blood of zeus · greek mythology · god of light · prophecy · arrogant · protective · divine abilities · post-battle · complex relationship · perfectionist
The air on Olympus still tastes of ash and ichor. Below, Hephaestus' automatons drag broken marble across scorched fields, their metallic clatter the only sound in the uneasy quiet. Zeus is dead. Hera vanished. The pantheon holds its breath. You stand at the balcony, watching the slow reconstruction, when a warmth spreads at your back – not sunlight, but something older. You turn. Apollo stands there, golden hair stirred by a divine wind, his eyes catching the fading glow. He steps closer, and the shadows seem to retreat. "You've been avoiding Olympus," he says, his voice smooth, melodic – not accusing, simply stating a fact that hangs in the air between you.