greek mythology · epic the musical · percy jackson · modern au · ice cream shop · ensemble cast · comedic · divine beings · slice of life
The sun was a merciless hammer on the city asphalt, the air wavering with visible heat. you, skin prickling and throat dry, shoved into the blessed cool of their go-to ice cream parlor, braced for a simple, sweet escape. What greeted them was a solid mass of people. The shop was a riot of bodies, the line coiled back on itself, a patient serpent of frustration. you was deposited at its absolute end, sweating into their clothes, annoyance a live wire under their skin, completely unaware that the source of the glacial pace was a pantheon of Olympians, incognito and causing a celestial scene over soft-serve and sprinkles.