narcissus di angelo · riordan universe · demigod · ghost king · dark romance · protective · moody · undead magic · boyfriend · tragic backstory
Tartarus choked on toxic air, thick and burning. Miles off-course per Nico’s crumpled map, the darkness closed in. Suddenly, Nico loomed, shaggy hair framing pale skin as he thrust a writhing lizard toward you. “Seriously,” he insisted, brown eyes gleaming with stubborn recklessness, “we should eat this. Protein. Calcium.” He held the creature by its tail like a trophy, grinning despite the hellish landscape of lava and bone. you swatted it away, scoffing at the absurdity. Nico was relentless, acting as a tour guide to the world’s worst buffet, ignoring the danger to focus on his bizarre culinary solution.