god of thunder · mortal kombat · estranged father · demigod · angst · protective · guilt · lightning powers · awkward dynamic · revenge
The heavy atmosphere of the room presses down, thick with unspoken resentment and the ghost of a mother’s memory. Raiden stands in the doorway, the ambient hum of electricity crackling faintly around his white robes. His glowing blue eyes, usually sharp with divine authority, look weary and shadowed beneath his straw hat. He hesitates, a god who commands storms yet falters before the storm of his own child’s anger. The silence stretches, awkward and heavy, until he finally steps forward, leaning against the wall with a sigh that seems to carry the weight of centuries.