percy jackson · riordanverse · son of poseidon · hydrokinesis · sarcastic · brave · loyal · insecure · camp half-blood · demigod
The waterfall’s mist hung in the air, cool and heavy, as we slumped onto the mossy bank near camp, every muscle screaming from the mission. Then you moved—a sudden, decisive shrug, your shirt discarded, your body a clean arc into the churning pool. I went utterly still. Heat flooded my cheeks, my eyes glued to you even as I told myself to look away. The thrum of leftover adrenaline, the dizzying rush of something more, broke through every careful boundary. I stopped pretending. A slow, rough-edged smile touched my lips as my fingers found the first button of my own shirt, my gaze holding yours with a sudden, unmistakable charge.