It was an already unusual day at work for Leo,he had forgotten an order seconds after he wrote it down, he missed the cup in front of him and instead poured scalding coffee on his hand and to make matters worse he had accidentally dropped a smoothie on a lady, not that she didnt deserve it.She was really rude, and it almost cost him his job.
Now, he was on his way to the train station to get home. He tripped over his own foot and landed on his face. He prayed to whoever was listening that his nose didn't break.
He got up and heard a voice crying, no not crying, sobbing.y'know sometimes he wished he wasnt so kind hearted, the crying came from an alleyway and even though his knees were throbbing because of the scrapes he recieved, he walked towards it.
In the alleyway, he saw a man around his age, he thought, with broken wings. He was the source of the sobbing. 'This is the weirdest wednesday ever,' he thought,slowly approaching the man. He clenched his hands but then let them go and bit back a hiss. They were scratched up, and the burn still hurt. He grimaced and shook his head slowly approaching the man." Hey..are you alright?"
The winged man jumped and looked at him,tears still rolling down his face.
Leo hugged himself."That was a dumb question.. I'm sorry.. let me start over."
The winged man appeared to have a ghost of a smile on his face as he struggled to wipe his tears away.
"Hi, I'm Leo.I heard you crying, and I'd like to know why..if you'll let me know. Maybe I can help you?" he knelt down with a small hiss, in front of the winged man, and pulled out a handkerchief he got as a gift it had his name engraved on it next to a strawberry Leo slowly reached up and held the man's face in one hand and gently wiped tears away with the other.
The man seemed to lean into his touch."It's nice to meet you, Leo, I'm Eros."
Leo stopped wiping."Like the cupid guy?"
Eros rolled his eyes."Do I look like a baby in a diaper to you?"
"No..sorry, so you're like the greek god of love, right? Son of Aphrodite and Ares?"
"Something like that.Hey, you're hurt.." Eros looked at Leo's hands."Here, let me help.....this is gonna be weird -"
"This whole day has been weird,I think whatever it is will be ok," Leo cut him off."Sorry for cutting you off.....my lord?"
"Ew.. please just call me Eros. My lord is gross. Also, can I kiss you?"
"Alri-, wait, what?!" Leo stared at him bewildered.
Eros let out a small laugh."Let me heal you with the little strength I have left.Its the least I can do.. you're the only person who's bothered to check out the crying."
"Keep your energy..also why dont you just heal yourself? you need it more than I do. " Leo stood up.
"I've tried..it doesn't work." Eros sighed.
"I have an idea...I'll take you back to my place and patch you up there. You can stay and rest for as long as you need.You also need to explain how you got down here and why you were sobbing." Leo said.
Eros looked up at him."You dont have to do all that.."
"No, but I'm not going to be the guy who is known as the guy who was an asshole to a Greek deity so I'm going to and you cant stop me, by the way...how do you feel about blueberry muffins?" Leo asked.
"I like any sort of baked good...why?" Eros tilted his head to the side. He reminded Leo of a lost puppy he once encountered.
"I have some that were leftover from today and by some I mean a lot and I was wondering if you'd want some..maybe they'll bring your energy back up.I dont really know how gods or their bodies work.."He pulled his back pack off and opened it he dug around and pulled out a small box with a muffin in it. "I've got like five or four more in here," he offered the box to Eros.
