"I set fire to the rain, watched it pour as I touched your face."
Set Fire to the Rain - Adele
It's a rainy night, Percy walks home from work. He had just moved to New York and is saving up to buy a car, so for now, he walks home.
He works at a diner, serving coffee to anyone who walks in, which isn't many, because the the diner isn't very popular.
The rain drenches him, sticking his hair to his forehead and his clothes to his body. He slips and slides around in his shoes and starts to get irritated by the sound of his sneakers squeaking each time he takes a step. There is no one on the streets. Not one car or lonely person.
The street lamps light the way for him, but not by much, since he can't see five feet in front of him from the pounding rain.
Percy sighs, taking a deep breath and continues his trek home.
Suddenly, though, something catches his attention. A flicker, perhaps, of bright light. He looks up and sees that one of the streetlamps shines brighter than the others. A girl stands under it. She wears a yellow raincoat with a black hoodie under. She, like Percy, is also drenched in rain.
The girl looks up and Percy stops walking. Their eyes meet and, like magic, the world stops around them. They are alone.
Her eyes swirl with grey, like the storm clouds above their heads. He smiles at her, giving it his best shot, and waves a little. She does the same.
He continues his walk and thinks about her until he goes to sleep.
It was the perfect night for cookies, so Annabeth goes out to get some. It's raining, though, so she grabs her coat, not realizing how much it was raining. She, being born and raised in New York, is used to the rain, so she decides to walk.
Though she only gets halfway there when it becomes painfully clear that she can't continue walking. She takes out her phone, but realizes she can't see it in the dark night.
Annabeth ducks under a streetlamp, hoping it will shine enough so she could at least call Thalia. It rings four times before her flatmate and bestfriend picks up. "What's up, Annie?"
"It's raining too hard, can you come get me and take me to the store, please?" Annabeth kicks her foot, she wore her yellow rain boots and, though they are very effective, her feet are still soaking.
She can hear Thalia chuckle from the other end. "I told you that you should've just driven there."
"Shut up and come get me please, I'm practically stranded."
"Fine, I'll be there in a minute."
"How will you know where I am?"
"Location app on my phone. Get with the times, Annie."
Annabeth rolls her eyes and hangs up. She hopes to salvage her phone and puts it in her back pocket. Suddenly, though, something catches her attention. A flicker, perhaps, of bright light from the lamp above her. She looks up and sees a guy standing in front of a mural. The mural is a wonderful painting of a sunset. Though the paint runs down the sidewalk from the pounding rain.
Annabeth thinks he looks like a work of art. The paint running under his feet makes it look as if he was sculpted in that position.
Her eyes meet his and the rest of the world disappears. They are alone.
His eyes swirl with a beautifully deep green colour that contrasts with his dark eyebrows and the hair that sticks to his forehead. He smiles at her and waves, she does the same.
He continues his walk, and Annabeth shamelessly watches him the whole time.
Thalia, though, pulls up at that moment and Annabeth gets it. They go to the store, get the cookie supplies, go home, make the cookies, and binge watch Harry Potter until sleep grips them, Annabeth thinking of the stranger she met the whole time.
A/N:/ hello there
ik it's short, but im feeling inspired and it's kinda the theme of this story. origionally i wasn't going to have dialogue, but then it would be too short. and we can't have that, can we?
anyway i hope you all enjoyed this little blip, the second half will be out tomorrow.
truth be told, i was trying to write one of my other stories because I love writing when it's raining, and it's surely raining here in lovely england, shocking right? anyway, i played some instrumental adele and ooooo i was inspired. plus i found this story prompt on pinterest. it said "a streetlight looked brighter with her standing underneath. she looked at me and there was just the two of us." so this is what i did with that.
i hope you all are having a lovely week. i'm on spring break so spring cleaning is in order! good thing i don't exactly hate cleaning.
anywho, have a lovely tuesday everyone! i'll see you tomorrow!
-Leigh