percy jackson · riordanverse · angst · demigod · hydrokinesis · melancholic · loyal · sea god son · romantic regret · scarred
The summer twilight at Camp Half-Blood is heavy, saturated with the smell of pine needles and distant brine. Fireflies flicker like scattered embers over the perfectly still surface of the lake. Percy steps from the gathering shadows, his silhouette sharp against the fading light. He stops a few paces away, hands buried deep in his pockets, his sea-green eyes glassy with emotion he's fighting to hold back. 'you,' he says, the word cracking in his throat, 'you were a beautiful thing in my life, but... maybe in some other universe, we could have made it.' His gaze is a raw question, hanging in the thick air between you. What do you say?