• when connor tried to one up Percy in absolutely everything, and basically spoiled Annabeth rotten for a week before she got suspicious. Annabeth needs someone to drop off food while she’s working? done. Annabeth wants another notebook? he’s there. Annabeth wants help with dish duty? he’ll do it all. or threaten another camper with theft if they don’t do it for him
• when they consoled each other after Luke’s betrayal. just quiet afternoons sitting in the strawberry fields either talking about their feelings or nothing at all. just basking in each other’s presence. Connor playing with Annabeths hair, threading it between his fingers and tugging on her curls to annoy her. Annabeth constantly reaching down to untie his shoelaces when he wasn’t looking so he’d inevitably trip when he got up.
• the Great Pegasus Debacle of ‘07, aka one of the most epic pranks they pulled off together as kids. lots of laughs, several disgruntled campers, a very angry ticked off Chiron who was one second away from galloping out of camp and never coming back, and a metric ton of horse shit
• when they drunkenly hooked up (made out) during BoTL summer and Percy caught wind of it and was an irritable little bitch for a week. connor has simultaneously never been so satisfied and heartbroken. yes, he was a little smug. but it was also eating him up inside how he’d gotten a taste of what it would be like to be with her, but he’d never get the chance to actually date her and love her the way he wants to.
• when they reunited after the Giant War and sprinted into each other arms and they just held each other and cried for a lil bit. it was therapeutic. she, percy, connor, and grover just spent the day together relaxing, catching up, and soaking up each other’s presence

this is more than you asked for anon, but i couldn’t help myself. today, i serve you jealous connor and percabeth. tomorrow, who knows?

• he cries.
• never in front of any of the other campers though, not even travis
• he pretends to be tough and thick-skinned as if nothing ever gets to him. but this does. this one hurts. this is his best friend.
• and well, connor isn’t really the questing type. mini-quests? sure. but quests all the way across the country that involve a kidnapped goddess? he feels useless in comparison to the children of the big three that are going on the quest
• he wants to go, he wants to save her, but his doubt in his own abilities and his trust that the hunters and more experienced demigods would be able to do a better job than him holds him back
• he just wants annabeth safe. and he doesn’t want to compromise a quest by tagging along.
• what does he have to offer in comparison to a daughter of zeus? to a group of immortal hunters who have been training for years? he can steal and manipulate. he wouldn’t be too great in any combat scenarios which quests provide plenty of.
• or at least that’s what he thinks and he convinces himself that they’re the best group to go and save annabeth
• he and annabeth always kept in touch frequently during the school year. they IMed and emailed a lot
• he had been really looking forward to finally seeing her at camp again that winter break but. percy tells him she jumped off a cliff like the brave, reckless, impulsive, self-sacrificing hero she is
• it’s a punch to the gut. she fell of a cliff. with a monster. what, really, are her chances of survival?
• he’s waiting for her to pop out around the corner when he least expects it, sneak up on him and shout “Haha, got you! Thanks for playing along, everyone.” as if it were all some elaborate prank. he wouldn’t put it past annabeth.
• but the heartbreak and grief in percy’s eyes are real. he’s never the seen the son of poseidon more moody, more quiet, more worried.
• percy can tell connor’s worried sick because, well, it’s like looking into a mirror. it’s like a piece of their hearts has been ripped out of their chests and there’s a lingering emptiness in everything they do.
• when percy mentions annabeth was considering the hunters he resisted the urge to scream and tear that pamphlet into pieces. luke had already abandoned them. annabeth couldn’t too.
• and when news of percy sneaking off to save annabeth and be the intrepid heroic little shit he always is reached connor, connor is simultaneously relieved and jealous.
• he knows the quest won’t fail if percy’s on it. but he also knows that it’s percy smile she’s going to see first. it’s percy’s arms she’s going to run into. it’s percy that’s going to be her hero. he’s the one that’s going to save her, not connor, her first best friend.
• and he knows it’s selfish, he knows he shouldn’t be thinking these things, knows he should be grateful that the son of poseidon would save her, but he can’t help the envy lodged at the back of his throat.
• it always about percy. percy defeating the minotaur with no training. percy slaying medusa. percy returning the lightning bolt to olympus. percy saving grover from Polyphemus. percy retrieving the golden fleece (clarisse came back to camp announcing she had done it, but he had a feeling it hadn’t been without extensive help). he knows percy couldn’t and didn’t do any do of those things without help, either. but it hurts to think about how that help was annabeth.
• connor gets the news of percy’s dream of annabeth taking the burden of the sky from luke, through grover (who percy told) when the state IMed camp to update Chiron. it’s relieving and heart-wrenching at the same time. she’s alive. but she was manipulated. she’s bearing the weight of the heavens in a way only immortal beings could do. shes in the most excruciating pain of her life. she’s dying.
• connor had never been more angry at his so-called brother. the charming, easygoing brother he looked up to for so many years. finding out about Luke’s betrayal from annabeth sucked the air out of him and she had to hold him while his knees went week and the rage bubbled up at the back of his throat.
• now that anger is amplified by a thousand, and he despises his brother for betraying their family. for hurting the girl he was supposed to protect. he would never forgive luke for that. this kind of betrayal would hurt from anyone, but from Luke? the one who watched over the two of them for years, who entertained their scheming, who helped him secure his connor-annabeth time, who taught them how to survive? it knocks the breath out of him and fuels the bitterest rage he’s ever known and his insides ignite like match striking lighter fluid
• those weeks she was gone were the only weeks at camp connor didn’t engage in any sort of mischief. it felt wrong without her. not to mention he wasn’t in the mood.
• on one hand, he didn’t want to bear the burden percy had to. he recognized he was really fucking lucky to not have to endure the horrors percy had. but he would do it in a heartbeat if it meant annabeth looking at him the way she looked at percy.
• when annabeth gets back to camp safely, she looks exhausted and worn out and traumatized, and as pretty as ever. she is tired, he can tell, tired of everything, but she carries herself with an ounce of hope. hope for what, he isn’t sure. but he’s glad to see she’s not completely miserable.
• he runs up to her and crushes her into his embrace and she lets him hold her, laughing wetly into the crook of his neck and he blinks back the tears gathering at the corners of his eyes
• she’s back, she’s here, she’s home. where she belongs.
• he finally lets a breath out that’s he’s been holding in for a long time, when he’s told thalia joined the hunters but annabeth didn’t.
• she’s here to stay.
• when percy mentions annabeth was considering the hunters he resisted the urge to scream and tear that pamphlet into pieces. luke has already abandoned them. annabeth couldn’t too.
• annabeth tells him she just knows Luke is still out there, that he didn’t die, and a part of him feels guilty for thinking Luke’s death would be much easier for everyone. part of him wants Luke to stay dead. he hates the way Annabeth says he’s alive with such conviction, a wave of jealousy passing over him once again. he lived Luke, yes. and he had thought that Luke was capable of redemption. but how deserving was Luke of a second chance when he resorting to hurting the people he loved? if Luke was willing to hurt the person he cared about most in the world, where would he stop? how much would he hurt others? if Luke dying meant he wouldn’t get a chance to inflict on others the pain he inflicted on Annabeth, then Connor was fine with that.
• he can tell percy feels the same way about this Luke thing. but Percy has a lot less to be jealous of. he could tell there was something a little different about him and Annabeth, the way they acted around each other.
• little did he know it had to do with a visit from a certain love goddess and the son of Poseidon being seconds away a from confessing his feelings before the goddess of wisdom intervened.
• after he finally secured some alone time with Annabeth to just talk about everything that had happened, she shyly tells him about the dance she and Percy shared on Olympus
• her eyes are averted, but bright, her cheeks are tinted pink, and her lips are pulled into a soft, reminiscent smile. he thinks she looks gorgeous, but the thought of Percy being the one to put that look on her face made him feel vaguely ill
• he knows he looks at her the way she looks at percy. he hates it.
• it was always percy this, percy that. percy, the prophecy child. percy, the most skilled swordsman. percy, the son of the sea. percy, the object of annabeth’s attention.
• he loved percy, but when would connor be enough?
• he loves his best friend with his whole heart. he wants her to be happy above anything else. and she loves him too. but he knows he can’t give her the happiness she deserves. the happiness percy can give her. they grew up together and know every part of each other. one gaze from her and he feels seen. one snarky, offhand remark from her reduces him into a incoherent, snickering mess. one laugh from her spreads warmth curling down his body, from his cheeks to his toes. he can love her in every way, but he knows she can only love him in one.
• and somehow that has to be enough.
• so yeah, maybe she’s here to stay. but who is she staying for?

• she pretends to be annoyed with him every time she finds a new one bc sometimes it IS annoying when it messes with the neatness of her work and she has to erase stuff
• she tells him for every time he draws on her stuff, she gets a free pass to retaliate with whatever she wants but she never follows through
• he does it to tease/annoy her but it’s kind of also his love language
• sometimes it’s not even a meme or a joke. it’s a little heart or “i love you”
• and when i tell you that shit makes her go💗💓💖💞💗
• the fact that he has the dedication and motivation to do it every time just to see her huff in annoyance and give him a grudging smile and gently pinch his side or flick his forehead
• whenever she’s feeling down or having trouble with percy and she finds one of the scribbles he left for her, she’s reminded that she’s loved and he will always be there for her to lean back on🥺

• annabeth is 9 when connor (10) and travis (12) arrive to chb for the first time
• im not going into details about how they hit it off, you can refer to ash or annie’s hcs for that lol sorry
• those three years (or summers?) before percy arrives are considered the Glory Days by connor and annabeth personally, by everyone else they’re considered the Dark Ages
• they are such menaces when it comes to pranks like its unbelievable. nobody talks about the summer of ‘03. beckendorf still has war flashbacks from it
• puppy crush? you know it! connor is infatuated by baby annabeth and her wit. that look she gets when she’s scheming or comes up with a brilliant idea makes connor’s heart beat a little too fast to be considered platonic
• annabeth is a little starry eyed by connor, and gets all blushy when connor has that trouble-maker grin on his face (why do you think she’s so endeared by percy’s troublemaker smirk??)
• by the end of percy’s first summer the crush starts fading, more so on annabeth’s end than connor’s because how can you not simp over annabeth chase
• when percy and annabeth arrive at camp in beginning of SoM, annabeth sees the stolls and is like “Connor!” and they run up to each other and embrace. he picks her up and twirls her around a couple times and they’re both laughing it’s so cute
• percy is literally there in the background doing the eyes emoji 👁👁
• one time there’s some canoe building contest, and connor and percy were paired up together. they’re sitting at one of the picnic tables and they’re both so lost but they see annabeth walking her cabin back from activities and connor is like “Wise Girl, we need help!” and percy gets literal whiplash as he glares daggers at connor. 
• its no coincidence that the cup of water on the table tips over and completely soaks connor (it’s never addressed but connor never calls annabeth Wise Girl ever again after this)
• as they get a little older the two of them jokingly flirt with one another and he starts calling her Annababe
• she blows him kisses from across the dining pavilion and he makes a show of catching them and then dramatically fainting. she always giggles at this
• percy’s seen it a couple of times and he’s just trying his best not to short circuit and Hold it In. he gets all moody and annabeth is like what’s your problem bro
• Oblivious Annabeth is the best annabeth
• they have a handshake of course. they watched the parent trap once together and made it their mission to learn that handshake
• connor likes to twirl annabeth around or give her piggy back rides down to the campfire. the first time percy witnessed this the plumbing bursted in the bathrooms
• the summer of tlo they spend extra time together and annabeth leans a lot more on connor than usual because percy is absent (connor does not complain about this)
• that summer they also unleash a wave of pranks on everyone because tensions are high and they’re just trying to relive the Glory Days one last time before the big battle
• when percy and annabeth do get together, he’s honestly so happy for them and annabeth immediately spills the details to him after the underwater kiss
• that’s all I got. long live connabeth <3