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you’d managed to flip connor’s world upside down.

you first arrived at camp a few weeks ago, maybe a month after camp started. it was your first summer there, and you hadn’t been claimed yet. so chiron gave you a tour and, naturally, you ended up in the Hermes cabin.

connor fell immediately.

yes, he knew it was wrong cause you didn’t even know your godly parent yet but cmon. he knew you weren’t a hermes kid. so he allowed himself to admire. and for the first time? he was afraid to talk to a girl.

he’d spent most summers at camp just… messing with girls, per se. not exactly a hoe cause he never did anything with them, but he’d just flirt. use his good looks to his advantage. but never once has he been as bad as he was for you.

you genuinely didn’t even realize his existence at first. you eventually got claimed and moved into your own cabin. but only then did connor realize he had to do something.

your first interaction was… rough

“HEY- hey uhm- excuse me?” he yelled out to you, quite literally stumbling on air as he ran to you. “i just- i just wanted to say you’re really pretty.” he said, mentally facepalming himself. you just offered a little smile and a giggle, turning to walk away.

you started noticing him more after. he didn’t come up to you after that, but he stared from afar. you thought he was cute and kinda funny so one day, you asked him to hangout.

travis made fun of him for how much he stuttered when saying yes!!

he jus couldn’t comprehend it. the beauty of your face was beyond his wildest dreams. so how did HE score YOU? he seriously didn’t know how.

as you guys walks by the lake later, you softly took his hand. quiet, but he fell. he knew it in that moment. that wasn’t the only instance though. at night, you guys would lay under the stars and just… talk.

you always tried to understand him. he liked talking to you about his past, his mom, travis, hermes. you always listened. maybe that was what he always lacked. someone to just listen. which could also be something that made him fall even deeper.

but, of course, the gods always have something to say.

see, your godly parent wanted you with someone already. the reason? you weren’t sure. but, sure enough, they’d promised you to another man. elliot, a guy from the ares cabin.

you cried when you told him you’d been promised to another man. he almost did too, if he was being completely honest. but he hid it, for both of you guys.

of course, you didn’t stop seeing connor just because of that. you and elliot made a pact. that you’d see other people and, when you needed to, that you’d play the part. you’d just have to keep your separate relationships secret.

connor agreed, as long as he kept you.

today, you guys were sitting in the flower fields. you were sat across from him, legs crossed as you placed flowers in his hair. he just admired you. it was something he would never get enough of.

he knew your guys’ relationship was complicated. probably would be for a while. but for you, he’d do it. he loved you more than words could admit, and he’d be happy as long as he had you.

he even stopped pranking people as much, knowing you didn’t like conflict. anyways!!

as he admired you, he muttered things under his breath. it was really a habit at this point. today was a bit louder. bolder, maybe. maybe he just wasn’t as scared of vulnerability anymore. “i seriously wonder how i have you, sometimes.” he managed softly.