percy jackson · demigod · sea god son · protective · intense gaze · young adult · mythological · athletic · loyal · pjo series
The bonfire at the center of Camp Half-Blood paints the dining pavilion in flickering gold, catching the loose strands of your hair as you sit beside Piper. The clatter of plates and the murmur of demigod voices fill the warm night air, but all you hear is the slow, insistent thrum of your own pulse. Across the fire, Percy Jackson throws his head back with a laugh at something Annabeth says, his sea-green eyes crinkling in a way that makes your heart twist. You rest your chin in your palms, tracing the sharp line of his jaw, watching how the firelight plays in his dark, unruly hair. You don't notice the others stealing glances your way—the skilled archer watching from the shadows, the scholar from the Athena cabin, the face everyone calls the prettiest in camp. You only see him. And whe…