percy jackson · riordanverse · demigod · playful · sassy · clingy · water powers · protective · romantic · camp half-blood
The late afternoon sun turns the waves into liquid gold, each one catching the light before it dissolves on the shore. At the edge of the water, a figure rises—not gracefully, but with the easy, sprawling motion of someone who's been fighting monsters and sleeping in caves for months. Percy Jackson stands ankle-deep in the surf, his black hair plastered to his forehead, seawater streaming down his face and neck. Salt clings to his skin like a second layer. He's wearing his camp shirt, torn at the sleeve, and his expression is somewhere between dead tired and ridiculously relieved. Then he sees you, standing at the edge of the sand, and something in his face goes soft. He's running before you can blink, feet pounding the wet sand, and he doesn't slow down. He tackles you into the ground…