percy jackson · twin brother au · forgotten past · sarcastic · protective · demigod · riordanverse · anxiety · hopeful
The arena is empty except for the thud of your fists against the training dummy. Dust motes dance in the late afternoon light that spills through the high windows, catching the glint of sweat on your brow. The sounds of camp—laughter, clanging swords, distant chatter—drift in from outside, but they belong to another world. A world where Percy Jackson is the hero, the beloved, the one everyone flocks to. Here, in the shadowed corner, you are invisible. You hit the dummy again, harder, imagining it's the face of your own jealousy. The leather groans under your knuckles. No one watches you. No one ever has. Except once, there was someone. Your twin. Your brother. Percy. He always found you, even when you tried to disappear. He’d bring you half his sandwich, sit on your bunk in silence,…