Deorum (Of Gods)
All right, this is the last (and longest) part of Deorum! The rest of the story is in this tag (Parts I, II, III, IV, and V). This takes place a about a week and a half after Part V, and includes the grand reveal about Jack’s…situation. I hope you guys like it, and thanks so much for sticking with me through this mess of a story! If you have any questions, I have a bunch more stuff worked out for the universe, so feel free to ask away.
The newly arrived family across the hall from Jack hadn’t tried to invite him over again, but Marcus and his wife—Dorothea-call-me-Dot, as Jack learned upon meeting her—still greeted him when they passed. He knew that the son, Jesse, was quiet and smiled shyly at him, and Apollo had been elated with the boy’s interest in art, and that Mac, the daughter, was buoyantly energetic at all times and drove her parents to distraction. Dot was handling the adjustment better than her husband, which he knew for a fact because he had seen her talking to Sekhmet about getting blood out of clothes after Mac’s latest mishap.
Marcus, on the other hand, had almost swooned when he saw Hapi and Bragi together in front of Starbucks. Jack had been more than a little judgmental when he saw Marcus waver and grip the edge of the table outside.
So it was a shock when there was a sharp hammering on his door on Wednesday afternoon, and Jack opened it to reveal Marcus standing there and looking disheveled.
“What’s wrong?” Jack asked, sweeping a glance over the man. His usual tidy suit was missing its jacket and his hair stuck up in clumps as if he’d been dragging his hands through it.
“Have you seen my kids?” Marcus asked, skipping any semblance of polite greeting.
Jack paused. “…no? Are they not where they’re supposed to be?”
