Red Hair and Brown Eyes

Okay, so, this I literally don't own a thing in this story, the original characters aren't mine, the Greek gods and goddesses aren't mine, and the original idea isn't mine either, but a friend's. I just own the written work.

So, my friend and I were talking and he simply brought up the matter that Dionysius risked pretty much everything he valued to be with that nympgh, and he came up with the idea as to why Zeus wanted them separated, saying that Dionysius really did love that nymph. The idea was too cute not to write it.

And here it is at last! Hope you enjoy it!

Red Hair and Brown Eyes

Love story was not something commonly heard in Mount Olympus. Marriages lasted because a divorce was something impossible to get, and what held couples together was not love, but duty.

However, once every couple of hundreds of years, one of the Olympians actually fell in love. Sometimes it was with the person they were legally married, but most of times it was with someone from outside their marriage.

–*–*–

The first time Dionysius saw her, it was during one of the annual Summer Equinox meetings.

She was a peppermint nymph, and she had been serving drinks, with the brightest smile and most beautiful red-hair he'd ever seen. To go along with that, her brown eyes dazzled as she turned to face the light, changing from a dark brown to a light color.

Ariadna and he had fought the previous night over a simple nonsense, and being with her while faking his hands weren't turning into fists each time he heard Arianna's voice was simply driving him crazy.

Sigda –that was the nymph's name– on the other side, was a young nymph with a round and smiley face that maybe out of pure ingenuousness didn't seem intimidated by the gods, even when it was the first time she had actually stepped into Mount Olympus and was assisting them.

It was just a matter of time before both Dionysius and Sigda had left the dining room in search for one of those precious, private gardens Olympus hid. Curiously enough, one that had grape vines running down the walls instead of flowers.

–*–*–

Zeus wasn't one of those parents who kept himself constantly informed of what his children did or about their love affairs. Heck, he could hardly remember the order in which they'd been born.

This time, however, he did.

The night after Sigda and Dionysius had first met, Zeus called his son to his presence and strictly ordered him to stay away from that nymph.

Dionysius could not understand why was it that Zeus even bothered to intrude in his very personal life.

He knew it was not because of the fact that he was married to Ariadna. Zeus was married to Hera as well, and that didn't stop him from having affairs now and then with every woman he considered worth his time. Heck, he, Dionysius, was a product of one of those affairs himself.

When he left his father's place, Dionysius was fuming.

No, whatever Zeus said, it was not going to stop him from seen Sigda again. What was the worst that all man could do to him, anyways?

–*–*–

This time, however, Zeus did have a reason for his prohibition, and it was not fuelled by anything but concern for his son's wellness.

He had lied to Dionysius by telling him that the reason for his prohibition was that he, Zeus, was interested in Sigda, as if there were not a thousand other more nymphs and dryads that pleased his likes better than that peppermint nymph.