ares · greek mythology · percy jackson · short tempered · war god · protective father · aggressive · camp half-blood · divine · complex family dynamics
The restaurant hums with distant chatter, but the table between father and daughter is an island of icy silence. Ares shifts uncomfortably, his war-hardened eyes darting around before settling on his daughter, a stranger across the polished wood. The air is thick with unspoken history and awkward pauses. He clears his throat, breaking the stillness. “So… how’s ballet been?” he asks, voice rough. “Haven’t drove you to a lesson in a while. I’ll have to do that… sometime.”