Disclaimer: I do not own Greek mythology. Not making any money off this, I'm just borrowing some of the characters.

Hera's Tears

Stella was at the beach looking up at the dark evening sky when she suddenly strike across it, remembering that when she was young her grandfather used to tell her the story about Zeus and Hera.

Every time lighting struck he was yelling at her, the thunder was her reply to him, the heavy rain was her tears of anger and sadness. They would to Stella's knowledge come during a fight or when he left her, making Stella look up at the sky thinking, 'Oh Zeus, what did you do this time to upset her so."

As she hurried home to find shelter she was thinking that this time he had screwed up royally as the thunder, lightning and rain seemed to be continuing.

High above the beach, or more precisely Mount Olympus Hera and Zeus were arguing about his latest affair and how Hera was feeling about the matter.

"Hera, darling, will you please calm down," he tried, ducking another vase she was throwing at him.

"NO! Again you have gone too far, I just don't see why I am not enough for you Zeus, am I not sexy enough for you, is that it?" she shouted at him.

"Don't be stupid, of course you are," he said, rolling his eyes, wondering how he was going to reason with her.

"Then why…?" tears were falling from her ocean blue eyes.

Zeus didn't have a reply to this, all things considered he didn't want to cheat on his beautiful wife, yet he was not master over his desires. He couldn't in most cases control himself whenever he saw a beautiful woman. That was in many ways his curse.

He tried to near her, but she held up her palm meaning for him to not come near her or speak any further. She couldn't take his endless lines of discussions, not today, not now.

"Please…just go," she whispered, through her tears. Zeus nodded, walking towards the door of their castle, when he could hear her add, "Please, don't go back to any of them, I couldn't bear that at this moment."

"I won't, do you want me close by or…?" he questioned, as he didn't actually want to leave her, yet he was sensing she needed her space.

"I…I do want you close, just not in the same room at the present point, just don't leave me," she whispered, it sounded like a prayer, something making him sense something was not right with her. He nodded, but instead of walking out the door like he normally would in these situations, he walked towards his study.

Hera sank down on the sea green couch in their living room still crying. She never could get it, why he seemed to cheat as much as he did. Was she really that hard to live with?

Was she not a good and loving wife, was she a bad mother for their children?

More tears were streaming down her cheek, she was even shivering lightly wondering why she was questioning herself like this every time she found out about a new affair.

She knew she had to stop it, thinking like that, making her mind go crazy because of him. She knew better than that, she knew she was a good and fair mother. She rarely punished her children unless it was strictly necessary. She was even said to have an extreme patience when it came to them at times. Not only them, but her husband.

Off all the Gods at Mount Olympus Zeus was the one to sleep around the most. Making the others for some odd reason look up to him. She sighed heavily wondering how many more affairs she could take. How many more children being his had to be born?

She hated it, she truly hated it.

Sometimes she was tempted to throw him out for good and have nothing more to do with him at all. Still she couldn't bring herself to do so as she after all did love him and he was her husband. She knew for a fact that she loved her as well, even if he happened to screw up from time to time. And throwing out the king of Gods just wouldn't look good.

More tears started to fall as she whispered, "Damn you Zeus."

Just like that he was there, offering a hanky saying, "Haven't you heard it's not a good idea to curse at the Gods?"

She smiled vaguely at him through her tears saying, "I think I'm out of harm's way when it comes to that."
He smiled back saying, "Is there anything I can do to make it up to you darling?"

"You could actually stay with me instead of fooling around with anymore; show how much you really do love me. You are after all my husband and I do need you," she said, looking at him with seriousness in her eyes.

"I can do that darling and I need you too," he said, bending down to kiss her cautiously.

She pulled him in a little closer; no matter the spot she was in she needed to feel him. Zeus laid her gently down on the couch, not wanting to make his lady wait. No matter how many mistresses he might have, his wife would always take the first place, and he would never leave her for anyone.

As he made love to her he could see the tears that were still gracing her cheeks. He bent down to kiss some away whispering, "Shhh, I'm here."

She smiled vaguely at him, reaching up a little to kiss his rough lips, leading him in the direction as to how she wanted to be taken.

Afterwards they just lay there, he was gently caressing her soft skin in a very loving way, making her let out little sounds of pleasure making him smile.

As Hera's tears stopped being with her husband, she knew the heavy rain would slowly stop as well. At least for now, something the people would surly appreciated.

She knew for a fact that they most likely would fight again as they were both so hot tempered. Only at that very moment that didn't seem to matter, right now she just wanted to enjoy the moment with him, glad he hadn't gone back out but stayed with her instead.

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