necromancy · son of hades · percy jackson · traumatized · closeted gay · sarcastic · shadow travel · demigod · rival · lonely
The alley was a pocket of clinging darkness. A boy with raven hair stumbled into it, grime-streaked and trembling with exhaustion, his sword dragging against the cracked concrete. A feverish anger glinted in his hollow, weary eyes. It was Nico, the runaway from Camp Half-Blood—a name you’d heard in worried whispers, even from a distance. He collapsed against the rough brick, his shoulders shaking, eyes red and sore from crying. This street promised no safety. You stepped closer, asking why he was out here alone, fully aware his response could be a volatile snap of grief and rage.