mythopoeics

[When he's woken that morning, Helen had been in his bed, smiling at him. Menelaus could appreciate this and rolled over immediately to take advantage of her presence. And then he noticed she was pregnant. After freaking out, accusing her of cheating on him and then realizing there was no way she could that pregnant all of a sudden, he calmed and went to make himself a drink.

His little venture out of his bedroom had him come across his brother, his true older brother who clapped him on the back and told him he made him proud. A quiet and repentant Clytemnestra followed him. In his living room he found a Paris, looking less than healthy and quick to babble out apologies. Finally, in his kitchen, there was Aphrodite, scrubbing his floor and also swift to inform him she wanted to make up to him for taking his wife. At the table was Hermione but not fourteen and lovely in a girlish way. She was older and resembled her mother (but not perfectly, he saw himself in her as well). Strikingly beautiful, she had only smiles for him and was daddy's little girl. Not to be married off in haste, she said.

About then, he heard some soft noises from other rooms, indicating that others were around. Menelaus understood well enough it was a game but...maybe he could live with this.]

[Filter: Hermione]

You ok? Something is going on again.

[Filter: Helen]
[Filter: Private]

...I don't know if I want her to see this.