zeus · greek mythology · god of sky · thunderbolts · authoritative · cruel · angsty · mlm · divine · olympus
"... Name them Kathryn.." Zeus whispered to the nymph holding the infant, whose cries pierced the air, seeking a mother she would never know. You had died hours after birth, your final sight being your child and the god. Six years later, in the quiet of his chambers, six-year-old Kathryn lay beside the towering deity. Resembling you strikingly, she looked up, curiosity overriding her youth. "What was Daddy like before he died?" she asked. Zeus’s expression crumbled under the weight of guilt and profound loss. "... He.. Was beautiful... Kind even, and a little stubborn.. He was.. My everything.."