Hephaestus' Workshop
Outskirts
Mount Olympus

"Another successful day at work", Hephaestus thinks as he polishes 👋the wheel of Apollo's Chariot. He had always had a soft spot for his younger brother. He had made the great chariot for him and Apollo had got four horses to pull it.

The mighty beasts came from their Uncle Poseidon who had given him his pick from his personal stables, and used some of his essence on them so that they would be able to pull the sun, Helios. A smile tugs across his face as thoughts of what his friend had done for him resurfaces in his memory.

Helios had been running an errand for Apollo one night, quite simple, just pick up a package for him from Hephaestus. He arrived at the home of Aphrodite and Hephaestus at the scheduled time and knocked on the great doors, but no one answered. Knowing how important the package was he pressed on into the Temple all the while calling out for Hephaestus. He soon rounded a corner and ended up face to face with Aphrodite and Ares having sex not only in the bed chamber but on Hephaestus's bed as well. He was startled but he had seen many things in his times as the source of light for the mortals so he was prepared for anything so he made no ruckus, not that they would have heard at the way they were getting along. He just slipped out as silently and headed straightway to warn Hephaestus. "What followed next was a whole hullaballoo not worth getting into", he half mutters.

Apollo was assigned to walk with Helios across the sky in the first centuries after the defeat of the Titans to protect him from rebel Giants and Titans which may be left after war and the asteroid hit. "Still brings tears to my eyes what we had to those poor dinosaurs", he thinks as his mind travels back to the age of Zeus' first try at creation sadly.

The idea for the chariot came from the outcry of Zeus' mortal pets that the days were too long and nights too short. This era became known as the Fire Age, a most hated and despised time in the mortal history. A faster mode of transport became imperative and the idea of the horse-drawn chariot was devised by Zeus' Chief Engineer, "Yours Truly, Bow, Applause, Bow, Curtains, Exit Stage Right", Hephaestus chuckles a little at his joke, "ah William."

In the early days before he created cloaking technology, Hephaestus made the chariot out of pure gold to hide it from sight of mortals in the glow of Helios's radiance. He then used Alasquirta oil to oil to bearings and wheels so that they never needed to be oiled again. Hephaestus never found the time nor did Apollo want to stop pulling Helios across the sky so from the days of light till now he has been allowed to "protect" his friend from non-existent threats in his most prized position. "Apart from making the Master Bolt ⚡ for father, Apollo's Chariot is my most favourite work", he smiles feeling accomplishes as he thinks.

He places the wheel into the Alasquirta oil and allows it to dry for a few minutes to ensure no rust would come to it as he cleaned the workshop. Placing the wheel in his magical knapsack, he fashioned to look like anything the wearer wants (at this time a forgers pack), he heads for the door makes his way up to Apollo's temple which is in the inner circle of temple's on Mount Olympus🗻. The Inner Circle of High Gods surrounds Zeus's own grand temple and only the Olympians live there.

Going up the driveway he passes a huge oak-ash tree that he, Ares, Aphrodite and much later on Artemis, Apollo and Hermes played in. That tree is reserved for only the Royal Family 👨👩👦 and  nobody else unless invited. They all had loved it but no one cared for it much after childhood except Apollo who moved it close to his verandah. Tearing his eyes away from the tree and good memories in which he felt wanted he steps into a brightly lit temple.

"Brother👦", a beautiful sing-song male voice greets him, and the warmth from Apollo smile envelopes him. He smiles back, hugs his younger brother and looks around temple of beautiful white marble with gold and blue accents. It reminds him of the sky which always brings peace to him. This is his favourite place in all Olympus, here he is loved unconditionally and treated as an equal.

"Where are the kids", he asks as the door closes behind them...

High God's Avenue
The Inner Circle of High Gods
Mount Olympus

Hephaestus on his way to his own temple after giving his brother the wheel and receiving a miniature sun☀ as penance from Apollo and Helios for fixing the wheel, finds Zeus and Hera dressed in a tuxedo and ball gown. "Going out I guess", thinks Hephaestus only seeing their silhouettes. The only lights on at the Temple are in the servants quarters and the lights throw shadows on them when the light hits on one of the white marble and gold decorated columns, successfully distorting their features so the beauty and splendor of the royal 👑couple is hidden from view of onlookers. "One point to dad", Hephaestus thinks as he walks up to his and Aphrodite's temple his dad always could get out of his cheating problems with his mind.

As he marvels how much his father and mother are exactly like him and Aphrodite, well with the exception of the gender flip, something clicked in his mind.

TONIGHT was also be his date with Aphrodite💏!!

High God's Avenue
Hephaestus' and Aphrodite's Temple
Mount Olympus

Hephaestus
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"I know that Aphrodite must be mad at me, it's 11:25 and I'm outside my door pacing rather than facing the music", the doors open and I jump into the bushes expecting Aphrodite to rush outside but out steps Ares.

"Ares??", I say in bewilderment. Ares spins around instantly on edge dropping into fighting stance. He was almost at the bottom of the stairs when I called to him, his deep sapphire red eyes 👀dart around searching for the source of the voice. Then his fiery eyes rest on me in the shadows.

"Dude you frightened me man", Ares says straightening up and becoming relaxed once again, "suppose I had had that dagger you made for me, you would be a dead man right now", he states as he chuckle, an air of supremacy about him, but this is not uncommon for the god of war.

"I'm immortal too brother", I state matter-of-factly smiling that I surprised him, a small achievement on my part.

"Oh shut up", he laugh-says😄.

"So what happened", I said pointing to my temple. Its not unusual for him to be here, now, because after many eons of discord between us the last set of wars raged on Earth have brought some level of stability between us. It is however unusual for him to be here alone because since the birth of Eros and the many after whom he had no part in taking care of, Aphrodite now despises him for the past couple centuries for hardly partaking in any of their lives. So we're on fairly good standing.

"I came to visit you"

"What for??", I ask as I became interested as Ares only comes to my house late night when he has a war he wants to happen and wants me to make plans for war machines and have Hypnos and Morpheus put them into the engineers 🔧mind for his favored side. "This may just be my excuse to tell Aphrodite that I was working on, everyone knows Ares is extremely forgetful as he has an extremely short attention span so telling me already could be explained easily as the to her."

"I want to start a war between the US and Russia and I need something...."

"...To ensure your victory with whatever side you choose to help", I completed for him.

"Yes my friend, but u have to go to a very distraught wife at the moment so tomorrow we talk, okay??"

"Okay", I said as my brother, my only route of escape dressed in a black dress shirt and black skinny jeans walks away in black loafers. I sigh, turn around and as I walk through my open door I smile sadly and shake my head thinking aloud, "Friend huh".

Earlier that night.....

Hall of Us
Hephaestus' & Aphrodite's Temple
Mount Olympus

Aphrodite
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"Now I see how much you despise me... I think, its 9 o'clock and he said 8... He loves his work more than his wife... Thou we were never fated how could he not love me... I am the goddess of love after all...", I mutter. I feel a sob coming up and tears rising up in my eyes, but no I'm too strong for that.

Knock, knock✊.

"Is that in my head??"

Knock, knock✊.

"Nope... it ain't."

I raise out of my plush chair in the hall where I had been waiting on Hephaestus to come and walk to the front door.

"Who is it??", I ask in as strong a voice as I could muster through my tears😭.

"Ares", comes the reply from a deep baritone.

I throw open the door and lo and behold there Ares is in a black dress shirt, black jeans and a pair of loafers, his red wavy hair a complete mess sits atop an godly beautiful face, his chiseled features as the goddesses put it are to die for, he stands there looking incredibly sexy and seemingly knowing that I want him.

Ares
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"Oh Gods. She looks incredible", I think as I look at a stunning Aphrodite. She standing there looking all dressed up to go out. She's in a knee-length blue dress with beautiful white diamond scattered in it, matching earrings, bracelet and a necklace of blue diamonds are her accessories and she has a small silver clutch to match her silver pumps, a stunning sight. "I know I'm sexy but when it comes to her I feel like I'm missing a piece of me and though Hephaestus is my brother and more importantly my father ended our spicy little affair I cant help wanting to be inside her once more."

"Is Hephaestus here", I ask hoping he isn't.

"No he is not", a beautiful pink-red set of lips mumble to me as she looks at me with longing burning in her blue eyes, "would you like to come in."

"Certainly", I reply knowing of the longing burning in mine own eyes as well.

She pulls the door out a little more and I step in a marvelous hall filled with glistening armor on either side with portraits of Hephaestus and Aphrodite and their on the walls above them. I felt an intense fire of grudge burn within me but it turns into a fleeting sense of betrayal as I look at the huge portrait of their wedding👫 at which I was his best man, then I began I'm fucking his wife.

And it seems like were going down that rabbit hole again...

15 mins later.....

Dining Room
Hephaestus' & Aphrodite's Temple
Mount Olympus

"Just say it already", Aphrodite says to me after taking a sip of ambrosia🍷, smiling pervertedly from across the huge dining table.

Instantly catching on I reply, "I don't have a condom and Hephaestus created a spell on his house to stop all magic use except for his so I can conjure one."

"I don't care", a very horney and heated looking Aphrodite says.

I give her my signature smirk that always had ladies fawning over me, "Come with me my love", I say leading her away from the spacious dining area Hephaestus designed for a huge family, which he has but doesn't actually truly have... Seeing as he and Aphrodite don't have any kids together.

2 hour 2 minutes later....

Guest Room
Hephaestus' & Aphrodite's Temple
Mount Olympus

"Ares.....", she coos as I place light butterfly kisses on her neck, she pushes me softy off her, "Oh Ares I've missed this so mu.....", claiming her lips💋 I cut her off mid-word.

"I know", comes my reply as I trail my right index finger from her neck, around her right nipple and then start to suckle on it. Then lifting my other hand so that it rests on her left nipple, I start making small circles around that nipple as well as I lay between her legs, while she moans.

We had been going at it...

HARD!!

I roll off her not wanting to get up jus yet, I'm just so tired that I just pulled out of her and lay there for a few minutes in her arms after we climaxed simultaneously.

Now we just lay on our sides staring into each others eyes as I make small circles around her stiff nipples as our breathing returns to normal. "I've got to go Aphrodite."

"No you don't."

"Yes I do", though I don't want to go I still have to because though my brother may be known to be a cool-headed forger and Engineer to the immortal heroes and new gods, but we the first Olympians know the fury of his other half, the mighty God of Fire🔥, "You and I both know what will happen if we get caught. Hephaestus will go mad!!"

She laughs loudly, "The God of War afraid of a little fire", she mocks.

I just stare at her.

"Oh alright, go but don't come back here ever again coward", She chuckles, "You're making me a bad girl", she mutters as her body relaxes and she starts feeling tired, a pout on her beautiful lips. I lean down to claim them but she pushes me throwing off-balance sending me tumbling to the floor where I laugh a bit before looking for my clothes.

5 minutes later....

"I'm going now Aphrodite", no answer, "Aphrodite??", I look around. "Asleep. Good. No mushy goodbyes", I smile as I say this but I feel as if I'm dying inside.

I leave the room deep in thought about her, our children and the life we could of had...

I open the door walk through and enter into the hallway of the corridor of guest rooms, I know my way through the house as I've been through her enough in centuries pass and still remember my way.

Resting my hand on the doorknob I sigh turn around looking at the portrait at the end of the hall, I shake my head sadly, "I'm sorry little brother I've done it again haven't I", I think as I turn the knob and step out of their temple. Entering once more into my thoughts I don't see the tall silhouette in the shadows. I arrive at the bottom of the stares and...

"Ares", a voice says, started I spin in battle stance. I search the bushes for my assailant but only Hephaestus steps into Selene's light; my brother👦.

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I purposefully didn't do the sex scene with Ares and Aphrodite because this is a story about Hephaestus and to write a sex scene about his wife and another is just downright disrespectful, don't you agree.

I did give u a little something though so you can't say you got nothing. Ha Ha

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