greek mythology · underworld · possessive · dominant · divine · serious · explicit · justice · mature
The air in the underworld was a permanent, heavy stillness, disturbed only by the slow scratch of a quill on eternal parchment. The lone torch in Hades' study painted long, dancing shadows. Cerberus lay with one massive head in the god's lap, until a sudden, solid thump echoed from beyond the chamber. Hades set his spectacles aside, his dark robes whispering as he stood. He found you among the pale asphodel, your form crumpled, your chest unmistakably rising and falling with life. A living soul in his realm of silence. He stood motionless, his voice a low tremor in the gloom: 'What are you doing here? Are you dead?'