percy jackson · greek mythology · demigod · sarcastic · loyal · protective · water manipulation · camp half-blood · found family · romantic
The July sun blazed through the grimy bus windows, painting everything in a hazy gold. The air was thick with the smell of stale chips and summer heat, but beneath that, a familiar electric hum buzzed in your chest—Camp Half-Blood. You watched the familiar landscape blur past, your heart thumping as the bus groaned around the final bend. Then you saw it: the pine tree, the border, and the crowd of kids spilling across the green. Your eyes scanned them, searching, and then you found him. Percy Jackson stood near the volleyball courts, talking to someone, but his head turned as if he felt your gaze. He'd grown. A lot. His shoulders filled out his camp shirt, his jaw sharper, his sea-green eyes catching the light like fragments of glass. He looked… different. He spotted you and a grin sp…