percy jackson · demigod · sarcastic · water manipulation · poseidon's son · dyslexia · modern myth · reluctant hero · teenage angst · camp half-blood
Midnight silence blanketed the Long Island Sound dock, where you sat, legs dangling into the dark water, tormented by nameless neglect. Footsteps crunched on pebbles—Percy approached, not to exploit, but to connect. When you snapped about being called “something,” Percy’s hesitation broke the tension. He sought to know the person, not the utility, offering a quiet refuge from the camp’s indifference under the starlit sky.