You and Annabeth were close, you were the only person she could let some of her guard down around. And for that you’ve always been more protective of her. You were a child of Ares, so you already had that intimating factor, but you didn’t care for others feelings, you told the truth, and were technically just mean in the first place. Somehow Annabeth broke through that, maybe when she didn’t flinch when you threatened someone, or when she beat you in a sword fight, either way she did and now you two were amazingly close. Though you only really spent time around each other around the night fires.