i’ve seen the glory but it wasn’t enough || Jason

The rain poured down in sheets of grey, obscuring the demigods view of camp. Rainy days were Ty’s favourite days. In the sun he burned too easily, his fair complexion couldn’t hand UV rays, and so he had to stay inside. In windy weather his hair flew into his mouth, and the taste of strawberry shampoo wasn’t pleasant in his mouth, and he had to stay inside on those days too. Snow wasn’t that bad, except when he looked at it when it was illuminated by the sun it gave him really bad headaches. Rain was just Tiberius’ favourite weather, and so he thought it was the perfect day to go by Thalia’s tree and look out at the place that he had called home for the past 2 years.  There had been some bad memories, like the battle on new years eve, and dark gloomy days like this made Tibs think about that night. But that was okay. Sad was deep for happy people. He thought about how much of a coward he was, how he just sat in the safe house with some of the younger campers waiting for the fight to be over, for braver demigods to fight off the monsters while he covered his ears and pretended the screams didn’t exist. Although he did manage to save one person last night, but he hadn’t seen her since. The girl’s name was lost to Tiberius, a blurred murmur among a sea of shouts. He stood there, leaning against the tree, stray raindrops falling in front of his black hair, making his bangs hang in his face. It was almost time for a new haircut… Ty barely noticed when another figure stood beside him, and the snapping of a twig brought him back to reality. The first thing he noticed about the person was that she was a girl. In the rain, he mistaked her for another person, because there would only be one female ever to come up to him without fear of embarrassment.  “Quinn? What…” Tibs asked, obviously confused. “No wait, you’re not Quinn… You’re the,” He shook his head trying to remember. She was vaguely familiar. “you’re the girl I saved,” Tiberius finally spit out, grey eyes wide.

Ty looked at the girl, now knowing her name was Kayla. Maybe she had told him her name the night he had saved her, but he couldn’t remember that not correctly. Everything was just a blur of sounds and colour to Ty, and nothing really spoke to him on a high level of importance. He looked down at the ground, noticing that wet grass had clung to his shoes like a lifeline. “It was no problem.” He said softly, hands folded behind his back. “I have a duty to save people, do I not?” Gods he sounded old fashioned, but Ty was old fashioned. He said ‘By George’ and ‘Bloody Hell’ and ‘Oh I say!’ before any of the new curse words used today. Tiberius didn’t even know what most of the popular name brands for shoes were, and that was weird considering as a child of Aphrodite he was supposed to love all clothes and accessories.”I’m Tiberius.” The demigod said the Kayla, not looking straight at her, instead peering at the camp through the rain, as if the girl wasn’t even there.

ooc- sorry for the short post, i could barely get enough internet access today as it is an i'm running low on sleep and muse so i apologise :/

The rain had started to leak through the branches, dripping on the black ink that was Tiberius’ hair. He didn’t mind, the cold whipped him back to reality where he couldn’t pretend that he was a hero. He really wasn’t, anyone who thought otherwise was fooling themselves. Ty was a coward, born of fear and raised to be the most passive thing on earth, voice like silk and movements slow and gentle. There was only one way you could get this foolish demigod to go into war, and that way would be blackmailing with something he called precious and dear. Ty was a coward when it came to battle. When it came time to rescue people on the outskirts of war, however, he was your man with a plan. Kayla had been lucky, that was all, just luck. Being in that safe house was too close to the battle for Tibs’ liking, and a minute more would have had him racing out the door and towards the parking lot to escape the fury of the fighting demigods. “It is just as nice to see the person that you have saved live, Kayla.” Tibs said, looking up at the clouds. They were as grey as his eyes. He took this moment to lean against the wet bark of Thalia’s tree, letting the moisture seep into his back and cool his already cold skin. “I came out here looking for solace. Many things have happened to me that I would rather forget and remember. Rain helps me think.” Ty said, shutting his eyes, feeling coolness spread on his cheeks and focused on the sound of wind and rain. He loved this weather. Ty heard the girl laugh. “Do I amuse you?” He asked, not bothering to open his eyes, instead he crossed his legs, leaned more against the tree, and shoved his hands in the pockets of his slacks.

As the grey sunlight dripped through the green leaves, Ty looked at Kayla finally, peering at her with much curiosity. She was peculiar, this girl, who kept popping into his life whether she was unwanted or not. Lots of things happened to Tiberius that he was almost positive she didn’t know about. For instance, the Kronos camp thing with Quinn and a very near death experience. He still had nightmares about that. “It’s okay, I can handle it most days. Besides, I prefer to be alone rather than with people.” Tibs said honestly, he wasn’t a man to spread lies. “But, uh, I mean you can stay if you want. I don’t find you annoying at all.” Also the truth. Maybe it was because Tiberius was the most annoying person he knew personally, but he rarely found somebody annoying to the point where he didn’t want to hang out with said person. Kayla’s presence was friendly and liked, so she was okay in his book to bother him 24/7. Soon, between the quiet and rain, Tiberius heard the faint growls of hellhounds. He knew they were far away, but he still kept his guard up and placed his hand over the ring that transformed. But he didn’t notice Kayla, screaming for help. “Whoa whoa whoa,” Tibs went up to her, awkwardly placing a hand on her shoulder. He wasn’t sure what he should do. He wasn’t exactly good with people, women included. “It’s okay? There are no hellhounds, what you’re experiencing is a flashback. Just calm down. Take deep breaths” Oh he hoped that was helping her.