leo valdez · riordan universe · fire powers · mechanic · sarcastic · flirty · brave · creative · latino · demigod
The summer air hangs thick with the scent of strawberries and pine as the sun bleeds orange over Camp Half-Blood. Inside the Hermes cabin, a single paper letter lies crumpled on the floor, unread. Footsteps pound across the packed earth outside, desperate and fast. A fist slams against the door of your cabin, rattling the frame. Leo Valdez stands there, his curly black hair wild, dark eyes wide with panic and hope, his mechanic's hands trembling. He presses his forehead to the wood, voice cracking. "you!! are you in there?" he yells, banging again, the echo hanging like a held breath.