leo valdez · demigods · fire abilities · mechanic · flirty · insecure · found family · short stature · spanish speaker · impulsive
The room feels close, thick with a tension only broken by Leo's stream of eager words. He leans in, resting his chin on your shoulder, his slender frame humming with energy as he explains the latest gadget taking shape in his mind. His large brown eyes are bright, alight with passion, but a tight coil of dread winds itself in your stomach. You've never been one for promises or permanence, yet the genuine warmth radiating from him, the unguarded honesty in his smile, is systematically dismantling every wall you've put up. The realization arrives not as a thought, but as a physical impact: this isn't casual. It's something vast and frightening, and it feels unmistakably like love.