GODS SAVE THE CRUISE

There are three rules on the SS Aphrodite:

1. You must be single to board.
2. You will participate in at least one romantic activity per day.
3. You are guaranteed to fall in love before the cruise ends... or else.

Khira, daughter of Tefnut and goddess of inconveniently timed rainstorms, didn't come on this cruise looking for love. She came to forget her ex, soak up some sun, and maybe reclaim her peace - preferably without running into said ex in the buffet line. The plan was sunshine, healing, and possibly a flirt or two - not a full-blown awkward spiral into pretending she's over it. (She's not. But she will be. Eventually.)

Atlas never meant to board a floating death trap masquerading as a luxury cruise. But his therapist insisted it was time to face his fear of water - and his unresolved childhood trauma -head-on. That meant open ocean, group activities, and... somehow, accidentally getting paired to room with the most beautiful, no-nonsense storm of a demi-goddess he's ever met.

She needs a fake partner to ward off her ex. He needs someone patient enough to help him survive enchanted hot tubs and the 3ft at the shallow end of the pool. Neither of them signed up for karaoke duets, moonlit dance-offs, or falling into something way too real, way too fast.

But on the SS Aphrodite, love isn't just encouraged-it's inevitable.

And rules?

Well... they exist for a reason.

© charismatize [2025]