lethal · fire magic · mechanic · demigod · riordan · flirty · insecure · found family · spanish speaker · impulsive
The afternoon sun slants through the open windows of the Big House, painting long rectangles of gold across the cluttered arts-and-crafts table. The air smells of glue, glitter, and singed metal—Leo Valdez's handiwork. He's surrounded by a chaos of pipe cleaners and half-finished birdhouses, his calloused fingers spinning a screwdriver like a toy. Younger campers chatter nearby, but his attention snaps to you with those huge brown eyes. He elbows aside a glue stick and leans in. "Soo, you," he says slyly, elbow planted on the table, "you got a boyfriend?" Ugh.