend a lot of time together at work too.

Reyna quickly grows worried to see him tire himself at work and school so much though. So she's the one proposing (ordering) him to have assigned lazy days, where he'd have nothing to do. Something Percy only agreed on if she took some too and if they always matched with his.

Reyna knows New Rome better than anyone, but the truth is that she knows the roads more than she ever went into the various places and building. For example, she never went to the club the cinema or most of the bars in town. And when he learned that, Percy made it his mission to fix that.

Sorry for those who like the idea but to me, no, Percy can't braid Reyna's hair, he just sucks at it. He tries though! And Reyna loves to wintness his attempt, sometimes direct, sometimes discretly when they're cuddling and he starts playing with her hair

Reyna still has a hard time going back on the sea after the hardships she experienced with the pirates. It takes time, but Percy is the one who gets her to be more at ease with it. First by inviting her to the beach where the go swimming together, then by inviting her on dates where they'd picnic on small boats, before finally bringing her on a larger boat. And she goes through it, but not without holding onto Percy's hand as if her life depended on it throughout each step

With more free time after the rebuilding of the Camp and city, Reyna starts looking for hobbies, following Hazel, Frank and Percy's advice. She does a little of various things : gardening (she's bad), drawing (she's...okay), cooking (nothing exceptional) and various sports.

But one day, Percy decides to follow Leo's advice and take him on his gift offer : a game console. And you won't believe how good Reyna was at video games, truth is she never thought she'd be either. She wasn't very enthusiastic about the idea at first, but in less than a month, she became a pro at various race games, strategy games and rpg, which frustrates Percy as much as it makes him happy whenever he see her smike after a victory or just her focus in the middle of a game.

I received another ask about the same thing, don't know if it was you twice but here I go! :

Let's go with a scenario where percabeth are friends and Percy/Reyna would spend way more time together during HOO (for example with Percy staying way longer at Camp Jupiter (having him not renounce his post as praetor after he started getting accustomed to it) and Reyna joining the seven. They'd get together by the middle-end of BOO and would leave for Camp Jupiter after Camp halfblood got restored at best.

It took Reyna some time to get out of "war mode" after they defeated Gaia though. The whole relationship thing was hard for her to get into, only because it was a first. At first she tries to treat it as she would a professional partnership, but she quickly grows frustrated with herself and her way of doing things. Fortunately Percy, who at first let her go at her pace, notices her frustration and shame and, without explicitly stating it, starts organizing them dates and late nights moments where they're free to just be and enjoy a good time.

I said it again and again but those two would be the perfect pair of leader for camp Jupiter. Reyna has the authority, knowledge of the rules and traditions, high sense of planning and the respect of all soldiers. While Percy knows how to motivate troops and convince assemblies with his experience on the field. He's not afraid to speak up and having Reyna giving him all the info he needs to work his way into Roman life makes them a perfect pair.

I really see them having this perfectly in synch morning where they leave their praetor's houses, standing right next to each other, at the exact same time, go to breakfast together, know the other's order by heart, share some of it before heading to work.

At least on very crucial days where they need to be at their most efficient, otherwise, no you can bet Percy needs Reyna to bang on his door repeatedly before he's ready. Fortunately she plans for it just well and waits for him coffee in hand.

Percy definitely helps Reyna getting closer to the soldiers but also New Rome's citizens. After more than a year closed off into her office battling Octave and his plans, she has a hard time going to people and talking to them in a more casual setting. Fortunately Percy is super good at helping her out of her bubble.

Reyna insists on managing new communication system between Camp Jupiter and Camp Halfblood. They both work on opening New Rome's schools and universities to the Greeks but also have the idea to organize some "student exchanges" where Roman soldiers would spend a summer at camp halfblood. And sometimes, they like to go spend a week or two in vacation over there to see their friends, letting Frank and Hazel in charge while they're there.

Once the damage from the war fixed, they finally allow themselves some time. Reyna shows Percy all her favorite spots in the city and she listens to all his mythical or more ridiculous tales with as much interest.

It took sometime, but once Reyna starts to get at easy with the concept of holding hand, that Percy first initiated, she's the one taking his hand and refusing to let it go on all of their walks.

A detail that no one in New Rome ever misses and that no one can pretend to find to be anything but adorable.

What they both struggle the most with in their job is writing. With their ADHD they have a hard time focusing when they need to write reports and speeches. And what's funny is that it's when their duo is the most and least efficient ever. The most because they know and understand the other's struggle with the task and can support and advice each other when needed. And the worst because they both always want it to end as soon as possible, and if there's any DVD player nearby, their focus can very quickly shift.