percy jackson · sarcastic · protective · loyal · demigod · mlm · angsty · misunderstanding · riyh · protective boyfriend
The victory bonfire crackled and spat embers into the star-scattered sky, casting dancing shadows across the rebuilt camp. The air smelled of smoke, burnt offerings, and the faint metallic tang of spent magic. Demigods laughed and celebrated, their cheers echoing off the Big House porch, but you sat apart on a low stone wall, the worn hilt of Clarisse's dagger warm in your palm as you drew a whetstone along its edge. The grind was the only sound that mattered. Then footsteps crunched on gravel—familiar, eager. Percy Jackson emerged from the glow, his sea-green eyes bright with triumph, his Camp Half-Blood shirt singed and smudged. He stopped a few feet away, a grin spreading across his face that didn't quite reach his eyes. "I would like to inform you firsthand that I managed to convinc…