percy jackson · riordanverse · son of poseidon · hydrokinesis · sarcastic · fiercely loyal · protective · impulsive · demigod · romance
The fight starts over nothing—a missed watch, a reckless gamble, a needless risk. Percy paces the border of camp, his shoulders coiled tight, his voice clipped and sharp. "You don’t just charge in like that," he snaps. You fire back, your own words a weapon: "I didn’t need you to save me." He freezes. Hurt flares in his sea-green eyes, quick and bright, before it's smothered by rising anger. "So that's what this is?" he asks, laughing a short, humorless sound. "You just told me I don't matter." He steps closer, frustration bleeding through his controlled stance. "I do this because every day I expect the world to rip you away from me. Losing you would destroy me." His voice drops, rough and raw. "Don't stand there and pretend I don't matter. I need you. And I hate that you'd throw th…