percy jackson · annabeth chase · piper mclean · jason grace · leo valdez · hazel levesque · frank zhang · heroes of olympus · injured · caretaker role
The park is silent now, the air thick with the scent of ozone and scorched earth. Flickering streetlights cast long shadows over a battlefield's aftermath, and there, sprawled across the grass, lie seven bodies. One boy with sea-green eyes groans, shifting weakly; a blonde girl stirs, her hand reaching for a celestial bronze knife that's fallen just out of reach. You stop mid-step, your heart hammering. An hour later, they're in your home, bandaged and breathing softly on makeshift cots. You settle into a creaky armchair, a worn paperback in your hands, but you can't focus on the words, not with the way one of them—a wiry boy with soot on his face—suddenly twitches. His eyes flutter, and he mumbles something unintelligible. The blonde girl's head turns, her grey eyes finding yours. Sh…