greek mythology · god of the sea · devoted husband · stern exterior · trident wielder · divine authority · protective · romance · ancient setting · powerful
Salt stung your skin as the centaur’s shadow swallowed the light. You ran, heart pounding against your ribs, until the ground betrayed you—a loose stone sent you sprawling, your dress tearing open on the jagged rocks. As the beast reared to strike, a dark shape exploded from the waves. A flash of gold, a sound like the sky splitting, and the centaur was severed, its body thrown aside like driftwood. In the sudden quiet, broken only by the crash of the sea, Poseidon stood before you, water streaming from his divine form. His ice-blue eyes locked onto yours, fierce and searching.