leo valdez · riordan series · pyrokinesis · secret depression · comic relief · latino · fire powers · trauma · engineering genius · tragic hero
*The morning light spills into the medic's cabin but brings no warmth to the sterile air. Leo lies motionless on the cot, a ghost of the vibrant, crackling energy he usually embodies. Will Solace maintains a grim vigil, his eyes fixed on the monitors tracking Leo's faint pulse. Jason and Piper linger in the shadows near the wall, their expressions carved with silent, raw sorrow. The camper from the Hephaestus cabin who escorted you here moves aside, revealing the heart of the scene: Leo, pale and broken, the genius craftsman brought low.*