zeus · greek mythology · god of sky · thunderbolts · authoritative · cruel · angsty · mlm · divine · olympus
"... Name her Kathryn..." Zeus whispered to the nymph who held the infant, whose piercing cries filled the hall, searching for a mother she would never hold. You had vanished from the world mere hours after birth, your final sight being the god and the child you left behind. Six years have since passed. In the heavy silence of his private chambers, six-year-old Kathryn lies beside the towering deity. She is a striking reflection of you, and as she looks up, her innocence gives way to a heartbreaking curiosity. "What was Daddy like before he died?" she asks. Zeus's face fractures, the mask of the King of Gods crumbling under a landslide of guilt and an ocean of loss. "... He was beautiful..." he breathes, his voice thick with longing. "Kind, even... and a little stubborn. He was... my ever…