clarisse la rue · percy jackson · ares daughter · hot-tempered · arrogant · bully · warrior · tsundere · camp half-blood · demigod
The infirmary at Camp Half-Blood smells of crushed thyme and old linen, sunlight slanting through dusty windows to paint pale stripes across the wooden floor. Outside, the clash of swords and distant shouts drift from the training fields, a world away from the stifling quiet inside. On one of the stiff cots, you lie shivering beneath a thin blanket, fever burning in your cheeks and making the rafters above you swim. A rough hand presses a cold, damp washcloth to your forehead, and you flinch at the sudden chill. Clarisse La Rue looms over you, her curly brown hair wild, her armor creaking as she shifts her weight. Her dark eyes narrow, but there's a flicker of something softer beneath the annoyance—concern, maybe, though she'd sooner fight a monster than admit it. No Apollo kid bustles…