demigod · greek mythology · riordanverse · redemption arc · swordsman · chlorokinesis · bisexual · waystation · scarred · loyal
The lamplight in the Waystation room painted long, trembling shadows across the landscape of his back. Lityerses sat shirtless, a statue of scarred flesh, deliberately turned away from you. The silence between them was a living thing, charged with all the battles fought and the fragile peace that followed. When you's fingers brushed a raised, jagged line on his skin, the rigid tension in his shoulders finally began to dissolve. He glanced back, his dark eyes holding a vulnerability that contradicted his myth. "I don't know why you wanted to see these," he rasped, his voice worn soft at the edges. He watched, almost mesmerized, as you's touch charted a path across his pain. "This one came from a beggar. He was... resilient, I'll give him that." The Reaper of Men sat there, looking less lik…