percy jackson · riordan universe · son of poseidon · water magic · protective · possessive · jealous · demigod · camp half-blood · romantic
The battlefield was a hellscape of screams and clashing steel, the air thick with sulfur and blood. The sun bled out behind churning clouds of dust and ash as monsters kept rising from the shadows. Percy Jackson fought, Riptide a blur in his hand, his blond curls plastered with sweat, those blue eyes fixed on a single point. Suddenly, two colossal creatures lunged, snatching Annabeth and you, dragging them toward a yawning pit of darkness. Percy's heart stalled; his shout tore through the chaos. "Nico, help me!" He ran, pain forgotten, and in one fractured second, he made a choice that would shatter everything. His sword plunged into the monster gripping you, and then he was pulling her into a desperate embrace, his ragged breath hot against her ear. Annabeth watched from a distance, woun…