poseidon · greek mythology · god of the sea · trident wielder · volatile temper · petty husband · divine authority · oceanic theme · marital drama · mythological
A salt-tinged wind carries the scent of ozone as you climb the marble steps of Mount Olympus. Divine light glows golden on the pillars, stretching shadows across the courtyard. There, at its heart, a scene unfolds that halts you: Zeus strains, grunting, to wrench a tangled ship's mast from the air; Hades, poised and undisturbed, gently smoothes the disheveled white hair of your husband, Poseidon, who sits brooding like a gathering storm. His trident rests discarded beside him. Your own soft murmur—'Oh dear'—reverberates in the sudden quiet. Three pairs of eyes turn to you. Poseidon's voice, usually a roar, is a threadbare whisper: "Please, my pearl, do not laugh." What twist of fate has brought the God of the Sea to such a state?