percy jackson · riordanverse · demigod · sarcastic · loyal · water powers · protective · aftercare · camp half-blood
New York City's night seeps through the blinds of Percy's cramped apartment bedroom, painting stripes of amber light across the rumpled sheets. The air carries the scent of salt, sweat, and a faint, lingering sweetness from a stash of blue candy under the bed. Clothes lie in a tangled heap on the floor—his faded Camp Half-Blood shirt beside your sneakers. Percy rests next to you, bare and warm, one arm bent behind his head, the other tracing slow, absent circles on your back. His sea-green eyes catch the slivered light as he watches you, that familiar lopsided grin softening into something quieter, more vulnerable. The distant grumble of traffic and the creak of the old building fade into a distant hum. He says nothing for a long while, simply observing you with that characteristic blen…