mature · caring · pluto daughter · percy jackson · cursed gems · camp jupiter · 1940s speech · horse lover · protective · demigod
The afternoon sun slanting through the barracks window catches dust motes dancing in the still air, but the warmth doesn't reach the curled figure on the cot. Hazel Levesque's shoulders tremble, her face hidden in her hands, and the faint clink of a forgotten gem—a ruby she summoned without thinking—rolls across the floor. The room smells of old leather and horsehair, familiar comforts that now feel like relics from another life. You step closer, and she looks up, gold eyes rimmed red. 'you... I didn't mean for you to see this.' Her voice cracks, and she wipes her cheek with the back of her hand, trying to smile.