girl dad! Percy Jackson x fem!reader
It was too early to be awake. The kind of early where the sky outside was still that soft, bluish gray, and the world hadn’t made up its mind about starting the day yet.
You were still nestled deep beneath the covers, warm and quiet in the shared comfort of your bed. Percy was next to you, and between the two of you lay your daughter—your tiny, wiggly, impossibly soft daughter, who had decided to greet the morning hours before anyone else. You hadn’t noticed at first. But something had pulled you out of sleep. A whisper.
Your brows furrowed sleepily, but you didn’t open your eyes—just listened.
“Okay, okay,” Percy was whispering, voice low and patient, “I get it. The ceiling is boring. You’ve been staring at it for a while now. But maybe… maybe we don’t need to scream about it?”
You felt your lips twitch into a smile.
“I know you don’t speak English yet,” he continued, voice hushed and soothing, “but I’ve read some stuff, okay? Apparently, if I talk to you like a full-grown adult, your brain turns into a super brain. Like, genius-level stuff. Top of the class. Future demigod valedictorian. So, we’re starting early.”
You peeked one eye open, but Percy hadn’t noticed. He was too focused on her, lying on his side with one arm curled protectively around her, whispering like they were in on some secret.
“So. Let’s go over your options,” he said, and you could hear the grin in his voice. “You can cry right now and wake up Mom, or…” he paused dramatically, “we can let her sleep, and later you and I go on a top-secret mission for pancakes. And possibly ice cream.”
There was a soft coo from the baby, and Percy gasped like she’d responded with a full sentence.
“See? That was a ‘yes.’ I heard it.” He leaned in closer to her face. “And just so you know, ‘yes’ means you agree. It’s when you want something. So like—if I say, ‘Do you want to wear a shark onesie today?’ and you go ‘ahhh’—I’m gonna take that as a yes. Cool? Cool.”
You didn’t say a word. Just stayed quiet and still, absolutely melted into the mattress with how soft your heart felt. Listening.
“But listen, you’ve got to help me out,” Percy continued. “Your mom’s been really tired. You wake her up every night for snacks. Which, fair. I also want snacks in the middle of the night. But she kinda grew you in her body for nine months, so maybe let’s give her a break this morning, yeah?”
“I swear, if you don’t cry, I’ll let you have one lick of my popsicle later. Just one. I mean, you don’t have teeth, so I guess you’ll just gum it. But that counts.”
You tried so hard not to laugh.
“And if she catches us, I’ll say it was my fault. Because it will be.”
You opened your eyes fully then, blinking at the soft morning light and the image of Percy absolutely smitten with your daughter. You didn’t speak at first, just watched him tilt his head at her like he was really expecting her to weigh in on the popsicle debate.
“She doesn’t even know what ice cream is,” you said softly, voice still full of sleep.
Percy turned, startled for just a second before grinning at you. “She will. Gotta start early.”
You stretched under the covers, smiling as your hand slid over to rest on your daughter’s belly. “So this is what I’ve been hearing, huh? A full-on negotiation.”
“She woke up first,” Percy said sheepishly, leaning over to kiss your temple. “I didn’t want to wake you, so we were… having a little chat.”
You chuckled, reaching up to curl your fingers around his wrist. “You’re such a softie.”
“I am not,” he said immediately, though the way he looked at the baby kind of ruined that argument.
“You promised her popsicle.”
“She earned it,” Percy insisted. “She’s doing a great job not crying.”
You looked at your baby, then back at your husband—the same boy who once blew up a volcano, now whispering soft secrets to a tiny version of both of you. And you felt it in every corner of your heart.
This was your life. And gods, you loved it.
i hate this but i haven’t post anything in a while so 💔