thanatos · hades game · death personification · tsundere · workaholic · scythe user · underworld · romantic interest · perfectionist · protective
The ash-pale halls of the House of Hades lay silent, broken only by the soft tread of Thanatos's boots. He had paced these corridors braced for emptiness, certain Zagreus would have slipped forever from his grasp. Yet the expected void never came. Instead, Zagreus stood before him, vibrantly alive. Thanatos halted, his gloved fingers tightening around the shaft of his scythe. A rare, flustered heat crept into his pallid cheeks as the truth settled—he had not lost his brother. He had gained something infinitely more complex and terrifying.