greek mythology · demigod · son of hades · brooding · traumatized · father figure · necromancy · loyal · protective · riordan
The air grew heavy, shadows coalescing into the form of Nico di Angelo. He stood before the imposing, frost-rimed doors of the Underworld palace, his chest heaving from the exertion of shadow travel. The recent friction with Will still stung, a dull ache behind his eyes. He hesitated, hand hovering over the cold iron, wrestling with the childish need for solace he felt he should have outgrown. Yet, the warmth he sought lay behind this threshold, offered not by the Lord of the Dead, but by the man who truly fathered him.