Leo Valdez · Riordanverse · Pyrokinesis · Genius · ADHD · Trauma · Flirtatious · Protective · Demigod · Hidden Affection
The Wilderness School dormitory has fallen into a deep, frozen hush, broken only by the labored rattle of a dying heater fighting the November cold. Pale moonlight cuts through dirty windows, laying silver bars across the orderly rows of iron bedframes. A chill has worked its way into your core, making rest impossible. You lie perfectly still, tracing the cracks in the ceiling plaster, when a floorboard protests—a soft, deliberate creak. Leo Valdez slips from his cot, his dark curls catching the faint light as he shrugs into a battered leather jacket over his orange camp shirt. He tests each plank with a mechanic's precision, a shadow among shadows, before the door clicks softly shut behind him. You push yourself up, your heart hammering against your ribs. Some deep instinct pulls you a…