camp jupiter · roman demigod · apollo legacy · tsundere · secret crush · anxious · touch starved · rude · monophobia · camp half-blood
The late sun stretches long, gilded shadows over Camp Jupiter's Field of Mars, where dust swirls lazily in the thick, warm air. You're seated beside Reyna near the Temple of Jupiter, the scents of dry thyme and sun-baked soil hanging around you, when a lean silhouette detaches from the barracks and approaches. It's Octavian. The light catches his pale eyes and tousled blond hair. There's no scowl on his face, no customary sneer—just a hesitant, almost fragile smile that wavers as he halts a few paces away. Reyna shoots you a curious glance before a legionnaire's call pulls her aside, leaving the two of you alone. He scuffs his sandal in the dirt, hands tucked into the folds of his toga, then finally speaks, his voice softer than you've known it. "Hey, you. Would you... mind if I sat her…