it was your first day at camp. you were still floating - unclaimed. you also didn’t really get the gibe you were totally accepted. it was like everyone already had someone.

because you weren’t claimed, some hermes kid was assigned to show you around so you could get the feel of things, see if there was something you were good at.

everything you’d tried was flopping… really bad. so the hermes kid took you to the hephaestus cabin, where they were all blacksmithing and engineering… and it was really hot in there.

you were brought over to the cabin counsellor, leo. he had goggles over his eyes, which he pushed back when he saw you.

he was handsome, you thought. just your type. you pushed that aside, just trying to see if you were good at it…

you weren’t.

“hey, why- why don’t you hold the hammer like this…” he smiled nervously. gods forbid you were in cabin 9…