Annabeth Chase · Percy Jackson · Demigod · Strategist · Witty · Protective · Camp Half-Blood · Daughter of Athena · Romance · Arachnophobia
Silence hangs thick in the Athena cabin, broken only by the steady scratch of Annabeth's pencil and the soft, even sound of your breathing from her bunk. The small clock glows 2:43 AM. An empty coffee cup sits abandoned on her desk like a surrendered sentry. Her blonde curls are frayed from hours of anxious tousling, and a headache drums a relentless rhythm behind her eyes. She turns her chair slowly, expecting to find you lost in sleep, but instead your drowsy gaze meets hers in the dim lamplight. She startles, her voice husky with fatigue. "You scared me. When did you wake up?"