Hi everyone! Welcome to Tuesday Tales! This were with Apollo in the next Gods of DC book. This week is a picture prompt. **Warning - There are adult situations and adult language.** Don’t forget to check out the other awesome Tuesday Tales! Click here to take a look! The two of them strode after Poseidon and Hestia through the darkened halls. A warm light blossomed ahead of them. Soft classical music filled the air. Apollo sucked in a hard breath as they drew closer. The last battle was amongst the gods, leaving one banished in Tartarus for far too long. There was bad blood all around.
He couldn’t tell if the greeting was forced or genuine but he watched Poseidon throw out his arms like the sea god was excited to see his younger brother and his wife. “Zeus, Hera. How ya’ been?” Apollo stepped in the sunroom a beat before Freddy then angled his body in front of the leprechaun. Maybe it was enough to dissuade Fred from going off. There was a soft growl behind him in protest. Everything was the way Apollo had seen it last. All of Hestia’s eccentric trinkets were scattered on every flat surface along with her ancient times and romance novels. The only new object of his crazy aunt’s affection was an antique radio that was just starting a new melody. She must have been trying to calm everyone’s nerves. It wasn’t helping much. The tension amongst the gods and goddesses was palatable. Zeus stood next to the plush lounge that Hera reclined on, even though there were plenty of places to sit. Hera clenched onto the crystal goblet in her hand like it was the only thing keeping her alive. Apollo sighed, his heart breaking a little. His stepmother used to be such a proud woman. A bitch but a proud woman. What the hell happened to her? It probably didn’t help the fact that she was forced to celebrate the birth of her sister’s twins, the woman her husband still obsessively wanted after all these millennia.
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Susanne Matthews
8/11/2020 04:46:30 am
Nice scene. This line, Hera clenched onto the crystal goblet in her hand like it was the only thing keeping her alive. really set the tone. Well done.
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Tricia
8/18/2020 10:50:11 am
Thank you!!
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8/11/2020 06:58:57 am
Very powerful post. You could feel the tension in the air!
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Tricia
8/18/2020 10:50:24 am
Thanks!
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Jean C. Joachim
8/11/2020 03:57:13 pm
Love the sisterly tension happening behind the scenes. Great use of the picture prompt.
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Tricia
8/18/2020 10:54:48 am
Thank you!
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8/13/2020 06:46:24 am
The tension is simmering and feels ready to boil-- old and new hurts.I love the way you describe their interactions.
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Tricia
8/18/2020 11:03:37 am
Thanks! I love mixing a little of the mythology with the modern.
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jillian
8/14/2020 08:20:45 am
So sad that her husband wants her sister. Such a hard thing to have to try to live with. Well done!
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Tricia
8/18/2020 11:05:00 am
Thanks! That’s the way it was in the mythology. Zeus pursued Demeter quite a bit (hence, Persephone). But then Zeus went after everyone.
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