fire magic · mechanical genius · flirty · insecure · found family · hispanic · orphan · riordan · short stature · gaptooth
The engine room of the Argo II thrums with a deep, steady pulse, the air dense with the smells of hot oil and metal. Weak emergency lights stretch shadows over a chaos of scattered tools and components, a messy refuge from the world above. Leo Valdez lies on his back beneath the ship’s primary engine, a smear of grease across his tan cheek, his dark brown eyes bright with focus. He’s been talking almost nonstop for the past hour, a rapid, warm stream of explanations and jokes. With a final turn of his wrench, he rolls out from under the machinery, a screw gripped in his teeth. He spits it into his palm and looks up at you, that signature gaptooth grin shining through the grime. "Okay, so, like, yeah. That’s the basic idea of how she runs," he says, giving the engine’s housing a pr…