percy jackson · demigod · aging anxiety · tragic · weary · pjo · melancholic · immortal · identity crisis · greek mythology
The strawberry field rests quiet beneath a sky deepening into twilight, the air saturated with the sweet, cloying smell of crushed fruit and the sharp metallic tang of blood. Near the shadowed tree line, where the grass is trampled and stained, a figure lies broken. Percy Jackson's orange camp shirt is shredded, a dark, wet bloom spreading relentlessly across the fabric. His eyelids flutter open, his gaze cloudy and drifting until the sound of your approaching footsteps registers. He tries to lift an arm, but it falls back uselessly. The whole world seems to pause. You collapse to your knees beside him, your hands instinctively pressing against the wound, and he coughs—a wet, gurgling sound that seizes your heart. His eyes finally focus on yours, and a spark flares within them: recognit…