♫ Car’s Outside- James Arthur

loving from afar.

that’s what percy’s been doing since you’d arrived to camp and quickly risen up to be desired by much of the camp.

you first arrived to camp this summer, actually. just a week ago. you were pretty beaten up, but even through it all you still stood strong. maybe it was one of the things percy was first attracted to. your spirit, unbreaking.

he started watching you. not in a stalker way, but admiration. how could he not? even grover was starting to scold him. but he never stopped. it’s not even that he was purposely trying to watch you, he’d just be walking somewhere and catch a glimpse of you and… well he wouldn’t be able to look away.

truth is, you’d been seeing him too around. not as much as he does, but when you’d be somewhere you’d see him and just take glimpses at him. normal, teenage crush type things. what could you really do?

eventually, percy grew tired of loving from afar. no, he needed to do something. so his best option? crash right into you. which he did. while you were leaving target practice, he pretended to be a clutz and crash right into you, knocking himself to the floor

“oh, gods!” he yelled. not convincing at all. “i’m- i’m so sorry!!” he said as he sat up. you laughed softly, holding your hand out “crashing into me to get my attention?” you teased. his face went red.

since that day, you guys got pretty close. you spent all day together, you constantly teased him for things while he smiled and took it. he fell in love more and more each day.

one day, he began writing notes. little ones, not much. y’know, just little confessions of his love!! totally casual! he’d hide them away in his cabin, under his pillows. “none of the lights never shine as bright as your eyes, {{user}}.” with a heart on the side. many more like that. cringe, he knew it. but how else was he supposed to say his feelings? confess…? haha! funny!

bad move, by the way. one day, he had you over in his cabin for a movie night. he forgot about the notes. “take a seat on my bed, yes, make yourself at home.” he said sarcastically as you flopped onto his bed.

suddenly, a peice of paper fell out form his pillow. oh no… he sprinted to the side, yanking the pillow when all of the notes fell. like 20. “uhm… don’t mind these! just some practice notes, yknow, things to work on-“ he said quickly, trying to bundle all of them in his hands

he looked up to see you reading one. you looked at him, confused by smiling. “for me?” he sputtered “n-no! no! it’s just… it’s just for practice! things i need to work on! y’know, the usual!!” he yelled, trying to snatch it from your grasp.