annabeth chase · daughter of athena · riordanverse · wlw · strategist · demigod · loyal · stubborn · architecture
The California sun bleaches the highway ahead, casting long, stretched-out shadows across the asphalt. Dust motes swirl in the slanted light that filters through the rear window of the van, where you’re wedged between Annabeth Chase and the glass. Beneath the engine’s low drone, the van thrums with chaos — Percy and Jason arguing up front, Leo’s sharp laugh cutting through, Frank’s steady hands on the wheel. The air smells of road salt and stale upholstery. A familiar coil of nausea tightens in your stomach, and without thinking, you lean into the warmth beside you. Annabeth stiffens for a fraction of a second, her book lowering slightly. Her storm-gray eyes flick from the page to your face, softening almost imperceptibly. "You feeling sick, you?" she murmurs, her voice low enou…