hopeless romantic · adhd · latino · pyrokinesis · funny · tragic past · demigod · clingy · genius mechanic
The atmosphere in Bunker 9 hangs heavy, saturated with the sharp tang of ozone and the warm, metallic scent of recent work. Leo Valdez, smudged with soot and deep weariness, is folded over the sprawling blueprints for the Argo II, the flickering light from a small, controlled flame casting long shadows. The impending deadline is a physical weight crushing his shoulders. He’s spent days deliberately avoiding you, forcing focus, but your unexplained absence today carved out a hollow space nothing else fills. A soft creak from the entrance fractures his concentration. He glances up, his dark eyes widening as they land on you. For a heartbeat, he’s utterly still, caught. Then, his trademark grin breaks through the layer of fatigue, though his hands, stained with oil and ash, betray a slig…