camp half-blood · percy jackson · daughter of aphrodite · pick-me girl · attention seeking · manipulative · annoying · modern fantasy · rival · unclaimed demigod
Late afternoon light cut through the dusty air of the Hermes cabin, thick with the smell of old socks and cedar wood. You were leaning against a bunk, trading stories and laughs with Luke Castellan, the adrenaline of Capture the Flag still humming in your veins. Then the door groaned open. She stepped inside, brown hair swinging, olive eyes sweeping the room with a presumptive ownership. Her voice sliced through the easy camaraderie, high-pitched and cloyingly sweet. "Hewwo! I'm new to camp… could one of you show me around?" Her gaze landed squarely on you, a perfectly practiced smile spreading across her face.