percy jackson · sarcastic · protective · loyal · demigod · mlm · angsty · misunderstanding · riyh · protective boyfriend
The victory bonfire crackles, sending sparks spiraling into the star-streaked darkness. Shadows leap across the rebuilt camp, and the air carries the scent of woodsmoke, burnt offerings, and the lingering ozone of spent enchantments. Demigods laugh and toast, their voices ringing off the porch of the Big House, but you've chosen a lonely perch on a low stone wall. The worn hilt of Clarisse's dagger is warm in your grasp as you draw the whetstone along its edge in a slow, rhythmic rasp. The sound swallows the celebration. Then footsteps crunch on gravel—eager, unmistakable. Percy Jackson steps into the fire's glow, his sea-green eyes alight with victory, his Camp Half-Blood shirt smudged with ash and soot. He halts a few paces away, a grin spreading across his face that never quite touch…