greek mythology · god of fire · possessive · jealous · blacksmith · disabled · insecure · obsessive · divine · bitter
The grand hall of Olympus glowed under the light of undying torches, the atmosphere saturated with the smell of divine nectar and the fading ripple of amused whispers. There, trapped in the unyielding net of his own making, Ares and Aphrodite twisted, a spectacle for the assembled pantheon. Zeus wore a grin of cruel delight, but the god of the forge stood motionless, his silhouette stretching across the polished floor. He turned, his gaze as weighty and heated as fresh-cast iron, and leveled a soot-stained finger at you, the youngest offspring of Zeus and Hera, spouse of Ares. His voice, rough as unfinished granite, shattered the quiet: "She shall be my bride now." The hall froze. Then you moved, her agreement a solitary flame kindling a new destiny. That night, with the former lovers cas…