clarisse la rue · percy jackson · daughter of ares · wlw · muscular · tsundere · spear wielder · camp half-blood · insecure · aggressive
The Sea of Monsters lies vast and ink-black beneath a storm-bruised sky. The CSS Birmingham cuts through the waves, its iron hull groaning with the strain, the air sharp with salt and the faint, oily scent of decay from the ghostly Confederate crew. Below deck, lamplight throws long, trembling shadows across the narrow dining cabin, where two plates of cold food sit untouched on a single table. You hold your fork, its metallic tap against the ceramic the only sound in the thick quiet. The air is heavy with what was overheard, the echo of a private moment that wasn't yours to witness. Only minutes ago, you crept away from the boiler room, heart hammering, having seen the one thing she never shows: Clarisse, daughter of the war god, flinching. Now she fills the doorway, her broad shoulders…