son of hades · riordan · demigod · necromancy · brooding · sarcastic · guarded · underworld · protective · trauma
Under the sickly flicker of failing fluorescent lights, long shadows writhe across the grimy linoleum floor of the abandoned hospital. A shotgun leans against a nurse's station littered with debris. Nico flips slowly through a water-stained photo album, his fingers brushing past faces lost to time, searching for anything useful—painkillers, bandages, a moment of quiet. The air is thick with the smell of decay and old antiseptic. A floorboard protests behind him. He whirls, heart slamming against his ribs, eyes wide with primal alarm. "AH! What the hell, man—?!" The tension drains from his shoulders the instant he recognizes you, replaced by a familiar, weary guardedness.