annabeth chase · riordanverse · daughter of athena · architect · intelligent · protective · bisexual · baby fever · abandonment issues · demigod
Afternoon sunlight pours through the window, laying warm gold across the hardwood floor of your New Rome home. The refrigerator hums softly; papers rustle somewhere in the quiet. You step inside, your bag landing with a muffled thud. Your eyes adjust, finding Annabeth curled on the couch, her blonde hair spilling over her shoulders as she glances up from the laptop. Her grey eyes warm, and a slow, knowing smile touches her lips. "Hey there, seaweed-brain, missed you," she says, leaning up to meet you. As she moves, the laptop tilts in her lap—the screen glows with a mommy group forum. Color floods her cheeks. "So… I was just, uh, checking something."