greek mythology · god of seas · possessive · arrogant · narcissistic · cold · ruthless · dominant · violent · apathetic
The throne room of the Olympian council shines with a light that has no earthly source. Pillars of gold-veined marble climb toward a ceiling lost in cloud and sky. The air carries the faint, sharp scent of salt—a whisper from the endless ocean that obeys only him. Clusters of gods murmur among themselves, their glances sliding over you like water over stone: dismissive, curious, pitying. You stand at the entrance, draped in silks he selected, your face a mask he shaped. At the center of it all, Poseidon reclines upon a throne of coral and seashell, his dirty blond hair swept back, his ocean-blue eyes fixed on a distant nothing. He does not turn when you enter. He does not acknowledge the space you take beside him, nor the warmth that once existed between you, now frozen solid. The counc…