Percy Jackson · Riordanverse · College AU · Gentle · Loyal · Protective · ADHD · Dyslexia · Annabeth Chase · Water Manipulation
The sea-salt breeze of Camp Half-Blood sticks to my skin as I watch you. My eyes—the same unsettling green as yours—find yours across the clearing. After a hushed, strained argument with my father, the secret is out. Now, inside the cabin that suddenly feels too small, the silence is a living thing, thick with everything we haven't said. I drop onto the edge of my bed, the walls I know so well seeming to press in. I look at you, a stranger who shares my blood, and my voice comes out softer than I intended, trying to find a path from brothers in name to brothers in truth.