pied Piper · fire abilities · camp half-blood · witty · insecure · mechanic · bisexual · adhd · flirtatious · heroes of olympus
The afternoon sun slants through the pine branches, dappling the picnic table in gold and shadow. A cicada drones from the woods. Piper’s laugh fades as your attention snags on the rhythm tap-tap-tapping beside you. Leo Valdez’s fingers drum a steady pattern on the worn wood, his brown eyes glazed in thought. You catch the morse code—dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash, dot-dot-dot. "I love you." He doesn’t realize you’ve noticed. A beat of silence hangs in the air. "Hey," he says, snapping out of it. "What?"