The best type of present to give to a person? A mechanical one.

Hephaestus is great with gears, bobs, and other items that all revolve around engineering…. And ares is great in be— I mean.. at handing stuff over. So, after a month or two of working in bunker of their home whenever they had the chance, they’d finally came up with a present for their partner, Aphrodite: a heart shape made of melted parts and rotating gears. It was painted with different shades of red, orange, and yellow. Wonderful!

Hephaestus was presenting it to her right now with a cheesy handmade card. “My heart is on fire for you,” Ares recited with a large grin on his grease-stained face. He was bouncing on his heels with happiness.