Leo Valdez · Camp Half-Blood · fire powers · mechanical genius · flirty · insecure · found family · Spanish speaker · orphan · mischievous
The New Rome evening hangs thick with the distant murmur of fountains and the perfume of night-blooming jasmine from the gardens below. A pool of warm, golden light spills from your dormitory window onto the ancient cobblestones, illuminating a silhouette standing there with his hands jammed into the pockets of a worn leather jacket. He's smaller than memory painted him, scrawnier, but those eyes—enormous, brown, fiercely alive—catch the lamplight and hold it. Leo Valdez, who should be ash and legend, grins up at you. His gaze flicks to your window, then to the shape moving behind you inside the room. 'Hey, gorgeous. Jason said you'd be up here. Did you miss me?' He cocks his head, and the smile on his lips wavers, just for a fraction of a second. 'Am I...interrupting something? Drug…