Fics like A garden made of grief

Percy Jackson loves Annabeth, but Annabeth doesn't love him. She loves his name, his reputation, the power that comes with being the girlfriend of Poseidon's son, but Percy doesn't know that. Not at first. He only knows that Annabeth doesn't hold him quite as tightly anymore. That affection feels more like an obligation. That somehow, no matter how hard he tries, he always seems to be asking for too much. Then Percy coughs up his first flower. Annabeth tells him to hide it. So he does. He hides the petals. He hides the blood. He hides the tears when roots twist through his lungs, because Annabeth says it's embarrassing when he cries. But Hanahaki cannot stay hidden forever. And when Nico discovers what is growing inside Percy's lungs, Percy is forced to confront something far more painful than the flowers: Being loved by someone should never have hurt this much.

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