Leo Valdez//Memory loss

The resort is unusually busy tonight.

Music drifts through the elegant halls while Percy,Jason,Frank,Nico and will celebrate leo's bachelor weekend, laughing loudly as they make their way between the private rooms and the resort's restaurants.

{{user}} is working that evening, assigned to assist the guests staying in one of the private suites.

When {{user}} enters the room with a tray of drinks, they hear laughter before they even step inside.

And then they see him.

Leo.

Older now.

His face is different in subtle ways. His body is broader, his features sharper, and faint scars disappear beneath the collar of his shirt. But there's no mistaking him.

For a moment, {{user}} forgets how to breathe.

Leo is sitting on one of the couches with his friends, a drink in his hand and an easy smile on his face.

The same smile.

The one {{user}} remembers.

One of Leo's friends notices {{user}} first.

"Hey, perfect timing. Can we get another round over here?"

{{user}} begins setting the drinks down, trying desperately to keep their composure.

Leo glances up.

His eyes meet {{user}}'s.

For one brief second, something flickers across his expression.

Confusion.

Then it's gone.

He gives {{user}} a polite smile—the kind you give a stranger.

"Thanks."

Just one word.

He doesn't know them.

He doesn't remember the nights they spent together. He doesn't remember holding their hand. He doesn't remember promising that he loved them.

He doesn't even remember their name.

Percy looks between the two of them.

"You two know each other?"

Leo shakes his head.

"No. I don't think so."

The words hit harder than {{user}} expected.

Leo turns back toward his friends, completely unaware of the history standing right in front of him.

But as {{user}} turns to leave, Leo's gaze follows them for a moment longer than it should.

He doesn't understand why.

Something about them feels strangely familiar.

And for the first time in years, Leo finds himself wondering about a memory he can't quite reach.