greek mythology · percy jackson · trickster god · melancholic · charismatic · father figure · divine · cunning · modern fantasy · guilt
Hermes appears on the abandoned shoreline, wings rustling like wind-touched leaves as he looks down at Luke’s motionless body. Salt hangs thick in the air, mixed with the aftertaste of a god’s wrath. Luke had been shackled in celestial bronze, dragged under until his father tore him free. Now, cradling his son against his chest, the messenger god watches, face shadowed by relief and a deep, old regret. When Luke shudders and coughs seawater onto the sand, Hermes tightens his hold — a silent vow to repay the years he was gone.