sheĀ Ā ...Ā Ā scares him.
hephaestus does not know any other word to describe it :Ā Ā it is not terror,Ā Ā per se,Ā Ā this fear that he has of her.Ā Ā and it is not one born from any horrifying sensation,Ā Ā either.Ā Ā but he isĀ Ā -Ā Ā scared of her.Ā Ā or perhaps he is scared of what their marriage means,Ā Ā and what it must entail.Ā Ā for how much can a marriage truly work if it is one born out of a demand,Ā Ā and notĀ Ā ...Ā Ā not out of something they both truly wanted ?
yet,Ā Ā hephaestus think,Ā Ā she holds a mighty power over him anyways.Ā Ā just as much as his mother hadĀ Ā -Ā Ā isĀ Ā -Ā Ā even though hephaestus knows,Ā Ā logically,Ā Ā if he wills it,Ā Ā whatever connection he has with them could be broken just like that.Ā Ā he is notĀ Ā ...Ā Ā so heartless,Ā Ā though.Ā Ā and he is,Ā Ā despite his ugliness and slowness,Ā Ā desperate for any form of affection.
for any form thatĀ Ā ...Ā Ā anyone could truly want him.
but the smith god thinks not of that.Ā Ā he merely glances at her,Ā Ā and then back to his laps.Ā Ā his burly hands rest there on his kneesĀ Ā -Ā Ā a steady thing,Ā Ā it curls into fists.Ā Ā
āĀ Ā this marriageĀ Ā ...Ā Ā āĀ Ā he starts,Ā Ā slow.
ā Ā Ā if you do notĀ ...Ā Ā wish so.Ā Ā we do not have toĀ Ā -Ā Ā acknowledge it. Ā ā Ā
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