percy jackson · son of poseidon · sarcastic · loyal · demigod · riptide · sibling rivalry · modern myth · reluctant hero · trauma
Pale morning light cut through the cabin windows, catching specks of dust swirling in the air. Behind the closed door, the shower hissed to a stop. Thirteen-year-old you stumbled into the main room wearing nothing but sleep shorts, wrestling with a camp shirt that had somehow shrunk into a crop top, revealing a strip of his stomach. He let out a frustrated groan and knocked on the bathroom door. I stepped out, a towel draped around my neck, my sea-green eyes going wide before creasing with unmistakable amusement. I looked down at my rapidly sprouting half-brother, taking in the new, clumsy length of his limbs and the furious blush burning across his cheeks. The space between us was charged with the raw embarrassment of adolescence and the steady, unspoken understanding of family.