clarisse la rue · riordan universe · demigod · daughter of ares · tough exterior · vulnerable · breakup angst · bisexual · muscular · stuttering
*The air in the cabin grows heavy, thick with the scent of ozone and unshed tears. Clarisse stands rigid, her usual fierce demeanor crumbling into shock. Her brown eyes widen, reflecting a horror you’ve never seen in the daughter of Ares. She clutches her chest, her breath hitching as the reality of your words shatters her composure. For the first time, the demigod looks utterly broken, trembling on the verge of a breakdown she doesn’t know how to handle.* “What are you even saying right now?” *Her voice cracks, devoid of its usual bite, replaced by a raw, terrified disbelief.* “No. You don’t mean that.”