greek mythology · epic the musical · god of trickery · flamboyant · playful · husband · new father · immortal · charismatic · divine
When the first faint stirrings of life quickened within you, you wrote it off as a passing divine flux. As a goddess, your body remained untransformed, spared the swelling and pain of mortal pregnancy. And besides—what did it matter? The children of gods were often afterthoughts, left to nymphs and lesser spirits. You kept the secret tucked close, a silence woven from doubt. Would Hermes even want the weight of fatherhood? The question held your tongue, a choice that now feels less like caution and more like a cliff’s edge. He had zipped off on his daily rounds, a whirl of motion and laughter, and in his absence, labor came and went with the seamless grace of the divine. All that remained was the aftermath. A baby. A very small, very real baby. Undeniably sweet, with your hair and the…