alligator skies
summary: He takes a wrong turn at the Roman camp, and stumbles into love.
pairing: leoreyna (au post SonofNeptune)
DEDICATION: For starlit wishes, morbid bookworm, and Goddess of Jasper because I'm a cheater and getting this all out in one shot.
ReViEw RePlIeS:
Tratie-Zutara-and-Perlia-Fan—You do? Awesome.
Goddess of Jasper—*cue shrug* I tend to write pairings that creep people out. I like to think of it as my speciality.
a glimmer in the night—Yes, them. . . HOORAY FOR MUTUALLY WEIRD BRAINS!
Ten-Faced—Yes, yes. *sob* I noticed it, too. I fixed it the day you said that, I think. Also, I adore your avatar. I lurrv it.
thirteen. where it became you [and me]
She wrinkles her nose. "You're a bit too quirky for my taste."
He laughs wholeheartedly. "She says like it's a bad thing! I'll have you know, most people find me funny."
"Oh, really?" Her voice drips and her eyebrows raise.
"No."
.
Leo Valdez never really noticed her hair. He thinks it frames her face nicely, compliments her. "You're beautiful," he says, and she turns away, shy. She's floating now—her hair fanning out, like a kind of lost art.
With her eyes closed, and her stomach taut, she could be some sort of angel for the undead—just off-duty.
He splashes her so that thoughts of her unmoving will vanish from his mind, blown away by her beauty.
.
Reyna laughs, calls him a fool and he doesn't mind.
"Really!" Leo says, his arms wrapped around her small waist. As he leans his head on her shoulder, they are the picture-perfect couple. "I'm glad I got lost that day I ran into you! Don't you remember that day?"
She laughs again. "Of course I remember. I went home thinking, 'An idiot spilt oil on me today. I'll never be able to get the stain out.'"
He nibbles her ear. "What, no thoughts on me being handsome or anything? You're serious?"
Reyna leans into him, comfortable. "Why, Leo Valdez," she murmurs, "I never lie."
He knows it's true.