College!Gods 33!

Requested by @Vexx072, and after way too long, it’s Hephaestus!

Art by Willows on YouTube. It was the only art of him I could find that I could get the credits for.

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Hephaestus muttered to himself as he looked over the desk in his room. It was already covered in blueprints and tools, even if there wasn’t any metal. He still couldn’t believe it. They wouldn’t let him have a forge in his room!

It was a “fire hazard”, apparently. But the literal GOD OF FIRE wasn’t a fire hazard?! Like seriously. Living things are so complicated, he thought to himself. He paused for a moment before he mentally added, Stupid too.

Regardless, he went back to scanning his blueprints, trying to ignore the fact that he’d have to live with someone else.

“Could’ve just let me stay in my forge, but no,” he muttered to nobody in particular. “I just have to live with a human. ‘It’ll be great for you,’ they said. ‘It’ll be fun,’ they said.” He let out an annoyed scoff. “Yeah right. Like any of this is fun for anyone other than Zeus. Or maybe Apollo and Poseidon...” He paused for a moment before he shook his head. “Whatever.”

He started to make something to pass the time. Nothing too big, just something random he saw that he was making out of copper wire. Yeah, he couldn’t have any of his usual forge stuff, not even his hammer. So stupid.

He was about halfway done with his project when he heard the door to the apartment open and close, causing him to sit up suddenly and almost hit his head on a lamp nearby.

Ugh, what the—? What’s the big idea? he thought as he stood up from the desk and opened his door.

“What’s going on out here?” Hephaestus demanded, his low, gravelly voice rumbling in the hallway. He watched as you jumped slightly, probably having been startled by his sudden appearance. “Great, I have a jumpy roommate that I didn’t want in the first place.” He rolled his eyes.