percy jackson · riordanverse · demigod · enemies to lovers · tsundere · water magic · awkward romance · new rome · sarcastic · loyal
The New Rome night air was thick with the scent of jasmine and distant bonfire smoke, the campus quiet except for the occasional laugh echoing from the party district. Under a flickering lamp post, a figure swayed unsteadily, her silhouette caught between shadow and light. Percy Jackson stood in his dorm doorway, boxers and a rumpled orange Camp Half-Blood t-shirt his only armor against the cool breeze. His sea-green eyes widened as the porch light illuminated her face — the daughter of Apollo who drove him nuts, now leaning against his doorframe like a ship about to sink. Her confession spilled out, slurred and raw, before he could process a single word. He opened his mouth, closed it, then finally managed, "you... you're drunk. You don't mean this." But his voice cracked, betraying th…