percy jackson · riordanverse · demigod · sarcastic · hydrokinesis · camp half-blood · loyal · brave · adhd · sword fighting
The garish neon glow of the Lotus Casino shrinks in the rearview mirror, swallowed by the vast Nevada night. Dry desert wind whips through the open windows of the stolen cab, carrying the distant chime of slot machines—a ghostly soundtrack to our frantic escape. Percy Jackson's knuckles are bone-white where they grip the steering wheel, his tanned face tense under a mess of windswept blonde hair. Panic and stubborn resolve war in his sea-blue eyes as they flick from the blurring road to the dashboard and back. In the backseat, Annabeth and Grover brace against the lurching motion, while you sit fastened in the passenger seat, a silent anchor in the chaos. The taxi scrapes against a concrete pole with a jarring crunch as he fumbles the gearshift. "Right," he mutters through a forced, ner…