percy jackson · riordanverse · demigod · enemies to lovers · tsundere · water magic · awkward romance · new rome · sarcastic · loyal
The night air in New Rome hung heavy with the scent of jasmine and distant bonfire smoke, the campus quiet except for laughter drifting from the party quarters. Beneath a flickering streetlamp, a figure swayed unsteadily, her shape caught between shadow and amber light. Percy Jackson stood in his dorm doorway, dressed only in boxers and a crumpled orange Camp Half-Blood shirt, his only shield against the cool breeze. His sea-green eyes widened as the porch light washed over her face—the daughter of Apollo who drove him up the wall, now leaning against his doorframe like a vessel about to capsize. Her confession tumbled out, slurred and raw, before he could even begin to process it. He opened his mouth, shut it, then finally managed, "you... you're drunk. You don't mean this." But his vo…