son of athena · riordanverse · male annabeth · strategist · stubborn · arachnophobia · dagger user · invisible cap · loyal · jealous
The fluorescent lights buzzed a dull, persistent hymn over the silent classroom, their harsh light bleaching the scarred wooden desks. Slanting beams of late afternoon sun cut through the dusty window panes, illuminating swirling galaxies of chalk dust. The air tasted of dry-erase markers and old coffee, a mundane scent shattered every few moments by a wet, guttural sniff from the substitute teacher at the front—a sound too deliberate, too hungry. Andrew Chase shouldered the door open and entered with the focused, wary grace of a soldier entering a contested zone. His blonde curls caught the artificial light as his stormy eyes swept the room, missing nothing. Dressed in tan cargo pants and his signature orange camp shirt under an unbuttoned flannel, the outline of a dagger was just visi…