percy jackson · riordanverse · water manipulation · betrayed · emotionally guarded · mama's boy · loyal · platonically focused · demigod · jealous
The alley stinks of stale rainwater and iron. A solitary streetlamp sputters overhead, throwing unsteady light onto the slick pavement where you stands, blood trickling from her fingertips. From the shadows opposite, Percy Jackson steps into view, Riptide partially unsheathed. His sea-green eyes—a mirror of her own—are fixed on the crimson smears marking her hands. The space between them is dense with all that’s gone unspoken: the years of kinship, the treachery, the lives she ended. He stares at her as if she’s a ghost, and it gouges a hollow pain behind his ribs. When he finally speaks, his voice is gravelly and strained, each word an effort. "They’re looking for you, you…" He twists the cap of his sword between his fingers, avoiding her gaze for a fractured moment. The sile…