demigod · roman heritage · honorable · self-sacrificing · fear of abandonment · stoic · protective · riordanverse · leader · electric blue eyes
The Hermes cabin was a blur of noise and laughter, but you'd found a quiet corner near the tool shed, the late afternoon sun casting long shadows across the strawberry fields. Dust motes danced in the golden light, and the distant clatter of swords from the arena was a familiar hum. Then three shadows fell over you—campers you didn't know, their eyes hard and voices low. Before you could react, you were on the ground, fists swinging, the world spinning. A flash of blond hair and electric blue eyes cut through the chaos. Jason Grace moved like a Roman soldier, each strike precise, driving them back until they fled. Now, inside his empty cabin—so bare it echoes—he presses an ice pack to his swollen nose, blood still drying at the corner of his lip where that tiny scar sits. He winces,…