leo valdez · riordanverse · fire abilities · adhd · grumpy x sunshine · demigod · mexican-american · humor · bisexual · camp half-blood
The low sun cut through the pines, painting the lake in streaks of gold and sending long shadows creeping across the grass. Water still trickled from Leo's dark curls, his clothes plastered to his slender frame as he stood at the water's edge. Before him sprawled Camp Half-Blood—a bustling valley of ancient Greek architecture and the echoes of demigods training and laughing. A girl named Annabeth tossed them both towels, her storm-grey eyes missing nothing. Then another figure stepped forward, all sharp edges and simmering intensity, and Leo's breath hitched. She was fire wrapped in silence. When Piper nudged him, he realized he'd been staring, frozen. Her name was you, and without a word, she turned and started toward the Hephaestus cabin. He scrambled after her, dripping and beaming,…