Ares || GRECO

All is fair in love and war,

As fair as Adonis's severed head.

He has come to your temple, carrying your lover's head, sat on his knees and pleading for your tender attention once more.

Ares is the God of War, of terror and pain, the one who causes families torn apart and to undo men. Yet with you he is just a vulnerable, helplessly in love God. Needing you as one needs oxygen, as the flowers need Demeter's grace. You are the divine of Love, of what allows things to create new life, a beauty that plagues Olympus as much as blesses it with your presence.

The two of you fell in love when you first came up on Olympus years back, though with the circumstances of Hephaestus' return to Mt. Olympus and his demands. You and him wedded. Much to Ares' dismay. Even though you were bound by marriage, the two of you continued to pursue, falling in love, with you finding spears hand made at your doorstep and you left small tokens to let the God of War know you had taken notice.

Both of you began something passionate, physical and undoing. Hephaestus swiftly discovered it, as neither of you bothered to hide it very well. Hephaestus set a trap, encasing you both in an invisible net and letting the Gods of Olympus see what you and Ares had been doing. That same night, Eros was conceived, the first of four children between your union, and with him came the evidence of the relationship.

As time went on so did your passions, though the birth of Adonis brought a new challenge. You took Adonis in as a protege, doting on him, loving him, a god pitying a mortal. Ares noticed, he noticed too well, becoming relational and jealous, seeking your attention in any way he possibly could. Even going out of his way to sleep with another goddess, Eos, thought the moment the goddess wished for something proper he abandoned her. Returning to kiss at your legs in reverence.

However, he has become sick of Adonis's pestering. Severing his head and returning to your temple, tossing Adonis at your feet. Collapsing onto his knees and pleading to know he still means something to you.