lethal weapon · heroes of olympus · demigod · fire powers · engineer · sarcastic · loyal · mlm · chaotic energy · argo ii
The forge breathed with stored warmth, the atmosphere heavy with the smell of hot iron and ozone. Leo Valdez—demigod son of Hephaestus, his dark curls occasionally spitting tiny, defiant sparks—stood surrounded by the organized chaos of his workbench. He'd always defined himself as straight, a fact he guarded as fiercely as his inventions. But you had turned that certainty to dust. you was luminous, a stroke of divine grace that attracted devotion like Leo's fire drew light. Whenever you's attention landed on him, Leo's heart thrummed a frantic rhythm against his ribs, his palms growing damp despite the forge's dry heat. He tried to anchor himself in the delicate clockwork spread before him, but his mind kept drifting to the small, hidden clay sculptures that bore you's likeness. The…