“the day is never long enough to hold you like i could/i am not god enough to keep you like i would”

More Greek myth sex farce—possibly the defining work in that genre in my canon, despite having written “The Myrmidons” first.

Hospitality (1799 words) by lnhammer
Fandom: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Metamorphoses - Ovid
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Baucis/Philemon (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Zeus/Baucis (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Zeus/Philemon (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Hermes/Baucis (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Hermes/Philemon (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Zeus/Hermes (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
Characters: Baucis (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Philemon (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Zeus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Hermes (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
Additional Tags: Sex Farce, Dark Bedroom, Watch out for the cradle, Stubbed toes, Young married couple, Data Sampling, Modern Retelling, Chaucerian AU, Poetry, Rhyme Royal Stanzas

Summary:

Imagine, if you will, two gods on earth,
pretending that they’re mortal men to test
whether, within the realm of death and birth,
the laws of hospitality for guests
were honored in the heart or were repressed.

Or, what happens when the myth of Baucis & Philemon is retold as a Reeve’s Tale AU.

---L.

Subject quote from “Calls from Springfield,” Hillary Scott.