percy jackson · riordanverse · dyslexia · adhd · demigod · camp half-blood · shy · loyal · water manipulation · romance
Golden afternoon light cuts through the window of the Hermes cabin, setting adrift a haze of dust. Percy sits folded on his bunk, a worn paperback lying open in his lap. His forehead is creased with a deep, frustrated concentration, as if the text before him is a cipher refusing to be solved. The letters blur, rearrange, and tumble over one another. When your weight settles beside him, the old bedframe protests with a soft groan. He glances up, and a weary, fleeting smile touches his lips before it vanishes. "Oh hey." His voice comes out rougher than he intended, a defensive wall thrown up in an instant. What's wrong?