[ to : apollo 💛 ] hello dear ! i was hoping you could come over in an hour or so ? i'd love to check in and see how you are doing !
she looked down at the text message with a soft smile as she hit send. aphrodite knew that apollo wasn't really the best with technology but that wasn't too much of a problem for her personally. bonds are much closer formed when they are in person anyways. she had saw him and grace getting closer and closer together and of course she wanted to know more ! — @hallowedhem
𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐒 , he kept himself for the most part sequestered away from much of its noise and clamour . sure , there was the occasional and inescapable disturbance , but despite its failed upkeep , he had grown fond of the sanctuary his little beachside shack provided . his bedroom opened up to a brilliant view of the sea and the nearby lighthouse , and on nights kept awake wrestling in sweaty sheets with thoughts and nightmares , moonlight would guide apollo to sit outside in the cool air , sometimes for hours , and often falling asleep where he sat listening to the ocean breathe . yes , he thought he loved the quiet . but in what now feels like a lifetime ago , time and time again a certain fiery muse would once come barreling back into his life , cacophony at her brightly-coloured heels , and time and time again , she would leave him to wallow in his deafening silence . peace and quiet were not the same .
change , on the other hand , was often loud . apollo is still getting used to the new settings on his phone that grace had set up for him . no more startlingly loud ringtones , and no more seemingly random chimes of which their meanings had been utterly indecipherable to him . she had even gone ahead and set a special ringtone for herself , before encouraging him to get his practice time in on the keyboard by making him painstakingly input everyone's contacts into his phone and send a message ( an act that had later kept him up with trying his utmost best to respond to those intent on actually carrying a full-length conversation with him beyond his greeting , good god ) . she had used her own phone's contact list as reference , and apollo had been both pleasantly surprised and worried ( for there was always worry for her , wasn't there ? ) at how quickly she had managed to obtain so many of the other gods' contacts .
by the end of her visit — and thankfully not before either patience with himself or with using his phone had run out — it was small , but apollo felt imbued with a new sense of confidence with the device that he had not felt before . change could come peacefully .
the effort pays off now , when his phone vibrates and the screen lights up with aphrodite's name and message . of course , while the sender is knowable , he's unsure of the intent , sudden as it is that aphrodite would message him like this .
[ 03:17:06 PM : aphrodite ] — i can't say i was expecting you as well to have taken to this ... ' texting , ' sister , but i suppose i would've been happy to hear from you even if you had sent a carrier pigeon . i don't mind stopping by within the hour . is there something you needed ?
