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hythlodaeus ([personal profile] hythlodaeus) wrote2020-06-08 02:41 pm

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"Oh? Yes, how can I help you?"

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[personal profile] fingersandteeth 2020-08-06 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm not much of a coffee addict as Jack," Steven explains. "Five years without it in Arcadia broke me of it--and honestly, even before Arcadia I was always more of a cappuccino or latte guy than I was into your regular drip coffee. I'll get something on the way to work."

Then his mind fully processes what Hythlodaeus just said about himself and Hades and he swears under his breath.

"Are you--" He's got a pensive worried expression, looking at Hythlo. "I mean, I get it, it's a thousand fucking years for him by now, god, thousands of years, of course he's had the time to get over losing you, but-- Jesus Christ. You're basically saying you were engaged, right? Holy fucking shit. If we didn't have a treaty I'd throw him down another flight of stairs for fucking with your emotions like this. Not that it wasn't bad when you were just exes, but--"

He glances away.

"Sorry. I just. He's being such an asshole about all of this. This whole-- bullshit with you and Dirk."
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[personal profile] fingersandteeth 2020-08-10 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"That you're secretly a self-sacrificing type when it comes to the man you love?" Steven says. "Not exactly the first thing I'd have expected from you, no. But I can see it in a way." He sighs. "And-- knowing what you are, I can see how you'd think it would be better that Hades be with a 'real person' than a memory with a mind of his own.

"But Hythlo--even if this is all to your design doesn't mean that it can't pain you or you can't have regrets. And even if Hades is just doing what you want him to do, he's still the one going through with it, you know? He's still making choices that pain you."

But there's a soft, almost embarrassed smile on his face for Hythlodaeus. "And-- I'll do my best. As a distraction and a friend."
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[personal profile] fingersandteeth 2020-08-11 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
Steven takes a deep sniff and then smiles.

"Yeah. I can smell them. Let me go take them out, okay?"

And he does that, moving to the oven and pulling the sheet out.

"How many minutes do I wait before transferring them to the rack?" he calls over.