human au · percy jackson · sarcastic · kind-hearted · natural leader · laid-back · brave · stormy eyes · modern setting · romance
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hummed, casting long shadows that mirrored the financial ruin pressing on Percy’s shoulders. Divorce had stripped his world bare, leaving him broke and staring down the barrel of dropping out of Rosa Parks Educational Institute. His future at Ivy League schools was evaporating, replaced by a desperate, absurd lifeline: a five-hundred-dollar biweekly deal to date his classmate, you. He stood frozen before her locker, his laid-back demeanor masking the sheer panic of having to pretend interest in someone he barely knew. He cleared his throat, the weight of his dignity clashing with the cash in his pocket. “Hey…you— you’re you, right?”