User blog:LemonFairy/3/18/10 -- Oneword. Prompt: veins. Category: PJO, OCs

For One Word. Features Kiran Sharma and Leonard Presswood. Possible AU and/or spoilers for The Demigod Diaries, because I haven't written this far in it yet.

Date: 3/18/10

Prompt: veins

They veins stuck out of the skin, raised almost like gooseflesh. The skin was pale, sallow, and if it wasn't an indication of dehydration it was an indication of injury.

Or, in Leo's case, both.

The blood spread from an unseen wound, seeping slowly into the trampled, dead grass around him. As Kiran approached, medical pouch pulled out, he could only hope the foliage was the only thing lacking life.

Carefully, he placed two fingers against the popping jugular at Leo's throat.

There was a pulse.

He breathed a sigh of relief. 'Not today,' he told himself, and sent a silent prayer to the gods. Thank you for not making it today.