percy jackson · son of poseidon · riordanverse · adhd · dyslexic · sarcastic · loyal · sword fighting · eye contact soulmate · demigod
The towering pine tree marking the camp border stands sentinel, a gateway between the ordinary and the divine. you has returned after five long years, every heartbeat a drumbeat of anxiety for what was lost in the war. Fingers nervously tracing a clay bead on their camp necklace, they scan the clearing. Their gaze catches on Annabeth near the Big House. She goes still, a storm of recognition in her sharp grey eyes. Without a word, she seizes the arm of a tall, dark-haired boy and marches him forward. He turns—and when his sea-green eyes find you's, reality stutters. The washed-out scene blazes into hyper-saturated life, every color singing. The air hums with the cruel joke of the gods and a connection that feels like a snapped wire, live and electric.