CALM - Breach the Golden Skin Excerpt
This story is an excerpt from my time travel fanfic where Percy goes back in time. This is from the otherside of things, where Annabeth is dealing with the aftermath. Well, part of it. There will be an official chapter of the other side of things and this might make it in, but not sure. As of right now, this isn’t part of the official fic. Could change tho!
Read the fic here for context but you don’t need to!!
Characters: Annabeth Chase, Poseidon
Matthew, Bobby, Frederick Chase + Step-mother Chase (called her Pamela)Summary: Annabeth is visiting her father and family while she searches for Percy and where he disappeared of to. She had been prepared to confront Sally about his disappearence, even if she hadn’t said the words to his mother herself. She hadn’t expected to have to confront his father.
from ‘Breach the Golden Skin’
SAN FRANCISCO 2013
THEN
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Annabeth existed like a ghost.
She had stopped by her father and step-mothers home after her fifth excursion to the Santa Maria Valley to search for the cave through which Percy had disappeared. Now, on this visit, she had decided to stop up at San Francisco before she and Black Jack headed back to Camp Half-Blood.
Her brothers had clearly been told not to bother her during the week, but Annabeth almost wanted the distraction. She had exhausted herself in the past month. Matthew and Bobby’s school was mundane and welcome. She couldn’t relate to them - not really - but she was willing to listen.
Either way, it didn’t matter. They stayed away.
She sat like a waif in the living room. Painfully American and uninspired, the monotony felt good. She hadn’t brought her bone sword or any of her other weapons with her. She stared at the white-grey carpet, unable to pull her gaze away. Percy was missing.
Last time, she’d been proactive.
She had been this time, too.
But when she’d had to confront Paul, and not Percy’s mother, Sally, about the missing demigod, she needed this moment. A moment to sit. And stare at a carpet.
Reporter: Neil Josten! what are your feelings regarding the minyard-josten rivalry?
Neil: it’s josten-minyard
reporter: why do you say that?
Neil, staring dead into the camera: cause that’s what it says on the marriage certificate?
us Austen fans are always like *wistful sigh* where’s my Mr Darcy? But you wanna know where the fuck he is????? You wanNA FUCKING KNOW? he’s at home. avoiding all social situations, watching gossip girl with Georgiana and probably still recovering that time two weeks ago when the cashier said ‘have a nice day’ and he said 'no I’m fine thanks’. Where else would he fucking be?
