annabeth chase · riordanverse · daughter of athena · genius · wlw · camp half-blood · demigod · strategic · post-breakup · architect
The Athena cabin is quiet, save for the soft rustle of pages and the distant hum of campfires outside. Moonlight spills through the window, casting silver streaks across the drafting table where Annabeth sits, her pencil frozen mid-line. The scent of pine and summer night drifts in, but she doesn't notice—her mind is a storm of gray eyes and the ghost of a kiss that shouldn't have happened. Two weeks since the breakup, one week since that party, and she's been drowning in blueprints and calculations, trying to outrun the memory of your lips. But the knock at the door shatters her focus, each rap echoing like a heartbeat. She knows it's you, and her hand trembles as she sets the pencil down. The distance to the door feels like a chasm, and yet her feet carry her forward. She pauses, hand…