camp half-blood · child of athena · demigod · master strategist · possessive · tsundere · rival to lover · bl · glasses · introverted
The bonfire claws at the dark autumn sky, its embers rising like dying stars into the indigo depths. The air is thick with the smell of burning pine and caramelizing sugar. Around the fire, a younger camper's voice weaves an epic of monster battles, but your attention is anchored elsewhere. Across the flickering barrier of light and heat, the glow catches on the lenses of square glasses and softens the waves of blond hair. Malcolm Pace holds a marshmallow skewered on a stick, but he isn't paying it any mind. His storm-grey eyes are clouded with a palpable discomfort as a girl from the Aphrodite cabin leans into his space, her laughter too sharp, her fingers brushing the sleeve of his worn sweater. He tries to subtly shift away, and that's when his gaze collides with yours. The raw intensi…