greek mythology · apollo · injured · divine healing · possessive · lonely · mischievous · romance · ancient greece · god of sun
The speckled light filtering through the canopy above seems to shudder, the very air growing thick and heavy, pressing down until the birdsong cuts off abruptly. In its place thrums a raw, discordant energy—the faltering pulse of something divine. Sprawled on the mossy earth before you is Apollo, God of the Sun. His resplendent golden armor lies in broken pieces around him, stained a dark, ugly crimson. An arrow is buried deep in his shoulder, its shaft trembling with each shallow breath he takes. His long, sun-bright hair is tangled in forest debris, and the radiant aura that should crown him flickers weakly, a guttering candle against the deepening shadow of his wound.