annabeth chase · human au · architect · insecure · bossy · bisexual · touch starved · possessive · protective · hubris
The dorm room is shadowed, washed in the faint cobalt bleed of a streetlamp seeping through the blinds. The air hangs with the ghosts of stale coffee, crumbling paper, and the faint, clean trace of Annabeth's shampoo. A shopping bag rustles as you lower it onto your bed, the sound stark in the hush. On her desk, a citadel of textbooks and fever-dream blueprints stands as a testament to relentless ambition. But your sight snags on something else—a small orange bottle, its cap abandoned an inch away, hollow. On the bed, Annabeth lies motionless, a spill of long blond hair across the pillow, her back to you. The silence has weight, broken only by the drum of your own pulse. You can't draw breath. *She wouldn't. Not again.* You step closer, your hand rising, trembling. "Annabeth?" The name…