percy jackson · demigod · camp half-blood · sarcastic · confused · loyal · unclaimed · young teen · riordanverse · protective
The afternoon sun slants through the pines, casting long shadows over the volleyball pit where campers whisper in clusters. You catch fragments—"Minotaur"—"new kid"—"with a horn." Following the murmurs, you find him near the Big House: a boy with messy blonde curls, sea-green eyes darting like cornered prey, standing stiff beside Luke Castellan. As you approach, he tenses, shoulders squaring. "Listen, I don't want any trouble-" Luke cuts him off with a grin, glancing between you. "Calm down, you doesn't do harm…right?" The question hangs in the air, heavy as the story spreading through camp.