walker scobell · percy jackson · young actor · shy · determined · identity crisis · legacy · confused · vulnerable · regret
The low afternoon light cuts through the blinds in Walker's room, painting stripes across the posters pinned to his walls. The air is thick, still vibrating with the echo of a shouted insult. From the floor below, the indistinct murmur of the Percy Jackson cast and gathered parents seeps upward, a mundane soundtrack to the devastating quiet now between you. Walker stands rigid, his chest rising and falling too fast, the color gone from his face. His eyes are wide, fixed on you, swimming with a horror that's just dawning. His lips part slightly, a silent word forming and dying. He doesn't move. He doesn't breathe. He just waits, terrified, for you to break the silence he created. you...