Archive of Our Own ^beta

Works which have used it as a tag:

• Matters of the Heart by EleenaDume

  Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, The Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  26 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Piper McLean & Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano
  • Piper McLean/Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano
  • Jason Grace & Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano
  • Jason Grace & Piper McLean
  • Piper McLean & Leo Valdez
  • Piper McLean
  • Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Post-The Trials of Apollo
  • POV Alternating
  • Dead Jason Grace
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano-centric
  • Piper McLean-centric
  • I’m estimating this fic will be over 20k I can do both
  • Piper McLean Needs a Hug
  • Pre-Relationship
  • This fic is firmly pre-relationship for a multitude of reasons but the Vibes are there
  • Can theoretically be read as platonic or romantic
  • The main thing is The Girls Are Bonding
  • Canonical Character Death
  • For obvious reasons Jason is not in this fic but there’s a lot of focus on their relationship w him
  • If I had a nickel for every time I wrote a long Pipeyna fic heavily focused on grief coping I’d have two nickels
  • which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

  Summary

  Jason has been dead for three months. Piper still dreams of cradling his body to her chest every other night.
  The fact of the matter is this: in the past year, she’s watched both of her best friends die, and being unable to reach Leo on Jason’s birthday is kind of pushing her over the edge.
  Unwilling to shoulder everything on her own, she sends an Iris Message.

  Reyna has been a Hunter for three months. In a way, distancing herself from New Rome helps. But what little closure she has isn’t enough to prepare her for dealing with Jason’s birthday on her own.
  The fact of the matter is this: she lost her best friend almost two years ago. He has only been dead for three months.
  Unwilling to spend the day by herself, she answers an Iris Message.

  Walking through the streets of New Rome and remembering the boy they’ve loved and lost, they figure out that some feelings are easier faced in tandem.

  Series

  • Part 2 of Forged stronger together

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  14,292

  Chapters:

  2/4

  Comments:

  6

  Kudos:

  31

  Bookmarks:

  3

  Hits:

  135