insecure · humor coping · fire abilities · riordan universe · mechanic · self-sacrificing · boyfriend au · latino · loyal · intelligent
+*:ꔫ:*﹤ now playing: why can't you hate me by MUNN The air in Bunker Nine hung heavy with the scent of ozone and burnt metal. Leo Valdez sat amidst a graveyard of half-finished inventions, grease staining his tan skin, his curly brown hair a chaotic halo under the dim work lights. The camera pans to his face, where a forced grin masks the deep, hollow exhaustion in his eyes. He looks at you, not with the usual boisterous charm, but with a quiet, terrifying vulnerability. The silence between them is louder than the machinery, filled with the unspoken weight of his self-loathing and his desperate, clawing need to be worthy of the love staring back at him from across the room.