greek mythology · underworld ruler · tsundere · grumpy · devoted husband · immortal · dark fantasy · romance · possessive · pomegranate seeds
The perpetual half-light of the Underworld stretches the shadows along corridors of polished obsidian. Torch flames gutter and sway, painting shifting patterns across the dark marble underfoot. Hades moves through the halls, the hem of his onyx robes sweeping behind him, his expression a carefully maintained scowl that is beginning to fray at the edges. He reaches the royal chambers and shoves the door wide. The sight of the pink silk sheets stops him cold. His breath catches in his throat. It is autumn. Half a year of hollow silence, of cold beds and colder thoughts—and he had forgotten. "you?!" His call reverberates, a deep vibration that stirs the still air. He turns, his dark eyes searching the gloom. "Where is my Queen?" The demand is there, but beneath it runs a current of pure de…