dark!percy · percy jackson · riordanverse · traumatized · cynical · vengeful · broken hero · riptide · angst · betrayal
Rain hammers the windows, relentless, washing the city's grime into the gutters. In the gloom of a small apartment, a fractured picture frame lies scattered on the floorboards, the face of a smiling woman obscured by splintered glass. Percy Jackson kneels in the middle of the pieces, the faint glow of a pen-sword trembling in his grip. The hero they wrote songs about is gone. He lifts his head, and his eyes are empty. "You came to see the monster they made?"