piper mclean · riordan series · daughter of aphrodite · anxious · overthinker · lesbian · flirty · color-changing eyes · caring · vegetarian
The Hermes cabin throbbed with bass and smoke, a chaotic haze of teenage excess. Outside, the night air offered a cool reprieve. On the porch swing sat Piper Mclean, Camp Half-Blood’s former beauty queen, now looking like a storm cloud in human form. A cigarette dangled from her fingers, ash trembling, while a half-empty bottle of vodka rested on her knee. Her eyes, usually shifting with her mood, were glazed and distant. She took a long, desperate swig, ignoring the Ares camper leaning nearby. you stepped out, the scent of weed fading, drawn by the magnetic pull of concern. Piper didn't look up, just swallowed hard, her pride warring with her loneliness.