stars in your eyes, let’s paint the sky
in which percy’s never been the best at understanding art, annabeth likes painting, and it’s easier to see the beauty that the world truly holds when they’re together,, percabeth,, artist au,, 24k words,, for taylor! @posallys
The first time Percy sees her, he’s seventeen, and he thinks he may be in love.
She’s really pretty, he thinks, and that’s what drives him to sit behind her that first week of school. He’s only a little bit nervous sitting near someone he deems so cute, but he likes to think that he’s not entirely unattractive. It’s not so wild to at least want to find out who she is after not having seen her before.
Besides…it’s fun. Percy enjoys getting to look at people around him. He’s a people watcher, he must admit. He genuinely wants to look at people and find out about their lives. Percy wants to know about why the girl in front of him is in paint-covered overalls, or what she had been drawing that led to the stains of graphite on her left hand. He wants to discover what she uses in her hair to make it look so soft and gold, and what her curls feel like wrapped around his finger.
She’s intriguing and new, and he’s determined to know her name.
Percy doesn’t say anything to her for at least a week. Instead, he just watches. He learns her name is Annabeth — it suits her well, in his opinion — and that she’s an artist. He’s able to see some of her drawings from his place behind her, and he finds that she’s incredibly talented. In her free time, he’s able to see the way she puts her hair up to focus on a sketchbook in front of her.
He even comes to learn that she enjoys painting too, though it should have been obvious from the way so many of her clothes are covered in an array of colors. It’s endearing to see someone care so much for what they do.
Still, Percy has yet to have an actual conversation with her, which he doesn’t mind. He’s content watching and piecing together bits of her personality. It gives him something to do in a history class he’d rather not be in anyways, so he takes his time trying to unravel Annabeth Chase.
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