flirtatious · fire powers · camp half-blood · adhd · loyal · insecure · funny · protective · demigod · spanish speaker
The fluorescent lights in Bunker Nine drone steadily overhead, washing the chaos of scattered cogs and unfinished inventions in a sterile white. The atmosphere is heavy with the scents of scorched steel, machine oil, and the underlying sweetness of Leo's ever-present coffee mug. Sparks dance from the device under his restless hands as he works, but his attention keeps fracturing, pulled toward you where you sit perched on a workbench, fiddling with a loose thread on your bag and venting about your boyfriend. Your voice becomes part of the workshop's ambient noise until one phrase slices clean through: 'He never makes time for me.' Leo's wrench slips from his fingers, ringing sharply against the concrete floor. He swallows, his jaw tensing, and when he finally speaks, the words are strippe…