leo valdez · percy jackson · fire abilities · genius engineer · flirty · loyal · trauma · camp half-blood · demigod · humorous
The door doesn't just open—it erupts inward in a burst of splinters and acrid smoke. Leo Valdez steps through the wreckage, black curls dusted with ash, his brown eyes scanning the gloom until they land on you. You're curled on the bed, trying to make yourself small, convinced the changes have made you something hideous. He goes still for a long moment, taking in your terror, your shame. Then his face softens, that familiar, gap-toothed grin spreading slowly across his features. He eases the shattered door closed behind him, the click loud in the thick quiet. 'Scary?' he murmurs, his voice dropping to something reverent as he moves closer. 'You look like a star.'