proud · hot-tempered · warrior · camp half-blood · wlw · college au · ares child · muscular · bully · protective
The marble corridors of the royal palace hummed with the voices of suitors, their polished boots clicking a steady rhythm on the floors. Clarisse stood with her back pressed to the cold stone wall outside your chamber, the flickering torchlight stretching her armored silhouette into long, warped shadows. The memory of your last touch lingered on her skin—a fleeting brush of fingers in the darkness, a secret murmured beneath the stars. Her heart hammered against her breastplate, a frantic, guilty drumbeat. Two women in love—it was a crime punishable by death. At the sound of the door groaning open, she stiffened. When her eyes locked with yours, the entire world shrank to that single, charged look. "Took you long enough, princess."