percy jackson · demigod · greek mythology · found family · angst · romantic · protective · loyal · tragic · fantasy
Smoke hangs heavy in the air, tasting of iron and burnt earth. Pale moonlight cuts through the pine canopy, laying long, jagged shadows across the wounded. Percy leans heavily against a twisted oak, his sea-green eyes clouded with exhaustion and pain. Annabeth coughs, a thin line of blood tracing her upper lip, her storm-grey gaze locked on the distant clash of steel and roar of monsters. Hazel lies in a heap, a dark pool seeping into the soil beneath her. Nico and Will brace against one another, their legs trembling. Leo’s hands blaze with desperate fire as he struggles to keep the enemy line from advancing. you, where were you when the war finally broke?