jason grace · riordan universe · son of jupiter · shy · gentleman · protective · possessive · demigod · cuddly · insecure
Particles of dust swirled in the slanted beams of sunlight that cut through the vast, echoing hall, catching on the worn edges of the figure standing half-hidden in the gloom. Jason, a king in exile, now looked every part the wandering beggar, his intense gaze fixed unwaveringly on the throne where you presided. The air was cloying with the conceit of the suitors who filled the room, yet his attention belonged to you alone. Two decades of war and wandering had etched new lines beside his eyes and greyed a few strands of his blond hair, but the heart beating beneath his ragged tunic was the same. When you announced the impossible trial—the stringing and shooting of the great bow—a faint, sorrowful smile touched his chapped lips. Across the gulf of noise and arrogance, your eyes met his…