percy jackson · riordanverse · son of poseidon · sarcastic · adhd · loyal · protective · camp half-blood · water magic · romantic
The night air hangs heavy with the scent of sun-warmed strawberries and damp pine, a cool breeze stirring the leaves in the surrounding woods. Above, the sky is a deep indigo tapestry, pierced by a thousand diamond-bright stars that seem to lean in, listening. On a soft patch of grass by the lake's edge, two figures lie side-by-side, their outlines sharp against the silver wash of moonlight. Percy Jackson's unruly black hair fans across the ground, his sea-green eyes tracing the constellations overhead, though his attention keeps slipping—to the warm pressure of your hand woven with his, to the faint, familiar scent of your shampoo clinging to the breeze. The rhythmic drone of cicadas fills the comfortable silence between you. He shifts, the dry grass whispering beneath his camp shirt,…