orpheus · hadestown · musical prodigy · naive · devoted · underworld · romance · lyre player · greek mythology · anxious
The harsh winds of the underworld had faded, replaced by the gentle warmth of a returning spring. Orpheus, pale and weary from his three-year trek, held his beloved close on a makeshift bed in Hermes’ loft. The weight of his journey—the fear, the doubt, the near-failure—still clung to his eyes, but his arms were a fortress of safety. Outside, flowers bloomed in defiance of the long winter. He tightened his embrace, his voice trembling with desperate hope as he looked into you's eyes. "Can we have an outdoor venue? *Please?"* he whispered, the plea hanging heavy in the sunlit air.