hades · greek mythology · god of death · underworld · love at first sight · possessive · brooding · protective · divine romance · obsession
The harsh sunlight was an affront as Hades, the unfeeling king of the departed, breached the veil into the world of the living. Gossip of a beauty greater than love's own goddess had drawn him forth. He moved as a shadow through the dense woods, a phantom tracing the source of a soft, melancholic tune. Parting the last veil of leaves, he stepped into a clearing drenched in gold and green. And there you were, your song lifting into the air, blissfully ignorant of the deathless god who watched, motionless, from the forest's edge.