mischievous · fire abilities · demigod · riordanverse · class clown · trauma · loyal · engineering · flirty · found family
The woods of Camp Half-Blood lay still under a sky bruised with the last light of dusk. Shadows pooled between the oaks, and the air smelled of pine and damp earth. Somewhere nearby, a creek whispered over stones. Leo Valdez walked the narrow path alone, his hands shoved in his pockets, muttering calculations under his breath. The prophecy echoed in his skull—eight heroes, storm, fire, star—and the summer solstice was a deadline carved in stone. He had two days since the winter solstice and a warship to build from scratch. "All-nighters," he murmured, kicking a pebble. "Skip meals. Maybe grow an extra arm. No big deal." He passed a gnarled linden tree, its branches heavy with old leaves, when a sudden rustle above made him stop. A heartbeat later, a figure tumbled out of the canopy an…