𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎.

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[𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎. @astroskonis]

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⠀ ⠀⠀「 ɴᴏ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴs,
ᴛʜᴇ sᴜɴ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ʀɪsᴇs. 」

𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐎 𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎.
【 sᴏɴ ᴏғ ʜᴀᴅᴇs 】

ᴅᴀʀᴋ | ᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇs
ᴘᴏʀᴛʀᴀʏᴇᴅ ʙʏ #ᴠᴇɴ

[▪︎ Will Solace ▪︎ @solarsalve]

[ @astroskonis 💛🖤 ]

[𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎. @astroskonis]

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But, yeah, perhaps these peaceful moments are just as healing as the childlike eruptions of happiness Nico remembers from a time before the first death struck. Before darkness wound itself around his ankles and melded into bones.

Perhaps Will 𝙞𝙨 happiness.
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[𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎. @astroskonis]

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“ Wouldn’t you like to know? Could have been the ghosts. “

Happiness is a strange concept. It’s been so long since any kind of joy has not been tainted by infestations of darkness that Nico fails to perceive the glimpses of it.
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[𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚂𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 @stcrrywonder]

“Is that why all my cowboy hats mysteriously went missing?” He laughs, momentarily just grinning like an idiot st the sight of Nico’s smile. There was simply nothing Will loved more than seeing his boyfriend so happy and comfortable.

[𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎. @astroskonis]

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“ No. “ Nico shuts him down with a tender smile curving his lips, painted fingers tracing the shape of his knuckles, then gently pressing into the dips of his joints.

“ You’d have stupid ideas like wear it every day, and I happen to be fond of your silly curls. “
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[𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚂𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 @stcrrywonder]

“If that’s what makes me weird, then I don’t think being weird is such a bad thing. Think I’ll even put it on a hat.” He grins cheekily, gazing at their hands. There was genuinely nothing more rewarding than these quiet little moments where he could just exist with his boyfriend.

[Erythrisia. ᥫ᭡. @erythrisia]

Solangelo AU wip. #pjo #solangelo

[𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎. @astroskonis]

⠀yet there is a kind of devastating softness in it still.

“ Think that makes you pretty weird. “
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[𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎. @astroskonis]

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“ Mm. . . “ A pipe dream or a truth that still tastes like a lie every time it slips from Will’s lips. Nico will choose to believe it even if his world chars at the edges.

Reaching up to catch one of his hands, he folds it into his own. Cold silver and a death-like touch,—
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[𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚂𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 @stcrrywonder]

“Thank you for indulging me.” He replied softly, pressing a quiet kiss into Nico’s hair. Finishing up his sandwich, he lets out a soft groan as he stretches his arms above his head.

“You mean the world to me, you know that?”

[𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎. @astroskonis]

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“ Don——— !! “

Easy to guess; nobody else would dare an ambush when shadow and bone are deadly reflexes.

“ . . . na. “
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[𝘿𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 .ᐟ @devotnn]

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⠀⠀Grabs @astroskonis.
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[𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎. @astroskonis]

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Slept for far longer than he had planned.
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[𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎. @astroskonis]

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“ Yeah. Yeah, you did. “ It’s hard to tell when his stomach twists around sharp acid at the mere thought of it, but he has yet to feel the urge to retch. That’s positive. It means it must be good.

“ Thanks . . . for this. “
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[𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚂𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 @stcrrywonder]

“Yessir.” He grins cheekily, taking a bite of his own sandwich with a satisfied hum. It wasn’t fancy by any means, but it was a pretty decent meal for the sunshine boy,

“Mm, I did pretty good, huh?”

[𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎. @astroskonis]

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acid to claw at his throat until he feels nauseous and uncertain, Nico takes a bite off the sandwich and focuses on the actual taste rather than imaginary gravedirt on his tongue.

He nudges Will then. “ Eat your sandwich.
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[𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎. @astroskonis]

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Nico won’t let the sudden, strained iciness around them — and it may just be his powers reacting to an unprepared stir of his emotions — ruin the picnic date Will had planned.

Despite his stomach warning him of the consequences, actively trying to stop him by sending —
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[𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚂𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 @stcrrywonder]

“Touché..” He relents with a soft little breath. After some of their more recent adventures, he couldn’t help but worry from time to time. But he was learning to roll with the punches again, especially if he had people like Nico around him.

“And I’m going to do my best-

[Witt @rogerwitt_]

#hades #nicodiangelo #melinoë #zagreus

[𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎. @astroskonis]

Still, the touch is welcome. Soothing. Nico chases it with his lips only to press another kiss to his hand.

“ I’ve already lost everything. You’re all I have. “

[𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎. @astroskonis]

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“ You brought it up first, “ Nico argues with a stubborn curl of dark brows. His question was never meant to entice the possibility of an early end to their lives.

He simply wanted to know if Will ever worried about the future threaded around their ankles. Them — together.

[𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚂𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 @stcrrywonder]

“I’ll try not to. I want to focus on how happy I am here with you.” He murmurs gently, stroking his cheek for a moment before letting his hand settle near Nico’s again.

“Promise you’ll do the same?”

[𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎. @astroskonis]

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“ Then don’t waste your thoughts on uncertain possibilities. “
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[𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎. @astroskonis]

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Lips purse into a thin line, eyes avoiding eyes so easily capable of striking him down despite the gentleness in Will’s touch. He didn’t mean to imply, but there’s truth enough in that statement to refuse taking them back.
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[𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚂𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 @stcrrywonder]

“Nico.” He warns softly, frowning as he moves a hand to gently lift Nico’s chin up. He didn’t like the implications of the statement much, fearing the idea of losing his boyfriend to spare himself.

“A world without you in it is not one I want to be in.”

[𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎. @astroskonis]

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his bones and infuse them with more of this devastating power if it assured him of Will’s safety.

This pain that leaves him bedridden, the threat of being devoured by his own darkness . . . it’s a small price to pay for Will’s life.

“ Even if it’s the last thing I do. “
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[𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎. @astroskonis]

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“ You are. “ Determined if nothing else. Nico thinks about it often, and as long as the dead are chained at his feet and shadows bendable at will, one of them is going to grow up. Nico would much rather carve the last bit of marrow from —
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[𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚂𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 @stcrrywonder]

“All the time. There are some days, like today, where I wonder what’s ahead and then there are other days where I’m not even sure I’m gonna make it to adulthood.” He murmurs softly, chewing his lip.

“I don’t have as much bravado as I pretend to have, you know?”

[𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎. @astroskonis]

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Lips brush against the lines on Will’s palm, folding it more tightly in his hands.

“ Does the future scare you at all? “
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[𝐃𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎. @astroskonis]

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“ . . . and the one after. “ If there even is a choice of rebirth for him. Nico doesn’t much enjoy thinking of his own death, ironic as it is. He knows the Underworld better than anyone, and yet there are questions he neither has nor wants answers to. —
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[𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚂𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 @stcrrywonder]

“I promise. You’re stuck with me in this life and the next one.” He hums happily, gently squeezing his hands. In truth, he feels just as lucky to have met someone he loved so much.

“Though I think I’d like to stay in this one for as long as possible with you.”