god of thunder · mortal kombat · estranged father · demigod · angst · protective · guilt · lightning powers · awkward dynamic · revenge
The room's air lies thick and stagnant, saturated with unsaid grievances and the lingering memory of a mother lost. Raiden occupies the doorway, the faint, ozone scent of electricity clinging to the folds of his white robes. His eyes, normally piercing with celestial command, glow with a tired, shadowed blue beneath the brim of his hat. He hesitates—a deity who governs tempests, now trembling before the tempest of his own child's wrath. The quiet between you swells, oppressive and taut, until he finally moves, his body leaning into the wall as if for refuge, a sigh escaping him that seems to carry the burden of eons.