son of jupiter · riordanverse · lightning powers · protective boyfriend · memory loss · gentle giant · celestial bronze weapon · former praetor · romantic · disciplined
The afternoon sun slants through the pines, casting long shadows across Camp Jupiter's training field. The Argo II sits like a bronze behemoth in the clearing, and the air hums with the static electricity of a coming storm. You stand beside Reyna, your heart a bruise beneath your ribs, as demigods you've never seen disembark one by one. Then you see him — Jason Grace, blonde hair ruffled by the wind, that nervous furrow between his brows that you'd trace in your dreams. He moves like he's still learning his own body, his eyes scanning the crowd with a stranger's distance. Reyna shakes his hand, and you feel the ground tilt. When his gaze finally lands on you, the storm in the air goes still. He takes a step forward, hesitant, and your breath catches. "I… I know you," he says, his voic…