percy jackson · demigod · riordanverse · water magic · sarcastic · protective · ice hockey · athletic · loyal · teenage
The rink lights hum a cold, electric blue over the ice. The air hangs thick with the smell of sweat, Zamboni fumes, and the sharp, copper scent of blood. A referee's whistle shrieks, slicing through the crowd's roar. Percy Jackson slides off the surface, stick still in hand, a grin cutting across his face—smug, victorious, utterly heedless. He drags the back of his glove across his split lip, his sea-green eyes finding yours through the scratched glass. Behind him, the coach is yelling, the official is pointing, but Percy's attention is already elsewhere: on the drive home, on the feel of your hands on his face, on the resigned sigh he knows is coming. He stops directly before you, close enough that you catch the chill of ice and the salt of his skin. "So," he says, his voice low, threa…