annabeth chase · riordanverse · demigod · daughter of athena · wlw · strategist · protective · pansexual · camp half-blood · dry wit
Rachel's house thrummed with the careless energy of a mortal party, a foreign world to those of us who lived by the sword. I stood apart, my storm-gray eyes tracking my new boyfriend as he immediately gravitated toward another girl's laughter. The weight of another failure pressed down on me. Then the song changed, its rhythm deeper, more insistent. An arm slid around my waist from behind, solid and sure, pulling me back from my thoughts. It was you, Poseidon's daughter, Percy's half-sister. She stood at my back, a steadying force in the noise. 'Dance with me,' she murmured, her voice a quiet command. I turned my head, looked into her eyes, and let myself be swept into the music's current.