Monger

Nikolaos

You were originally hired by Nikolaos just to help slaughter Athenian forces before they could reach the battlefield.

You worked with him for months, watching him train his adopted son Stentor, and learning of his past.

You ended up helping young Stentor, mostly on posture and how to quickly gain the advantage in an unfair situation (something Nikolaos didn’t exactly approve of).

By the time Stentor was in his mid teens, you had a temporary residence with them in their Spartan home, gaining a citizenship as you spent more time with their family.

Originally, you weren’t planning on staying, but, as a misthios, you couldn’t deny that a temporary home to rest sounded like a dream.

Nikolaos is still hesitant around you, being old and weary, yet he treats you like he would treat a member of his family, and if you initiate it, maybe he will treat you like something more.

Once the family is reunited, he happily introduces you to Myrinne, Kassandra, and Deimos/Alexios. Myrinne is a little miffed on how you’ve basically become an old sarcastic man to match Nikolaos, while both being dads to the shithead known as Stentor.

Stentor

He hired you after Kassandra left, he really didn’t want to rehire her. So you were the ‘next best thing’- a cocky misthios who got on his nerves.

You end up doing your best to drive back Athenian forces, making snide remarks back to Stentors borderline violent comments.

He definitely sends you on plenty of missions that were meant to kill you, and a few almost do. He almost ends you himself, the one time you made the mistake of returning to him badly injured.

Nonetheless, whenever he calls you back, he has to pay you just a bit more. He, eventually, and even begrudgingly, gets along with you once the family is back together.

He might even offer you a goblet of wine or a spare bed near the door if you’re unsafe anywhere else. He’s still not going to like you for a while- I like to think that Stentor is the definition of annoyingly slow slowburn.

He’s also just a prick half the time tbh

He does expect you to help him win a sparring match with Deimos, though you might lose some favor from Kassandra… not that Stentor cares.

Kassandra

She’s… hesitant to hire another Misthios.

So she doesn’t- you’re hired to hunt her.

After thoroughly getting your ass beat by the eagle bearer, you learned to stay out of her way. You still payed attention to the message boards- seeing the prices for her head grow and grow.

You don’t go after her again though, but you do drop off the occasional hint so she knows just who’s hunting her. Eventually, she gets sick of that and beats the shit out of you once again, and then confused you even more by inviting you to join her crew.

You do (for a price), and regret it as now you have an eccentric old man yapping in your ear constantly about the gods. Nonetheless, you bond with Kassandra slowly but surely.. and lose dozens of sparring matches.

You get her back by stealing a handful of her bounties once in a while.

Once she finds her family, she invites you to meet her brothers and parents, introducing you as a close friend.

You then get your ass beat by Nikolaos and Myrinne- and then ganged up on by Stentor and Deimos, everyone is under the assumption you’re dating her

They’d be right, but maybe don’t tell them that.

Perikles + Aspasia

Perikles wasn’t the one who hired you- he honestly didn’t even know you were hired until Aspasia brought you in for a friendly chat.

Perikles is definitely nervous around you, but he has you helping his political schemes almost constantly- replacing votes, saving his friends. And sabotaging Kleon, of course.

Aspasia has you on more secretive missions, having you screw with the cult, give Kassandra hidden clues, and try and mess up whatever you possibly can.

You inevitably either get injured or imprisoned, where Aspasia gets you out of that situation and has you hide your weapons and armor- living a ‘normal’ life until the hatred calmed down.

You’re almost a royal pet, being payed like Phoibe, but with much less freedom. It’s dangerous for a misthios in Athens

Deimos (Alexios)

Accepting a bounty from him is basically begging to die, he won’t actually send you on missions, no, he hired you to spar with him and cull the weak members of the cult.

If he does send you on any missions, it’s stalking his family and making sure some of them are dead (they aren’t).

By the time he first meets Kassandra, he has you stalking members of the cult as well, and you’re chronically bruised from his ‘sparring lessons’ that he gave you.

You have some new shiny armor, some sharp weapons, but you’re called Deimos’ pet more often than not. And in truth, you are.

You can’t leave- he will hunt you down and slaughter everyone you care about, and if you accept missions without him he’ll follow you anyway and handle it himself- giving you none of the spoils.

Once he reunited with his family (barely accepting the name ’Alexios’), he drags your ass with him. Your loyalty to him at that point is a little blind, and Kassandra is fighting with both of you to try and regain any sense of normalcy.

Praise or punishment?

Gyutaro rarely found moments where his mind was fully clear, where he wasn’t starving or focused on fixing Daki’s pathetic mistakes, fixing up her pretty face so she could do Muzans bidding and feed them both so they could grow stronger evermore.

NSFW under the cut minors DNI

Fem version

Urogi, Aizetsu, Sekido, and Karaku with Urogi nesting

Prayer bead bondage to Gyomei

Forcing Sanemi to be a pillow princess

Bondage and degradation with Gyutaro

Kyojuro Rengoku “Umai”

Distracting Hotaru Hagenezuka while he’s making a sword for Tanjiro

Giyu

And bonus since I’m watching Jjba

Since you mentioned I could suggest a Stentor idea in one of your replies, imma go ahead and do just that! Not gonna pass up an oppurtunity like this!

The idea is the following:

Stentor has been courting Y/N for a while now and has now proposed. Y/N accepts of course and the pair is soon to be wed.

Unbeknownst to Y/N, Spartans have very unique marriage and wedding night customs, which she will figure out soon enough.

I think it would be interesting tonread. Not only because Spartan matrimonial customs are wild (I'm a bit of a history nerd occasionally), but also because I'd love to see the dynamic between our very loyal and dutiful Stentor and a freespirited Y/N. Will she accept their ways? Or will she choose differently?

No idea if you do One Shots as well or just Headcanons, either way, I'm happy with both ^-^

@naomi-the-scrivener

So I honestly think this could go many different ways- depending on where in the game you are because I swear he has a personality change somewhere in there (if you do/don’t kill Nikolaos)

I hope you like this! Sorry it took so long! Motivation has been nonexistent!

Before he proposed

Nikolaos wasn’t the most supportive in the world, as from what I’ve looked up most marriages in Ancient Greece were for political gain and social status, he himself probably married Myrrine due to her status as King Leonidas’ daughter.

But he won’t exactly say ‘no’ and do something like banish Stentor from ever seeing you again, he doubts his son would listen to him, but he also doesn’t offer you a place in the house, nor does he offer the house to Stentor.

He goes to your house next, though, and as everyone else does in ancient times, asks your father for your hand.

Considering Stentors status, and the fact that your family is probably travelers and really can’t handle having Spartan soldiers as enemies, he accepts and tells you the next morning that you’re to be married to Stentor.

You’re exited! Of course you are, you’re going to be married to the loyal, dutiful and albeit very stubborn and somewhat impulsive, Stentor.

The time before the marriage

Stentor has to quickly find his own home, not that it’s hard with his father’s status, and you’re housed with him in the time before your marriage.. with your mother there, as well, of course.

You’re explorative, and tend to wander, though as you wander you learn more of their customs, though you only end up seeing how they train young boys and how the Spartans train.

So from what I’ve looked up, Stentor is already around thirty years old, he is no longer required to stay in the barracks like younger Spartans.

He does make an effort to try and explain their customs to you, and you’re definitely quite nervous.

I’d imagine that due to how free spirited you and your family is, you probably have longer hair and maybe trinkets braided into it to show where you’ve explored.

Stentor does try and comfort you, convincing your mother to unbraid everything from your hair and having each item adorning your belt.

While I doubt you would willingly shave their entire head, Stentor would probably compromise by letting you simply have shorter hair- even with his fierce love for his own traditions

He barely turned his head to glance at Zagreus, just barely meeting the young princes curious gaze, the prince put down the kiss of Styx and instead choosing to hesitantly sit down. Patroclus recognized the journal Zagreus had on his hip, and a familiar golden spear in his right hand, both gifts from the golden haired boy he once knew.

“I’m.. sorry sir, I’m not sure who you’re talking about.” Zagreus shifted uncomfortably under the tired gaze of Patroclus. His comment earned a snort from the amused warrior, a hint of a smirk and a slight shake of his head, knowing Zagreus knew of the warrior by a different name.

“Achilles.” Patroclus corrected, tracing his own spear hesitantly, as if the metal might strike him in the chest and kill him once again. “We were young, five, I believe.”

The fallen warrior brought the pointed end of his spear to the surface of the river, letting the sharp blade scrape along its surface. “My father was hosting the Olympics, kings came far and wide just to get a chance to participate, and Achilles was the fastest boy I’d ever seen.”

“I never knew he was a runner.” Zagreus admitted, his only memories of Achilles were when he was training, or just spotting Achilles around the house. He didn’t look very fast, that was for sure, but he supposed this had been during his early mortal life.

“Oh my Achilles was the fastest runner you’d ever seen. I doubt even Cerberus could catch him if he tried to leave.” A wry smile appeared on Patroclus’ lips, his eyes shortening and showing more warmth than Zagreus had ever seen in his eyes, though the strong sense of melancholy was still there. “He won the race, left every other man far behind him, despite him being so young.”

Patroclus shook his head, pulling his spear from the river lithe and shooing Zagreus away with it, no longer in the mood to speak. “Leave me.”

Zagreus felt his journal get heavier once he left the room of the fallen soldier, opening up the book and flipping through the pages to find the newest segment in the book. At the bottom of Achilles’ page, had a simple quote written in a handwriting he had never seen before, and Zagreus titled his head as he read it aloud.

The first thought, “My eye catches on a light head among dozens of dark, tousled crowns. I lean forward to see. Hair lit like honey in the sun, and within it, glints of gold- the circlet of a prince. He is shorter than the others, and still plump with childhood in a way they are not. His hair is long and tied back with leather; it burns against the dark, bare skin of his back. His face, when he turns, is as serious as a man’s. When the priest strikes the ground, he slips past the thickened body’s of the older boys. He moves easily, his heels flashing pink as licking tongues. He wins.”

Nikolaos

The wolf has grown old and weary after a lifetime of war, and loosing most of his family. In general, he was never a touchy man, he just.. didn’t want to be affectionate.

Don’t get me wrong, he cares about you, but even Stentor rarely got affection. A pat on the shoulder from him is his equivalent of cuddling at this rate- if he doesn’t trust or like you he is not touching you.

Stentor

Like his adopted father, Stentor is not super affectionate. He is, however, far more affectionate than Nikolaos, he will pull you into a sort of half hug if he likes you enough.

He’s still a Spartan, though, so generally you’re getting headlocked or being forced into a sparring match for ‘bonding’

Kassandra

The eagle bearer is also not super affectionate, she’s a little hesitant to start being affectionate- but once she does start? She’s still not super affectionate

She’s a lot like her step father, generally a pat to the shoulder, but with the occasional hug if she can sense that you need it.

Barnabas

Barnabas is very touchy, when he talks to you his hands are moving wildly, or he’s grabbing your shoulders or forearms to keep your attention.

He’s the hugger out of this game, you’re in his arms most days, his head on your shoulder as he tells you about all of his adventures, and everyone he’s met over the years.

Brasidas

For a Spartan, he’s actually quite affectionate! And by that I mean you’re being yanked into bone crushing hugs whenever he spots you (beware of him in public- he’s not above tackling).

More often then not, he has an arm around your shoulders, constantly staking a claim on you as he believes you’re too precious- and others will try and hurt you if neither of you are careful.

Perikles and Aspasia

Perikles is not super great with affection, he’s also very shitty at being social. He has a pinky linked with you most days, practically dragging you along wherever he goes or having you as a support during his speeches.

Aspasia is super sweet, bringing you down to parties and social gatherings, encouraging you to meet Sokrates and all of the other great minds. She’s always hovering near you, her arm brushed against your own.

Lysander

Another Spartan man- another prick. Dont try and touch him, he is not fond of anything physical and will take it as you trying to attack him. If anything the most affection you’ll get, is you getting body slammed into the floor.

Zagreus SFW and NSFW alphabets ♥️, for my friend @ember1224

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SFW alphabet

A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?)

Zagreus is extremely affectionate to his friends, as we see in the game, he offers you as much nectar as you’ll accept, and once you stop accepting nectar he’s giving you Ambrosia until you demand he stops.

Zagreus also shows his affection by standing close to you, or having a hand on your shoulder as you walk together.

B = Best friend (What would they be like as a best friend? How would the friendship start?)

Oh if you’re his best friend you’re going to get so much gossip.

He will tell you anything and everything- Achilles and Patroclus have a small argument? You know every detail before even Hermes does. Charon was caught being affectionate to Hermes? You’re helping him spread the news across the house.

You’d undoubtably meet him by being a servant to the house, someone he’s known for a long time and already has a small bond with.

C = Cuddles (Do they like to cuddle? How would they cuddle?)

Zagreus adores cuddling, he cuddles by literally yanking you into his lap, putting his head on your shoulder while he yaps about his day/night. He’s so giddy about it, arms loosely around you as he holds a new book of legends and myths that he’s had edited and he’s reading it to you.

D = Domestic (Do they want to settle down? How are they at cooking and cleaning?)

Zagreus is absolutely down to settle down with a partner, the only bad part is he’s very uh… well he has no culinary skills and his ‘cleaning’ is mostly shoving clothes under his bed and into whatever crevices he can find.

E = Ending (If they had to break up with their partner, how would they do it?)

Zagreus would definitely be far more polite than most when it comes to breaking up. He’d probably bring you into his room and apologize, comforting that it wasn’t your fault but he’s just no longer interested in you. He’d still be down to be best friends, but if you didn’t want to be he’d understand completely.

F = Fiance(e) (How do they feel about commitment? How quick would they want to get married?)

Zagreus, as we all know, is impulsive as FUCK. He’d be down to get married if you even show a little attraction back to him. He will commit if he thinks you’ll commit.

G = Gentle (How gentle are they, both physically and emotionally?)

He’s uh.. he’s a little dense, but that’s ok. He’s not the most emotionally gentle guy out there, I mean, have you seen how his dad deals with everything?

Nonetheless, he’s very physically gentle, he knows his own strength very well and he (somewhat) knows when to use it.

H = Hugs (Do they like hugs? How often do they do it? What are their hugs like?)

Zagreus adores hugs, he will yank you into a bone crushing (not literally) hug every time he sees you, grinning like an idiot.

Zagreus will hug you every time he sees you, even if he only saw you a few minutes ago, you will not escape the hugs from the Prince of the underworld.

I = I love you (How fast do they say the L-word?)

He says “I love you” very quickly, right as he confesses, actually. Every morning he will wake you up with praises, kisses all along your shoulder and neck, and him mumbling “I love you” against your skin.

J = Jealousy (How jealous do they get? What do they do when they’re jealous?)

Zagreus will only get jealous if you’re getting ‘too’ close with someone he knows, then he’ll basically turn into a ‘big scary dog’ and hover over your shoulder pouting.

K = Kisses (What are their kisses like? Where do they like to kiss you? Where do they like to be kissed?)

Zagreus’ kisses are soft, but quick, usually on your forehead before he goes off on a run and literally jumps out his window.

He loves when you kiss the palms of his hands, just adoring the scars on them.

L = Little ones (How are they around children?)

Please don’t let him around kids, he doesn’t know what to do. The way his dad treated him is his ONLY reference- he will hand them Stygious and try to teach them how to use it if he’s unsupervised.

M = Morning (How are mornings spent with them?)

Mornings are spent in bed- he will not get up. Good luck leaving his bed if you’re there, he’s holding you hostage until his dad comes in there and shouts at him to get up because he’s late for his duties.

N = Night (How are nights spent with them?)

Nights are spent cuddled up against each other, him somewhat flopped on you as he reads the Iliad (one of his favorite stories as it’s about Achilles) to you until you both fall asleep and the book falls to the ground.

O = Open (When would they start revealing things about themselves? Do they say everything all at once or wait a while to reveal things slowly?)

Zagreus won’t be super quick to reveal things about himself, but every time he talks he mentions some little thing about himself. He honestly focused more on trying to understand you, rather than trying to vent about himself and all of his trauma.

P = Patience (How easily angered are they?)

Zagreus has decent patience, but if you do something royally idiotic you’re getting an annoyed interrogation from Zagreus. I think the only way to truly piss him off would be to hurt someone dear to him or break something important.

Q = Quizzes (How much would they remember about you? Do they remember every little detail you mention in passing, or do they kind of forget everything?)

He remembers random details about you, whatever his brain considers interesting. He remembers your important details along with when you first became friends, to the last time he saw you interacting with a random shade. But he won’t remember your birthday- for some strange reason.

R = Remember (What is their favorite moment in your relationship?)

His favorite moment is when he first gave you ambrosia, how you put your hands over your mouth and stared in shock at the bottle he was handing you. You were so, so flattered and shocked that Zagreus cared enough to give it to you.

S = Security (How protective are they? How would they protect you? How would they like to be protected?)

Zagreus is extremely protective of his friends, and he’d absolutely protect you against everything he could. He’d do the same with all of his friends- and he’d honestly laugh if you tried protecting him back. He understands that you care about him, but believe me, he’s far stronger than you.

T = Try (How much effort would they put into dates, anniversaries, gifts, everyday tasks?)

As much effort as he can possibly use, he’s going to Elysium, beating Theseus’ ass into the ground, and bringing you back some fine ambrosia for you to drink in celebration- and if you like fish then he’s beating the shit out of his dad and bringing back a fish from Greece.

U = Ugly (What would be some bad habits of theirs?)

He has a bad habit of just yoinking some of your gold. He’s gotten so used to sparring with Charon after stealing from him, that hes started unconsciously pick pocketing stray coins whenever he sees them.

V = Vanity (How concerned are they with their looks?)

Not at all concerned- he’s already the underworlds biggest nuisance and the biggest pain in his dad’s ass. Any worries about his appearance is long gone.

W = Whole (Would they feel incomplete without you?)

I think Zagreus would definitely feel lonely without you, I mean he knows plenty of shades, but each of them takes up space in his heart. He’d definitely feel a part of him missing, and would undoubtably search for you.

X = Xtra (A random headcanon for them.)

Zagreus has a diary with little notes on everyone he’s met, usually it has things that they like and little interesting facts about them written down so he knows what to get them.

Y = Yuck (What are some things they wouldn’t like, either in general or in a partner?)

He doesn’t like someone who lies for no reason- it just tells him you can’t be trusted with anything. He can tell a lie immediately, and will probably tell you not to lie to him because he likes to trust his friends, but if you keep doing it he will cut you off completely.

Z = Zzz (What is a sleep habits of theirs?)

Insomniac king- he almost never sleeps, but when he does it’s the heaviest sleep ever and he will sleep for a day and a half if he’s not woken up. You’ll find him curled up in his blankets, face down in his pillows and chances are he still has his clothes on.

In an established relationship

Zagreus

Zagreus’ favorite place to kiss you has got to be your forehead, where he can just quickly bend and give you a quick kiss.

If you’re busy doing something he can, and will, disturb you by lifting your head up so he can give you that goddamn forehead kiss.

If his dad killed him (again), he’ll be even more insistent on his affection, wrapping his arms around your waist and putting his head on your shoulder, muttering under his breath about how his blasted father won again

Hades

You’re not getting kissed, for one, not even Persephone gets kisses most of the time.

His affection is mostly just him having a hand on your shoulder, he’s just not very touchy- with how touchy his brothers have always been he’s grossed out by most interactions that include touch.

The only time he’s really ‘clingy’ is when he looses a fight to Zagreus, but even then it’s mostly just him sitting on the ground and leaning his huge weight on your side.

Nyx

Nyx also isn’t super affectionate, I mean she’ll lean down and give you a little peck on the forehead, but it’s not often.

She’s more of the kind of person to sit down on the bed with your head on her lap as she pets your hair and tells you about some story Chaos once told her about.

If you’re out in the House she’ll hold your hand or put her hand on your shoulder, but not much more.

Charon

Chances are, even if you have Charons affection- you’re not getting touched.

The most he will do is let you lean against his side if you’ve been walking for a while, otherwise literally all of his affection is in small free gifts.

If Charon likes you enough, he will sit down beside you and drape his long cloak over your shoulders.

Hypnos

Out of everyone here, Hypnos is the clingiest, arms constantly around you whenever you’re close enough to grab.

He’s not much of a kisser, usually just having his arms and legs locked around you as you force him to actually do his job.

He will however freeze for a solid minute or two if you give him a kiss.

Thanatos

You’re being kept at an arms length- literally.

Thanatos loves you, he does- but he just doesn’t do affection, if you’re lucky he’ll have his scythe around your shoulders to keep you in his presence.

The closest he’ll get is when he’s tired, or in bed, but even then it’s just him resting his head on your stomach or lap.

Zeus

He gives Hypnos a run for his money at how clingy he is, but Zeus won’t leave you alone.

Kisses are being pressed all around your face, your neck, even your hands. He has his arms around you with you in his lap, nuzzling you or bragging about his achievements.

Your ‘alone time’ is just when he’s tired and sort of flopped against your side with his head tucked under your own.

Poseidon

He’s not nearly as clingy as Zeus, but he still almost always has an arm around you.

He’s not exactly a person who will give you kisses, but he will absolutely hold your hand or link arms. He’s also fond of leaning against your side.

Poseidon will absolutely have your head tucked under his chin as he tells you a story that one of the ocean creatures told him.

Aphrodite

She is quite affectionate, going between holding your hands, cupping your face and even nuzzling her nose against yours.

Most of her affection comes in the form of praise, complimenting your appearance, what you’ve done today, what you’re wearing- everything.

Aphrodite definitely has her hair over your shoulders as she shows you this interesting new thing she’s found.

Ares

I honestly wouldn’t recommend accepting his affection- his affection is not nice and sweet.

He’s more likely to put you into a headlock and wrestle with you, correcting your form and giving you a smug grin or a (hard) pat on the back to praise you lasting that long against him (it wasn’t long at all)

The sweetest he will be is putting all of his weight on you when you’re in bed and passing the fuck out.

Dionysus

He’s sort of clingy?? He’ll have his arms around you when he’s drunk, mumbling random stories into your ear.

He offers you wine, an arm around your hips and hand on your thigh just to hold you up against his frame.

His kisses are rare and sloppy, usually on your cheek or forehead.

Hermes

He is the king of quick pecs, always moving around so whenever he spots you he nearly knocks you on your ass as he quickly kisses your cheek or forehead.

Hermes will never hold hands or lock arms- just because he’s too impatient for it.

Hermes will, however, football tackle you into a hug.

Achilles + Patroclus

If this is in a platonic sense, you’re not getting much. Achilles with clap you on the shoulder or give you a side hug- Patroclus won’t touch you at all. They’re tough soldiers, not super affectionate.

That’s all taken away if you’ve joined their chaotic relationship.

If you’re dating them, Achilles has an arm around you always, causally leaning down for forehead kisses. Patroclus is even affectionate, cupping your face and nuzzling his nose against yours… or mocking your height.

Theseus

First of all, how did you get this man’s affections?

Second of all, his form of affection is holding you, he’ll hold you up in his arms and walk around with you as if you’re the sun itself.