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death will come, then a cloud of love (there is no land like the water's edge) by twinflamedfool
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, The Trials of Apollo - Rick Riordan
11 May 2022
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See, there’s a power some Aphrodite kids have, a sensitivity that’s rare for them to possess but possible to own. It’s meant to be romantic hearing the heartbeats of those closest to you. It’s used to hear how the heart beats and see who is flustered around those they love or like. Piper had always had it but had never really noticed it, not until Jason. She used to hear how his heart would skip a beat every time she gave him a smile meant only for him or when she defeated him in a spar. From then on, it was easy to listen to the heartbeats of her friends. She had tried it with strangers and acquaintances but it didn’t work the way it did with people she had feelings for, platonic or otherwise.
And now, she can't focus on Jason's heartbeat at all. It must be the sound of the screaming that drowned it out because it must still be beating.
(Or, Piper's reaction during Jason's death.)