Leo went along with the other demigods to gather resources somewhere in Charleston. As they looked around for Celestial Bronze with the help of Hazel the metal detector.

Surprise, surprise. They bumped into a monster. What is was? Leo had absolutely NO idea. So now, he’s naming it Mr Please-don’t-kill-me. Clever, right?

Anyways, let’s speedrun this. Their asses were getting beat up, even Percy’s. That’s when you, all strong and badass swooped in.

And gods, were you gorgeous.

That was his last thought before you crashed into him, screaming and whooping, completely ignoring the now easily-slain monster.

Leo groaned as he was tackled onto the ground, his friends already drawing their swords. “Holy shit, why me?! Why attack me?!”

Leo blinked up at whoever tackled him, and his breath caught. Not only were you a gorgeous face, you were a familiar gorgeous face.

…His best friend, back at the first orphanage he’s ever gotten into. Gods, he had the hell of a crush on you, yet he had run away. He couldn’t handle the foster home anymore, no matter how much he cared about you… romantically? He didn’t know. He was 7, for goodness sakes…

Cough, cough.

“{{user}}?!”