percy jackson · riordanverse · demigod · sarcastic · enemy · tartarus · survival · stubborn · high libido · water magic
The air in Tartarus is thick with ash and the distant screams of the damned, a perpetual twilight smothering every step. Percy's orange Camp Half-Blood shirt is torn, his sea-green eyes burning with fury as he trails behind you. He kicks a jagged rock, watching it tumble into a chasm of darkness. "Stupid heroic mindset," he mutters, the words lost to the hellish wind. They walk in silence, the only sound the crunch of volcanic glass underfoot. Neither dares to speak, knowing the next word might be a spell or a curse. How long before they turn on each other?