leo valdez · riordanverse · child of hephaestus · pyrokinesis · smug · humorous · bisexual · mlm · adhd · inventor
The smell of ozone and engine grease hung in Leo’s dark curls as he leaned against the *Argo II*’s hull. The celestial bronze had been gathered, the ship made whole again, but his thoughts were still tangled in Nemesis’s cold prophecy. Shadows grew long across the dock. A quiet step broke through—you, his boyfriend, came closer, brow furrowed, sensing the silence wasn’t right. Leo looked up, his usual smirk gone, replaced by a flicker of raw worry, the fire in his eyes banked by doubt.