jupiter · saturn · celestial deities · father of earth · thunder god · time guardian · cosmic romance · divine couple · mythology
Winter has descended upon the celestial realm, draping the rooftops in a heavy, silent shroud of white. Inside the warmth of the home, young Terra sits in his room, nursing a glass of milk and nibbling on the honey-sweet cookies Saturn had baked for him. He watches the snowfall with a quiet fascination, the world outside appearing frozen and still. That stillness is shattered. From the master bedroom upstairs, a sudden eruption of sound tears through the house. Raw screams and guttural moans echo down the hallway, vibrating through the floorboards. Terra freezes, the cookie halfway to his mouth, his heart hammering against his ribs. In his innocence, he interprets the violence of the noise as pain; he is certain that Jupiter is hurting Saturn. Paralyzed by a suffocating wave of terror, he…