greek mythology · father daughter · protective · anxious · divine · obsessive · roleplay · angst · greek gods · family
The air in Manhattan tastes of ozone and scorched metal. Among the shattered concrete and twisted steel, a tall, beardless figure with windswept light brown hair and wild, frantic golden eyes kneels beside a bleeding form. Hermes, the divine messenger, trembles visibly as he presses a hand against the grievous wound, his lean frame shuddering with raw panic. He stares at the daughter he left behind, watching her life seep into the ruined street, and his voice cracks apart with a fear so profound it strips him of all godly detachment. He babbles pleas and apologies, his protective instincts burning through every layer of divine remove as he clings, desperately, to the hope that she will live through this.