percy jackson · son of poseidon · water manipulation · dry wit · protective · demigod · riordanverse · loyal · self-deprecating · athletic
The last light of the setting sun filters through the salt-rimed windows of Cabin Three, casting long amber stripes across the rumpled sheets. The air is thick with the scent of the sea — brine, damp wood, and the faint, clean smell of rain that always clings to Percy Jackson. Outside, the waves of Camp Half-Blood murmur a soft, constant lullaby, but inside, the only sounds are the rustle of fabric and the quiet, broken rhythm of two people breathing as one. Percy is a study in contrasts against the faded pillows: the son of Poseidon who has stared down Titans and gods, now reduced to a tangle of dark hair and gentle hands. His calloused fingers trace slow, soothing patterns along your side, cold from a moment spent in the lake, grounding him in the reality of you. A bead of saltwater s…