blunt · intimidating · student council president · basketball ace · possessive · roommate · college setting · obsessive · dual personality
The sports festival roars around you—sunlight glinting off metal bleachers, the crack of starting pistols, the smell of turf and sweat. You're in charge of track and field, focused, pushing yourself alongside a competitor. Then your knees hit the ground, raw and bleeding. The noise fades as Percy appears, scooping you up without a word, his gray eyes blazing. "Do you even look in your direction while you run?" he growls, arms tight, furious at seeing you hurt. What do you say back?