So I decided to write this Solangelo one-shot because I'm terrible with actual stories. This is a Youtuber AU. I might make this kind of a series with a bunch of ships and stuff. Idk yet...

They were a common threat among the Youtube community. They were fearsome and could tear you to shreds if you showed even the slightest hint of what they were looking for. And there was no escaping these dreaded fiends. No matter who you were on Youtube, whether you were a gamer or a vlogger or tutorialist, no matter what your aesthetic was, the name of these people sent a collective shiver down everyone's spine. Shippers.

That's right. The shippers were no force to be reckoned with and Nico di Angelo, better known as grav3yardguy, knew it. So did his roommate, Will, another Youtuber called AmazingWill. They had been best friends for years before they started making videos and before they started to ship the two boys. Apparently simple friendship was a foreign concept their fanbase was unable to grasp.

"Are you sure you want to do another collab so soon?" Will would ask gently every time they were about to work on a video with one another. "I know the fangirls really get to you when they ship us..."

Nico and Will were internet partners in crime, the Youtube equivalent of Bonnie and Clyde. There was rarely a time when you didn't see or hear the other in one of their videos; they lived together so getting in each other's way was inevitable. Not that they cared. It was only the comments on Nico's channel that bothered him, many of which exclaimed "Solangelo" was real, that it had to be. Will knew Nico got stressed, because the dark-haired boy was gay but still in the closet. He always feared what his mother would say if she found out, especially since his sister had sworn off men. Ever since Bianca announced that, Maria tried to set her up with guy after suave Italian guy at family gatherings. She didn't know that Nico would rather get with those model status men than Bianca.

Except sexy Italians weren't particularly his taste. No, Nico's type was blonde, tan, freckled, an enormous ball of sunshine, and a huge geek for poetry. He was also sitting in the next room.

That was why he hated the shippers. He was afraid that one day he might accidentally let it slip that he was head over heels for his roommate.

"Bianca, I don't know what to do," he moaned one night. Besides Will, she was the only one who knew of his sexuality and she was the only person on Earth who knew how he felt about Will.

"It's okay, Nico. Things will work out in the end," she said. "Just think of it like the time I had that huge biology test that I was completely unprepared for and then got the flu the day before!"

"Not to rain on your parade or anything, but the flu isn't much of a step up from bio."

"It is if you had Ms. Danton," she said. Nico could almost hear her grimace. "That bitch wanted me to fail, I swear it."

He chuckled. "Sure, B."

"Anyways, Solace will come around. It's not like it's totally hopeless. He's bi, right?"

"Well, yeah, but just because Will is bi, doesn't mean he'll automatically like me. Just because we both like guys, it doesn't give us a supernatural gay bond," he said. "Which sucks because he's so hot. It shouldn't be humanly possible to look so good all the time."

Bianca giggled on her end of the line. "Gay bond. You spend way too much time reading fanfiction on tumblr."

"The only time anything happens between Will Solace and me is when it's in a fangirl's drawing or smutty fanfic," he said. "Again, which sucks."

"Eh, don't get so down. Things will start looking your way. And if not then I can smack some damn sense into that boy," she said.

Nico cringed. His sister was intense sometimes and protective all the time. He wasn't letter her anywhere near Will lest she scare him into an early grave. "Yeah maybe not," he said.

"What, are you afraid I'll ruin your chances? That he won't be able to get enough of bodacious Bianca?" Her tone was taunting and he could see the sparkle in her eyes, even if they were only talking on the phone.

"If it helps you sleep at night, then sure, that's exactly it."

Bianca snickered and then said, "Oh shit, it's six! I have to go, Nico, I have a seminar on women's rights starting in like five minutes."

"Alright, B, make the menimists cry," he said.

"You know I will."

They exchanged goodbyes and he hung up and tossed the phone onto his bed. He loved talking to his sister; she was encouraging in her own weird way. After talking to her, Nico always felt lighter in a sense; it felt like his soul was a freshly unclogged toilet.

No, that's a disgusting analogy, he thought. It was like his soul was... the relief from waking out of a nightmare. Better. Maybe now he'd be able to sleep some. Yeah it was early but it's not like he had anything else to do. His onyx eyes had just barely fluttered shut when the door opened. Will stood in the doorway, the light from the kitchen making a halo effect around him.

Nico pushed himself up, "Hey, Will. What's up?"

"You think I'm hot?" Will's eyes were narrowed at him, and Nico felt his breath catch.

"W-what? Were you listening to my conversation?!" he exclaimed.

Will scoffed. "In case you've forgotten, you're Italian. Not exactly known for being soft-spoken."

And the toilet was clogged again. Plunged back into the nightmare. Nico felt like he was going to throw up.

"Please leave," Nico whispered, curling up into a ball. He tried to imagine that the footsteps were getting quieter and not louder but the bed dipped and Nico just wanted to cry. He jumped as Will's warm hand began rubbing circles into his back. Why was he still being nice? Will just found out that Nico liked him. Another wave of anxiety rushed over him.

"Nico, look at me."

"Go away." He didn't.

"Don't be stubborn and retreat into yourself. I know your routine by now and it's a worrying one."

Nico glanced up. Will's eyes held sympathy, the opposite of what he wanted to see. He pulled his face back to his knees and squeezed them shut. "Whatever," he mumbled.

"Nico, I'm serious," Will said

"So am I. I don't care. Please leave me alone," he said.

"No."

Nico rolled over. "No?"

"That's what I said," Will replied, his resolve strong.

Nico forced his walls up. He wouldn't cry in front of Will. "Let me get this straight," he said. "You, a fancy science-y major, who is studying to be a doctor, will not leave me alone because you're afraid I'll retreat into myself?"

"I know you'll retreat into yourself."

"Hate to break it to you, but you got your diagnosis wrong, doc. You may be able to distinguish a finger from a thumb just by looking at the bone shape but you need some work in psychology."

Will narrowed his eyes. "Lying won't make me leave. Nico, I know you and I know your pattern. I know how you over-analyze things, which is why you can't deal with people making assumptions about you. I know that you'll freak out and have a melt-down, and now it's about me so you won't even let me pick up the pieces like I've done so many times. I know that you're afraid of what I think of you, of what I'm going to say or how I'll react." Nico had stopped breathing. "You're afraid that I'm mad at you."

The room was silent for half a second. It was an agonizing moment. But it was even more painful when Will continued.

"And I am. I'm so fucking mad," Will said. Tears leaked out of Nico's shut eyes and hugged his knees tighter. "But only because you never fucking told me so we wouldn't have had to jump though all of these damn hoops."

Nico sniffled and looked up. "W-what?"

"Nico, I've had a crush on you for months. I never said anything because you would always freak out whenever a fangirl commented about Solangelo. I thought you hated the idea of us being a thing," Will said.

He paused. He almost didn't believe it, but looking into Will's eyes proved his sincerity. He dropped his head back to the pillow and sighed in defeat; why did things always have to be so difficult for him? His life was a mess.

"I'm sorry, Will," he breathed. The bed dipped even more as Will lay down next to him; Nico rolled over to face him and Will wrapped a tan arm around him.

"Don't be sorry, you dumbass," Will said. "Just fucking hug me."

Let me know what you think! Should I continue this AU with other characters of pjo?