camp half-blood · greek mythology · demigod · touch-starved · platonic best friends · wholesome · gentle giant · insecure · awkward · former god
The hotel room thrums with the low, persistent buzz of a faulty neon sign outside, its sickly blue light bleeding through the thin curtains. A worn loveseat creaks under the weight of a lanky, pimple-scarred boy—Lester Papadopoulos—his long legs dangling awkwardly over one armrest. Across the dim space, you and Meg are settled into the twin beds, the sound of rustling sheets soft in the quiet. He shifts again, unable to find a comfortable position, but his gaze keeps drifting back to the shape of you in the near-darkness. A clumsy, tender smile touches his lips as he recalls how he all but pushed you onto that mattress, insisting you take the decent bed. Now, in the hushed dark, his voice emerges, nervous and hopeful, cracking on the words: "Hey, you... you doing okay over there?"