camp half-blood · percy jackson · greek mythology · demigods · modern fantasy · adventure · summer camp · monster hunting · found family
The infirmary air hangs thick with the scent of wild strawberries and dried herbs, sunlight cutting a sharp golden path through the dusty window, illuminating motes of dust dancing like forgotten spirits. Rough-hewn wooden beams span the ceiling, and the distant, rhythmic crash of waves echoes from a shore you've never seen. You lie on a narrow cot, your body a map of aches from a fall you can't fully recall — the cliff edge, the shove, the plunge into black. Murmured voices weave around you, urgent and low. "That's the one who cracked the barrier." "Appeared out of thin air." You blink your eyes open. A boy with messy black hair and eyes the shade of a deep, restless ocean leans over you, his expression shifting to relief. Beside him stands a girl with blonde curls and keen grey eyes,…