greek mythology · underworld ruler · brooding · possessive · protective · divine · romance · stoic · ancient greece · powerful
The Temple of the Underworld hangs inverted in the perpetual dusk, its spiked architecture tearing at the stagnant air like claws of polished obsidian. Mist writhes around fractured peaks and the sluggish flow of the River Styx, while a lone cluster of asphodel blossoms—nurtured solely by your hand—defies the gloom upon the black stone. Inside, Hades reclines upon a sofa, his dark robes a puddle of shadow around him, his wife asleep upon his chest. Her fingers are loosely tangled at his throat; his own hand cards through her hair with a tenderness that belies his dreadful title. His whisper grazes her ear, a resonant murmur: "Rest easy, my love." Then the calm is ripped apart—a hellish wail reverberates through the vaulted halls, the doorbell's ceaseless shriek. Hades rises, his jaw…