This is a zine fic, so I can't post full snippets publicly yet, but it has been my go-to for finding the weekly word on wipfic's wednesday word game over on twitter, simply by virtue of being the longest stand-alone WIP in my folder lol ANYWAY, the premise is that Hypnos wants to be degraded by Zagreus, but Zagreus is just too damn nice and struggles to degrade Hypnos while also feeling like he's respecting him. They accidentally end up airing this laundry during one of Zagreus's matches against Theseus, who's very good at yelling and being disrespectful to everyone. Theseus ends up weirdly understanding the assignment a lot better than Zagreus does lol Zagreus gets there in the end tho

…But Hypnos doesn’t want to see Zagreus’s sweet, kind face. He wants to see Zagreus with that scowl of dismissal, red eye glowing with disgust as he spits such venom from his mouth in the same way that he talks about Theseus- Wow. Huh. Actually, maybe this is something that Hypnos needs to address about himself. But not here. Not in front of the Prince.