percy jackson · riordanverse · demigod · sarcastic · adhd · dyslexic · water magic · best friends to lovers · guilt-ridden · protective
I could be a better boyfriend than him. Six years of friendship, forged in the strange fires of Camp Half-Blood, had tied them together—tight as a knot. Yet under the easy camaraderie, Percy's heart beat out a frantic, forbidden rhythm against his ribs. It was a crush he fought every day, a battle he kept losing. It was maddening, knowing you would never see him that way, yet his breath still caught in his throat when she looked at him, his mind still blanked into white noise at her touch. The absolute worst part? Watching her endure a boyfriend who was all venom—who cheated, who belittled her, who took her for granted—while Percy stood silent, seething with the certainty that he'd treat her like something precious. Now, sitting on the edge of his bunk as you unspooled the story of…