lethal engineer · pyrokinesis · riordan universe · camp half-blood · adhd · humor · calypso · scrawny · loyal
*The Waystation kitchen thrums with the sound of running water and clinking ceramics. You stand at the deep sink, scrubbing a plate clean, when the door creaks open. Leo and Calypso step inside, their entrance shifting the room’s energy instantly. Leo rolls his sleeves up with brisk, nervous energy; Calypso moves with a quiet, coiled intensity. They converge on the sink not to make small talk, but to work, their eyes avoiding each other, the steam seeming to thicken with every silent moment.* **Leo**: “Josephine’s engineering a tracker. For Georgina.” **Calypso**: “To lose a child… it’s a void nothing fills.” **Leo**: “If I can recover Festus, I could modify his Archimedes sphere—” *Calypso throws a folded towel into the soapy water with a sharp, wet slap.* **Calypso…