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Tweak says, "teh love owns me!"

hera (_marriage) wrote,
@ 2009-03-23 20:29:00

WHO Cora/Hera & Gabriel/Hephaestus
WHEN 23 March 2012 | during an afternoon appointment
WHERE Cora's office
WHAT two people meet, not for the first time, but the first time with open eyes.

She had Todd's file open, reading it as she leaned back in her chair, pouring over old records. He wasn't a long standing patient, but she worried about him. He hadn't called her, she knew he wouldn't, but she still hoped. It was a difficult thing to lose a family member, but one with a past like that, she didn't want him to make a bad decision. Putting the file down, she placed her elbows on the desk and buried her face in her hands, hair starting to fall out of her bun. It wasn't Todd that had her so stressed, she was worried about him, but she was good about letting that sort of concern not override her life, as a psychologist you couldn't or you'd never be able to do your job. No, it was her own life and her romantic entanglements and Hera.

Gods, Hera. Cora didn't believe in a sexuality label, homo-heterosexual, she believed in a person loving another person. Not exactly pansexual, but something closer to that and Hera was driving her up the wall. There was progress, her goddess was less uptight with every date the two went on, realized that gender and sex did not have to be linked (which she should have known already! they had four transgender patients!) but she still held back, and Cora had not even had a chance to get to know Tara. If the two were going to make a forceful go of it, Cora really did want to be acquainted to the other soul she'd be sharing her time with when the two gods were not awake.

Running her hands up her face into her hair, she pulled it back and slid in her chair to take a deep breath. She'd have to demand some time with the mortal half regardless of what Zeus or Hera said. Her phone rang, pulling her out of her train of thought; picking it up her secretary told her her new patient "Mr. Graham" was here to see her. Folding Todd's file back up she told her to send him in and quickly re-fixed her hair getting up to open the door for him.

"Hello Mister G-" and she stopped, staring.

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_marriage
2012-03-25 04:05 am UTC (link)

She allowed her hand to drop to just look at him, this man she had thought was her husband only to be her son. She remained squatted for a moment longer, taking in the growing power with every soul she met; this was her son and it made her heart grow. Cora tried to point out the blatant cruelty she had just said but Hera was too far gone in her control and power, she barely noticed. "I wish I had been able to see more clearly all those years ago, we could have been a formidable team, you and I." She stood to cover his hand with hers, "my boy, my Hephaestus." She was rather emotional, Hera played favorites. Her family knew it, her children experienced it. Part of her kingdom was the solidarity of heirs and without question her sons overruled her daughters. And while Ares was the god after her own heart, Hephaestus would always be her baby.

To which Cora nearly scoffed at internally. She shared the goddess heart, she knew much of her affection, while real, was done because of the mistreatment she gave him as an infant. Had she been sitting in that chair of hers playing psychologist to these two, neither would be pleased to hear her conclusions.

"Your father is in the city. We have made contact, and your sister, Eris. She is- still Eris." Hera paused, "though, their bodies are quite different then they once were."

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godoffire
2012-03-25 05:26 pm UTC (link)

Hephaestus was a fool, he knew he was a fool but there was nothing to be done for it. He could bury his resentment and distaste again and offer his mother his love. She had given birth to him and whether she had rejected him or not, she was still his mother. He stopped himself from reaching for her hand, stopped short of just accepting it all without a qualm. Maybe it was Gabriel, maybe his life as a mortal had changed him a little.

He tugged on the cuff of his shirt and looked back at Hera. "I woke up about 6 months, confused." He nodded at the mention of Zeus and Eros. "And my wife?" He asked, distaste clear on the mortals face. Hephaestus might love her, adore her through the years despite her unfaithfulness but the mortal man hated how they had been treated.

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_marriage
2012-03-25 06:44 pm UTC (link)

Her hand immediately went out to smooth out the shoulder of his shirt, a motherly gesture that came natural even though in the last time she had seen him, toga's and other more unstructured clothing were the norm; it was a habit that perhaps she had picked up from American television, whatever it was, she smoothed it out looking at him affectionately. "You should have come found me sooner, I am sorry you were alone. I think that is why I was so desperate for you to be Zeus, I saw something familiar and did not want to be alone any more. It had been a long seventeen years."

A small shadow did cross her face at the mention of Aphrodite, "I- do not know. She has been mentioned to be, around, but I have not spoken to her. I do not know where she is. Poseidon might or Zeus, they seem to be the most well connected." She paused for a moment before moving a hand to cup his jaw, unperturbed that he had jerked away when she had gotten close before. "My dear, if you want her, we will find her; but, it is a new era, you can-" She wasn't sure how to proceed. She had suggested Zeus offer up Aphrodite as Hephaestus wife, for his sake as well as her husband's concern over the beauty of Aphrodite. But once she had, once she had seen the pain it caused him she felt guilt ridden, and did not want to see him go through her rejection again.

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godoffire
2012-03-26 11:14 pm UTC (link)

Hephaestus didn't flinch away this time, his gaze staying on her as he listened to her speak. "I didn't remember you or anyone else when I first woke up. I only remembered darkness and the feeling of loss." He reached out and smoothed a lock of hair away from her cheek. "What has changed mother? Not I. Have you? I have not forgotten the deeds of my lifetime. I regret your loneliness but I cannot allow you to treat me the same again."

He nodded. Poseidon, Zeus. His father and uncle. His uncle had been fair if not distant. Unlike Zeus who had scorned his own son and yet depended upon the weapons that came from Hephaestus' forges. "I no longer desire Aphrodite, Gabriel has shown me what the value of a faithful and loving woman is. I do not need the lies or deceit." He pulled back from her, he needed air and time to think about everything. "If I leave my contact information, could you give them to our family if they are interested in speaking to me?" He would not reach out to them again, if they wanted to talk to him then they could come to him.

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_marriage
2012-03-26 11:23 pm UTC (link)

Her eyes stared at him blankly for a long moment and then darkened, in both hurt and in anger. "Treat you?" She stood up and almost looked fierce in her emotions; she had longed for him for so long and he was spurning her so cruelly?!

Her mouth opened to speak and Cora nearly pulled her back, the action in the mind was so surprising Hera shut down, allowing Cora to rise again to the surface. "Ga- Hephaestus, I am sorry. You are right," her goddess hissed internally, "you weren't treated fairly and you have every right to walk out that door and never speak to her again. Her heartbreak, and mine, wouldn't be enough to make up for what she did. I can only promise I'll do my best to make her realize that." Cora nearly reached for his hand, both to comfort and to just touch him again. The man she was speaking to may not have been Gabriel, but she understood what it meant to have a god living in your head, and understood a child that grew up with pain and hurt coming from a parent.

"Whatever you leave, I'll make sure to give to them. Zeus wants to gather everyone, I am sure you'll be included in that." Her lips lifted in a small affectionate smile, wanting to make clear she was sincere.

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