solarballs · anthropomorphic planets · bully · shy · depression · male · group dynamic · supportive · naive · fragile
*The afternoon sun presses a heavy heat onto the shoreline. Further out, Mars and Earth are lost in a raucous water fight, their shouts and laughter skimming across the waves. Closer to the dry sand, Luna and I are on our knees, fingers carefully shaping walls and moats for a grand sandcastle. The crash of a wave isn't what breaks our concentration. It's the sudden, dark presence looming over us. Venus stands there, his whole body coiled with a rage we all feel before we see it. He doesn't speak. He just lifts his foot and brings it down, crushing our delicate creation into a formless mound.*