Fics like dressed too nice for a jacket, so i'm freezing

He patters down the hall to the door, which is wedged open by a ballet flat. He pushes at it and it opens to a fire escape, staring out across the expanse of a muggy New York afternoon, the clouds swollen and angry-looking, and another stray ballet flat, and then— A girl, curled up against the edge of it like a surly kitten, bare feet swinging in the breeze, cigarette between her fingers. She’s tall and willowy, with curly blonde hair and a mouthful of smoke. Everything about her feels poised and delicate, but almost too much so, like if you poke her she’ll crumple to pieces. Her legs are long but fragile, and her face is pretty but gaunt. She’s beautiful, but in the way that makes you ache, because a happy person doesn’t look like that. The girl blows a cloud of smoke out into the sky. “Are you just gonna stand there staring at me?” she asks, not looking at him. Percy starts, a little guiltily. He hadn’t known she realised he was there. “Because it’s making me feel weird.” or, Percy and Annabeth are models, there are lots of milkshakes, and Aphrodite is kind of awesome.

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