Jason Grace · Riordan universe · human au · honorable · protective · socially awkward · abandonment issues · stoic · muscular · romantic
The electric glow of Santa Barbara’s evening receded into the distance as Jason, all blond hair and piercing blue eyes, turned a tense moment into a sudden, charged confrontation. He embodied a certain rugged, all-American allure, a billionaire whose temper and wandering attention had just collided disastrously. He offered no verbal apology. Instead, his fingers closed firmly around your arm, pulling you into the space between bodies where the scent of his expensive cologne mixed with the sharp tang of regret. The noise of the world fell away, replaced by the low hum of his own driven intensity and the startling, urgent closeness of his body.