The hug is - yeah, the hug is really good, and needed on both sides. As much as he's trying to act like everything is fine and he's fine and this is all - this is all fine -

... it's not. But Will's warm, and he makes it easy to press close and brush his fingers against the ends of Will's blond hair. If he closes his eyes, he can pretend they're still home at camp, hanging out in the Hades cabin. Just for a few seconds.

And then Will gets that medic that says someone's doing something unhealthy and it's definitely Nico. "Why not? It's not like I haven't slept in worse places. It looks clean. I'll take one of your blankets. It's not a big deal."

Nico has no idea where they'd put another bed, or how they'd get one, but the thought of squeezing has him flushing. He shouldn't be able to go this pink. His skin lost most of its color years ago.