The Christmas Party: Part One! (Part Two will be entered into the “Erotica” challenge by @MichaelHall)

Nico cringed as a snowball smashed into the back of his head.

He spun around and growled, "I swear to Hades if you hit me again I'll-" He was interrupted by another snowball as it hit him straight on in the face.

"Oh, come on Nico." Jason laughed. "I thought you'd be quicker than that." Percy chuckled beside him, blowing white tufts into the cool Christmas air.

Nico smirked before kicking a wad of snow into the faces of his two friends and dove behind the Dionysus Cabin. He could hear the sounds of the snow crunching under their feet as they ran off in the other direction, then jumped out and threw a crudely made snowball, which hit Jason directly in the small of his back.

Jason let out a modeled scream and fell to the snow-covered ground, groaning.

"My man!" Percy screamed, grabbing him by the arms and dragging him behind the Hermes Cabin. "Man down! Man down!"

Nico rolled his eyes and chuckled before turning to hide behind cover again. He gasped as a snowball smashed into the cabin wall beside of his head. He spun around to see Jason and Percy peeking out from around the Hermes Cabin, one above the other. They reminded Nico of prairie dogs.

He dove back behind the Dionysus Cabin as another assault of snowballs rained down upon him. He knelt down and made a couple more snowballs before returning fire. All of his missed, some hitting the Hermes Cabin's door. As he dove back into cover to make more, he heard the Hermes Cabin door fling open and the campers inside pour out, urged on by the snowballs that had hit their lodge. Soon, the giddy cheers of the Hermes kids were joined by those of the other cabin's as well. The whole camp was at war. Well, except for the majority of the Aphrodite Cabin, who were all peering out of their cabin door with pink and red onesie's on.

Nico jumped as he felt a hand on his shoulder. He glanced up to see Percy and Jason standing there. He hadn't even seen them come up!

"We should probably be heading to Annabeth's now." Jason said. "The Hephaestus campers are beginning to build automatic snowball throwers with heat seeking abilities. I would rather get out of here before they start building actual snowball-missiles."

"That's a good idea." Nico agreed, standing up and brushing the snow off his legs. "It's starting to get cold out here anyway."

"Oh, I can help with that Nico." Percy said, crushing him into a bear hug. "Better?"

"I can't breathe." Nico mumbled through Percy's coat.

Percy laughed. "Yes you can." He picked Nico off the ground, against his will, and began to carry him off toward the Athena Cabin.

Nico wiggled and kicked and tried to break free from Percy's grasp, but the much taller and older boy had too good a grip on him. Soon, Nico gave up and enjoyed the free transportation. Along the way, he could feel various stray snowballs hitting him, but the majority of his body was protected by Percy, so all he felt and heard were light thumps.

His body was hot, whether from the hug or embarrassment, he wasn't sure.

When they reached the Athena cabin, Percy plopped Nico onto the ground. "We've arrived at your preferred destination!"