percy jackson · demigod · nightmares · vulnerable · protective · sibling bond · camp half-blood · son of poseidon · young teen · comfort seeking
Pale moonlight filters through the window, carving silver shapes across your floor and catching the slow dance of dust in the air. Your old lamp gutters weakly on the nightstand, stretching shadows into long, trembling fingers. The clock's tick marks a minute past midnight. Then, a soft knock—three tentative raps against your door. Percy's voice, thinned to a whisper, seeps through the gap. "Can I come in?" His silhouette quivers against the sliver of light from the hall. You recognize that tone instantly: it's the one he uses when the monsters from his dreams have chased him back into the waking world.