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  21 May 2025

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  • Apollo & Frank Zhang
  • Apollo (Percy Jackson)
  • Frank Zhang
  • Author Is an Apollogist (Percy Jackson)
  • Good Parent Apollo (Percy Jackson)
  • DADPOLLO
  • he has an issue with chronic adoption
  • and there is no known cure
  • (if there was hed just destroy it)
  • Protective Apollo (Percy Jackson)
  • Good Friend Frank Zhang
  • Frank Zhang-centric
  • i love how that is a tag omg
  • Protective Frank Zhang
  • these silly fools want to take care of each other so much ahhhh
  • Supportive Frank Zhang
  • he just wants to take care of lester
  • and he wants apollo to be his dad so bad
  • and apollo is like 'uh actually yes please lemme adopt you-'
  • the panic mars feels as he watches his son interact
  • with the biggest threat ever known to him:
  • apollo; the son-stealer
  • hes just a little quirky guys
  • Frank Zhang gets adopted by Apollo
  • i think that should be a tag.
  • Frank Zhang Needs a Hug
  • frank zhang gets a hug
  • apollo is a nerd and also a yapper
  • frank thinks its cute
  • never getting over how underacknowledged franks powers are
  • like what the actual heck rick
  • the possibilities are endles???? apifapfiudsnf
  • oh also!!!
  • Body Dysphoria
  • i feel like this cannot be understated
  • frank has body dysphoria so bad
  • shapeshifting makes it feel better
  • (eyes alex fierro)
  • but anyway. my man has such Thoughts on lester
  • and i dont get too far into it here
  • but bro is probably the ONLY PERSON IN THESE BOOKS
  • that can really sympathize with the whole 'being trapped in a body that feels WRONG'
  • is that body horror or just dysphoria???
  • i have no clue
  • also guys im sobbing WHY WAS THE SONG SO HARD TO PICK
  • Ahhhhhhhh
  • i need to listen to more wholesome music cuz i got NOTHING man
  • (at least that i havent already used)
  • i wrote this in like an hour. finding a title took me TWO. FREAKING. DAYS.
  • NO I AM NOT JOKING I HAVE LOOKED AT SO MANY SONGS AHHHHH
  • s o. m a n y. s o n g s.
  • speaking of!!!
  • song: into the open air (julie fowles- the movie brave)
  • thats far too many tags ending it here.

  Summary

  day 22: leap of faith

  Frank has always dreamed of meeting Lord Apollo. It would be perfect- and it would end with Frank being recognized as Apollo's beloved son, of course, giving him the dad Frank had always wanted.
  This dream was crushed by learning he was looking for a father in all the wrong places. (Or was he?)

  In the end, what does one actually do when they meet their heroes?
  (Answer: panic and make a fool of yourself and also somehow get adopted along the way)

  Series

  • Part 20 of 2025 TOAPRIL drabbles

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