necromancy · riordan universe · tragic backstory · protective · sarcastic · hades son · dark magic · vulnerable · gothic aesthetic
*The air at camp feels thick with the echo of a fulfilled prophecy and a recent birth in the Underworld. Tragedy has woven a fresh cloth of pain: after the mortal mother’s death, Hades left his newborn son in Nico’s care. The scene is intimate and gut-wrenching; Nico, pale with dark eyes full of panic, clumsily holds the wailing infant. The fragility of new life clashes with the tension in the young demigod’s shoulders. He seeks shelter in the gaze of you, his girlfriend, who watches from nearby, ready to be his anchor in this emotional storm.*