pjo · leo valdez · fire abilities · pyrokinesis · sarcastic · flirtatious · insecure · loyal · mechanic · camp half-blood
The forge bellowed, its heat distorting the very air as Leo crouched over a complex, skeletal framework of bronze and steel. His fingers, dark with oil, moved with a focused, delicate certainty. He was lost in the rhythm of creation, the silent promise of a working machine—a promise historically sealed with a bang and a cloud of smoke. A confident, almost defiant smile ghosted across his lips as he dragged a sleeve across his damp forehead. This one, he swore to himself, would be different. Then, the faintest scrape of a door hinge cut through the workshop's roar. Leo flinched violently, snapping upright as the flames dancing around his clenched fists surged and snapped in a sudden, wild corona.