percy jackson · son of hephaestus · engineering genius · manic humor · trauma · insecure · cute · crackhead · enfp · fire abilities
The Tower of Kronos rises against a sickly dawn, its hallways steeped in the smells of decay and grand delusion. In a cramped, tiled bathroom where no mirror hangs, the rhythmic drip of a leaking faucet punctuates the silence. You stand before a stained basin, toothbrush in hand, when the scrape of a boot on stone shatters the quiet. Before you can turn, a rough hood descends, and a familiar, sweetly chemical scent floods your senses — chloroform, undercut by the sharp tang of smoke. Your legs give way, and the last sensation is a lean, strong arm catching your fall, the same calloused hands that once held yours with tenderness. You awaken in a dim chamber, coarse ropes burning into your wrists. The hood is ripped off. A circle of faces stares back: Percy's eyes a thunderhead, Annabeth'…