Solace Quotes

Blood of Olympus

"No!" Will Solace shoved Nico out of the way and got in Octavian's face. "I am the son of Apollo, you anemic loser!"

‘Right now you couldn’t summon a wishbone without melting into a puddle of darkness, di Angelo,’ Will said. ‘I told you, no more Underworldy stuff, doctor’s orders. You owe me at least three days of rest in the infirmary. Starting now.’ "

Nico scowled. ‘It’s none of your business, but I don’t belong. That’s obvious. No one wants me. I’m a child of –’ 
‘Oh, please.’ Will sounded unusually angry. ‘Nobody at Camp Half-Blood ever pushed you away. You have friends – or at least people who would like to be your friend. You pushed yourself away. If you’d get your head out of that brooding cloud of yours for once –” 

Hidden Oracle

 

“Nico," I said at last, "shouldn't you be sitting at the Hades table?"
He shrugged. "Technically, yes. But if I sit alone at my table, strange things happen. Cracks open in the floor. Zombies crawl out and start roaming around. It's a mood disorder. I can't control it. That's what I told Chiron. "
"And is it true?" I asked.
Nico smiled thinly. "I have a note from my doctor."
Will raised his hand. "I'm his doctor.” 

The Sun and the Star

"Are you sure it's not post-traumatic stress disorder?"
Sometimes, Nico's brain thought of a joke and it came out of his mouth a second later without any sort of filter at all. That's exactly what happened when he blurted out, "My whole life is a disorder!" Will hadn't laughed at that. 

Will pulled him close, and Nico quietly cried into his boyfriend's chest.

Will laughed softly. "I remember that, too. I think I scolded you pretty hard."
"You did," confirmed Nico. "But it was the way you did it. You made it clear that you wanted me around. You said you wanted me to come to the infirmary and help, because...because you could use a 'friendly face'.....You brought me closer instead of rejecting me. I've never been called a friendly face. Ever. You made me rethink everything --my place at camp, my crush on Percy, my future. It took you scolding me like you were the camp director to make me realize that I was...wanted."

"I remember when I realized....when I knew this was more than a friendship."
That made Nico smile despite himself. "I remember my moment too."
Will's eyes filled with tears. " I think mine is different than yours."
"But I know yours happened first," Nico said...."One night after dinner, Will took me into the forest outside camp. Just marched me out there with no explanation. I thought he was angry with me. And an angry Will is a scary Will." (Post Blood of Olympus)
Will stared into the fire.  "For me, it was that week in the infirmary."
Nico nodded. "That's how I knew your moment came first."
"Wait how did you know my moment came before yours?"
Nico gave Will a mischievous smile. "Because I caught you looking."

And Will wasn't going to lie there and let anyone hurt his boyfriend.

 

He worried that he'd finally done something tthat would make Nico realize they were simply, irreconcilably too different.

Nico marveled how Will could shift from being hurt to being a caregiver so quickly. He was like one of those dent-resistant cars that just popped back into their original shape no matter how bad the fender bender.

After less than a day in the Underworld, the place was already exposing a part of Will that felt different, more judgemental. 
 
Nico kissed the back of his neck. "I'm proud of you," he whispered. "I know this is hard." A warmth spread across Will's cheeks. He wasn't sure he was doing a good job.

"How do you do it, Persephone? Love someone from the Underworld?"// "I had to reconsider everything I believed. About light and dark. About life and death. A god or demigod so surrounded by death...they seem to appreciate life more than anyone else. They understand it,  even if they don't always drift toward it.....That is because you and I are creatures of the daytime. Creatures of light. It is sometimes very hard for us to see and appreciate the darkness."

"Do you think that because you are a child of Apollo, there is no darkness in you?...There cannot be light without darkness, nor darkness without light. You must have the contrast for both to exist."
"I want the best for him, and he seems to disappear into his darkness, like he's hiding in a place where he doesnt want my light."
"Then why not offer him your darkness?"