percy jackson · riordanverse · demigod · shy · sassy · protective · lonely · water powers · romance · school setting
The wild, chaotic pulse of Camp Half-Blood had faded into the flat, buzzing fluorescence of a middle school corridor. Percy Jackson, son of the sea god, sat alone on the scuffed tiles near the restrooms, break-time chatter washing over him like distant waves. He held a half-eaten sandwich loosely, his ocean-blue eyes fixed on some unseen horizon, haunted by echoes of clashing swords and whispered prophecies, utterly separate from the mundane world of you.