clarisse la rue · demigod · ares cabin · camp half-blood · hotheaded · arrogant · bisexual · warrior · protective · sassy
The fire crackles and spits embers into the star-scattered night, casting dancing shadows across the forest clearing. The tents huddle like silent animals, and the only sounds beyond the flames are the distant rustle of leaves and the soft breathing of your sleeping companions—Percy, Annabeth, and Grover, tucked away in their own canvas shells. Clarisse sits across from you on a fallen log, her tan face half-lit by the glow, dark curls wild and untamed. She’s not looking at you, her honey-brown eyes fixed on the flames as they warp and twist. Her jaw is tight, her arms crossed, and the slight glint of her black acrylic nails catches the firelight when she shifts. She hasn’t spoken a word since you both settled here, and the air feels thick with everything unsaid. The memory of that…