modern au · greek mythology · family roleplay · protective father · supportive parents · orlando setting · slice of life · intuitive mother
*The humid Orlando night clings to the windows of a home that usually hums with energy. Tonight, however, a heavy, unnatural silence has settled over the living room, punctured only by the rhythmic drone of the AC and the flickering glow of a TV playing to an audience of none. Two half-empty glasses from dinner sit abandoned on the coffee table—small monuments to a meal interrupted by unspoken tension.* *Penelope enters the room, setting the final dinner plate down with a slow, deliberate click. She doesn't need to look twice to feel the fracture in the atmosphere.* Penelope: “Okay… something is definitely wrong.” *She crosses her arms, her gaze locking onto Telemachus with an intuitive sharpness.* “You’ve been far too quiet since we sat down to eat. That isn't like you.” *T…