Nico di Angelo Headcannons
I found this in my drafts and I know itβs definitely not finished but I have no motivation to do anything else with it so take this as you will and hopefully I get my motivation back soon. Enjoy!
- He was a super smart kid. Like, he lovedΒ learning new things! Especially history. He had near perfect scores on every history test at Westover.
- He got into Mythomagic (and mythology in general) a few weeks after he heard Bianca mention to one of her friends that pirates were something onlyΒ βlittle kidsβ liked.
- Even though he was talkative and hyper and always super polite and sociable, he was shy and used to being called annoying by Bianca so he didnβt really make any friends at Westover because he thought he was too annoying.
- One time in the Lotus Hotel and Casino, Nico was bored and trying to convince Bianca to play with him when he saw a group of three kids only a few years older than him grouped up by the door.
Β Β Β - βHave you ever seen them here before?β
Β Β Β - βThey look like theyβre leaving. Bianca, why canβt we leave?β
- At the dance, which Bianca forced him to go to, Nico saw three kids in his peripheral vision. Bianca tells him heβs probably seen them in the hall before, but Nico is sure it wasnβt that. And he just stared at them, because he knew heβd seen them somewhere.Β He wasnβt really thinking when he mumbled βThe one has pretty eyes.β Nico immediately regretted it, Bianca chastising him and him frantically trying to cover it up.
Β Β Β -Β βNicolas di Angelo! You canβt say that!β
Β Β Β -Β βI didnβt mean to!β
Β Β Β -Β βYeah, well, you still canβt say things like that. Youβll get in trouble.β
- Then Nico stared at them again (not to look at the pretty boy or anything). Of course, Bianca caught him.
Β Β Β -Β βNico stop looking at him.β
Β Β Β -Β βI wasnβt!β
- At camp, after most of the initial excitement and awe wore off, he was actually pretty unhappy. He was in yet another new, unfamiliar place he was meant to live at, his sister was completely ignoring and abandoning him, and the cool boy who was just like a real Greek hero was very obviously super annoyed at him.
- He was sitting on the porch of the Big House, swinging his feet, trying not to think about all of the bad things that were happening, and fighting off tears when another boy about his age sat down next to him.
Β Β Β -Β βHi! Youβre the new kid, right? Iβm Will.β
Β Β Β -Β βIβm Nico.β
Β Β Β -Β βDid you guys reallyΒ get to ride on the sun?β
Β Β Β -Β βYeah! Apollo is really fun.β
Β Β Β -Β βApolloβs my dad, yβknow.β
Β Β Β -Β βReally? Thatβs so cool! I bet you can do all sorts of cool stuff!β
- The next day, when Nico asked, Will told him that heβd been at camp for a little over a year, and that heβd only been claimed for the last two weeks.
Β Β Β -Β βBut youβre really awesome. Iβm sure youβll be claimed really soon! I mean,Β Β Β Β Β Β whyΒ wouldnβt they want to claim you?β
- After that, the two are practically inseparable. Will dubbed himself Nicoβs personal tour guide and showed him all of the good hang-out spots during their free time, including WillβsΒ βsecret spotβ. It was a super small clearing in the forest, in an area that no one ever entered from. It had a tree stump tall enough that they had to climb up to get onto and three small boulders that they liked to either sit on or jump across.
- Will was the only one that Nico told about Percyβs promise. He was telling Will how cool he thought Percy was, with his pen-sword and water powers. He went on and on about how he hoped he had cool powers like that, too.
- Since Nico didnβt have any skills that really popped out, he would get really discouraged about never figuring out his godly parent.
Β Β Β -Β βWhat if Iβm so boring that my parent doesnβt want me?β
Β Β Β -Β βI mean, youβre super smart. You could be a child of Athena.β
Β Β Β -Β βI dunno. I donβt think Iβm thatΒ smart.β
Β Β Β -Β βYouβre pretty charismatic, I would say. Aphrodite?β
- Even though Nico knew the answer was definitely no, he couldnβt stop thinking about it for the rest of the day. Him? A child of Aphrodite? The goddess of love, of all things? In the cabin dubbed the most attractive by every other camper? It was flattering, to say the least.
- The second day after Nico ran away, the first full day, he was so in shock that he didnβt cry at all. He didnβt feel upset, or frightened, or betrayed. He was just there.Β
- The third day, he woke up and almost immediately began crying. His stomach was in knots. He was cold, and hungry, and he missed his sister. He cried mostly because he missed his sister. Why would Bianca leave him? Why hadnβt she so much as said goodbye to him before she left? Bianca was all heβd had, and now she was gone, too.
- Nico didnβt actually want to resurrect Bianca. Not at first, at least. Minos just kept nagging him about, until finally he agreed. In fact, Nico didnβt really believe it would work, but the constant nagging meant that Bianca was present in his thoughts a lot, and without the proper tools to allow him to grieve healthily, it seemed at that point like the only way he would get the pain to stop.
