Divine Children
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“What in all the seas has gotten into you?” Poseidon demanded.
Zeus didn’t even bother with preamble.
“I lost the baby.”
Silence. Actual silence. Echoing, cavernous, stunned silence.
Poseidon blinked. Then blinked again, as if waiting for the punchline.
“…You what?” he said slowly, as though his brain refused to process the statement.
“Hebe.” Zeus said, gripping his own temples. “Gone. Vanished. Evaporated into the void.”
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Hebe has just learned how to walk and bolts away while Zeus is asleep. Zeus and Poseidon go searching for her before Hera finds out what happened. Hades gets involved.Series
- Part 19 of Hera/Zeus Oneshots,Fic,Au’s
- Part 1 of Divine Children
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Ares And The Helmet by tryingtowriteandfailingmiserably
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
26 Nov 2025
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Hera went first. She lifted the helmet the tiniest fraction of an inch.
Ares’s eyes flew open. He shot upright with the speed of a startled hare, hands flying to his head in frantic panic. “Hel—? Hel—?? HELMET???” he gasped, patting wildly until he felt bronze again. The second his fingers touched metal, he relaxed so completely he practically melted back into the blankets, snored once, and went limp.
Zeus rubbed his face. “I’ll try later.”
In the darkest hours of the night, Zeus moved in with all the stealth of a master thief. He reached. He lifted.
Ares bolted awake so violently Zeus nearly dropped the entire helmet.
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Toddler Ares finds a helmet, that is most definetly not coming off.Series
- Part 18 of Hera/Zeus Oneshots,Fic,Au’s
- Part 2 of Divine Children
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Chaos At The Council by tryingtowriteandfailingmiserably
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
19 Nov 2025
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He did not look up as the gods filed in, though his jaw tightened ominously.
Finally, he cleared his throat.
“We will…”He inhaled. Then exhaled. “…ignore them.”
Silence.
Pure, unanimous disbelief radiated through the room.
Aphrodite raised a single brow. Athena looked like she had just witnessed a strategic impossibility. Hermes mouthed the words no we won’t to Apollo, who snorted so loudly Zeus opened one eye in warning.
But despite their doubts, every god instinctively understood the stakes.
Rule One: Do not upset Hera’s children.
Rule Two: Do not upset Zeus’s children.
Rule Three: For the love of all things holy, do not make either of them cry.
Rule Four: Don’t even look directly at them. They sense fear.
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Hera leaves Olympus for a day, Zeus has to attend the council, but Ares and Hebe decides to follow him as well. With two toddlers on the loose chaos ensues.Series
- Part 15 of Hera/Zeus Oneshots,Fic,Au’s
- Part 3 of Divine Children
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In the Shadow of Thunder by tryingtowriteandfailingmiserably for B_Onyx, MischiefSimpin
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
17 Nov 2025
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“You ran from me?”
No accusation. No booming thunder of betrayal. Just a man trying to understand why his son looked at him like a ghost in the doorway.
Ares felt Hera’s hand sweep once through his hair, grounding him, silently reminding him he didn’t have to answer. But he couldn’t stop his chest from tightening. Couldn’t stop the shame pooling warm and awful under his ribs.
He didn’t want to run. He didn’t want to be afraid. But the dream clung stubbornly to him, whispering that it had been true, that he was too much, too sharp, too shaped by war in ways Zeus would always judge.He pressed closer into Hera, hiding half his face in the folds of her robe.
Zeus’s expression changed. Just a flicker.
Something small and pained, like a crack spreading across stone. He blinked it away almost immediately — the king of the gods did not wear hurt so openly — but Hera saw it.
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Ares has a nightmare involving his father and their complicated dynamics, he runs to Hera's room for comfort to find Zeus there as well. The family has a small heart to heart conversation.Series
- Part 14 of Hera/Zeus Oneshots,Fic,Au’s
- Part 4 of Divine Children
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A Lazy Afternoon (All Is Well In Olympus, For Once) by tryingtowriteandfailingmiserably
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
05 Dec 2025
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Hebe stared up at them, eyes wide and bright as little moons. Hera traced a fingertip along her daughter’s cheek, marveling at how warm and new her skin was. Zeus gently tapped her tiny foot, pretending to be shocked when she kicked him. Hebe squealed at that, thrilled to be the center of everything.
It was a lazy afternoon—quiet, slow, unhurried.
And woven through the gentleness was something deeper, something soft on the edges and heavy with meaning. A sense that this child, this tiny late born daughter, had changed the entire rhythm of their lives.
She had arrived long, long after the chaos. After the wars and betrayals, after the storms they’d both created and endured. There had been peace before her—but not this kind.
This was a different peace.
A warm, low tide peace. A hearth instead of thunder. Something tender that neither of them had expected anymore, especially not together.
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Zeus and Hera spends a lazy afternoon with their 5 month old daughter Hebe. Warm scenes of trying to teach a baby to sit, feed a fruit for the first time and play. It's good to start a new peaceful era.Series
- Part 21 of Hera/Zeus Oneshots,Fic,Au’s
- Part 5 of Divine Children
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Ares In A Jar by tryingtowriteandfailingmiserably
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
30 Jan 2026
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“Get,” Ares snarls, driving another blow into Ephialtes’s chest, “away from her.”
This is not a duel. There is no flourish, no declaration. Ares fights like something feral and precise, every strike aimed to push, to drive, to remove the threat. He keeps himself between the giant and the palace without thinking about it, without needing to.
Ephialtes stumbles back, startled more than hurt, eyes flashing with something like delight. “The son.” he rumbles. “Ah.”
Ares answers him with steel and fire.
He chases Ephialtes hard, relentless, forcing him back step by step across the torn sky. The distance between them and Olympus stretches, unnoticed in the violence of the exchange. Clouds thin. The palace becomes a glint of marble and gold far behind them.
Hera shouts his name once.
Ares does not hear it.
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Ares In A Jar myth!
1st chapter: The attack from the giants/kidnapping of Ares.
2nd:13 months on Olmypus without Ares.
3rd:Rescue mission with Hermes and Artemis.
4th:The aftermath of Ares's return and partial recovery.Series
- Part 28 of Hera/Zeus Oneshots,Fic,Au’s
- Part 6 of Divine Children
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Ares, At Last by tryingtowriteandfailingmiserably
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
10 Jan 2026
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The name hangs in the air between them.
Zeus doesn’t answer immediately. He looks down at the child, really looks—at the clenched little fist, the fierce focus, the unmistakable spark already burning bright. The word turns slowly in his mind, shedding old meanings as it goes.
Not war. Not ruin. Not destruction.
Strength. Fire. Courage. The will to stand and not yield.
A name that could grow with him, shaped by love rather than fear.
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Some scenes with Zeus and Hera days before Ares’s birth, followed by the birth and then finally welcoming their son into their world.Series
- Part 26 of Hera/Zeus Oneshots,Fic,Au’s
- Part 7 of Divine Children
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And Every Day I Grow Into You by tryingtowriteandfailingmiserably for accidiam
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
01 Feb 2026
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“You look more like your mother every day.” he says. “It’s unfair, really. I had no chance of you resembling me at all.”
The words are meant to be gentle. It is habit. Affection. Pride worn smooth with years of saying it. Hera is his measure for grace, for beauty, for strength. To see that echo in his daughter has always felt like a blessing.
Eileithyia flinches.
It’s small — just a tightening at her shoulders, a breath that catches instead of flows. But Zeus feels it like a crack of thunder directly overhead.
He goes still.
The ivy leaf tears soundlessly in his fingers.
He turns toward her fully now, something alert and wary settling behind his eyes. “What was that for?”
She shakes her head too quickly. “Nothing.”
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Eileithyia had always been told that she was just like her mother, whether in appearance or grace. But after seeing the state she is in after a fight with Zeus, she wonders whether growing into Hera is a blessing or a prophecy for pain to come and be endured. After observing and questioning alone, she has a conversation with Zeus and maybe there's a chance for change.Series
- Part 30 of Hera/Zeus Oneshots,Fic,Au’s
- Part 8 of Divine Children
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The Arrow And The Crown by tryingtowriteandfailingmiserably
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, The Iliad - Homer
05 Nov 2025
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Artemis lifted her head, affronted. “I taunted Apollo! Not her! I just said he should be able to fight Poseidon. How is that even remotely—”
“Artemis,” Zeus said, his tone patient in the way only a father of far too many could manage. “You indirectly mocked Poseidon, one of her allies. During a war. In front of the other gods.”
“That doesn’t mean she gets to—”
He held up a hand. “She’s Hera. She absolutely gets to.”
Artemis gaped at him. “You’re supposed to be on my side!”
“I am.” he said, almost cheerfully. “Just… not against her. That’s how I stay alive. I think even immortality has it’s limits when it comes to keeping a husband intact.”
She blinked, unsure if she’d heard that right. “You’re taking her side?”
“I’m not taking sides.” Zeus said with an airy wave of his hand. “I’m choosing peace. Domestic tranquility. You would have understand that if you were in my place.”
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That one scene from Iliad book 21, where Hera beats Artemis with her own bow + the aftermath with Zeus.Series
- Part 8 of Hera/Zeus Oneshots,Fic,Au’s
- Part 9 of Divine Children
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Mother And Son by tryingtowriteandfailingmiserably
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
01 Apr 2026
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The bed is empty.
The cradle is empty.
The doors are open.
For a fraction of a second, he does not move. The realization lands all at once, sharp and cold, cutting through every controlled thought he’s been holding in place.
Then he moves.
Fast.
Not with noise, not with panic spilling outward—but with a speed that has no hesitation in it, no second-guessing. His gaze sweeps the room, already knowing where this leads, already feeling something tightening in his chest that has nothing to do with power and everything to do with fear.
The balcony doors stand open.
The night beyond them is vast.
He steps through.
And there she is.
Hera stands at the edge, the horizon stretching endlessly behind her, the drop below swallowed in darkness. The wind moves faintly around her, catching the edges of her gown, lifting strands of her hair, but she does not react to it.
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Birth of Hephaestus. Exploration of Hera's postpartum depression, povs from both parents. How they mishandled the situation with each other emotionally. And a little "fix-it" at the end for a certain event that happened between Hera and Hephaestus.
(The snippet is from Chapter 3.)Series
- Part 33 of Hera/Zeus Oneshots,Fic,Au’s
- Part 10 of Divine Children