#*zagreus

Tagged by the excellent @vcaudley Rules: Post seven sentences from your latest WIP and then tag (up to) seven people to do the same. ...Turns out my lastest WIP is almost entirely smut. But I managed to comb through it and find seven sentences bunched together with no smut in them lmao --- “You saw Aphrodite?” This time, it’s Megaera who speaks up. Hypnos isn’t sure when she appeared, but the sight of her standing there, raising an eyebrow at him, makes Hypnos feel hotter than he already is. It’s a good thing for Hypnos that Zagreus is a lot more casual, patting the empty chair next to them. “Hey Meg, do you want to join us? Hypnos was just telling me about what he got up to during the feast.” “Didn’t Hypnos sleep through the feast?” Meg chuckles, though she does take the seat offered to join them. “Well… most of it,” Hypnos admits, “Almost all of it.” --- I tag @101flavoursofweird @pandirpus @krokonoko @sweveris and anyone else who has a current WIP and wants to do this

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

Zagreus waggles his eyebrows. “...Got any painting of our fights, then?” It’s not a blow to Zagreus’s pride to admit that Theseus has bested him in combat many times. Even if it was, it’d be worth it to see the blush colouring all the way down Theseus’s neck. “I can j-just see the real thing whenever I like! On top of that, your impatience would see to it that you never stand still long enough for any artist to reference you!”

“And you're saying that I don't? No, don't bother answering that one, I already know the answer. But even if I can't convince him, there must be some way that I can have their contracts changed. Asterius's contract already has been changed before!”

If Zagreus expects Theseus to scream out a retort to this (and Zagreus absolutely expects Theseus to do this), he is mistaken. Something about Momus's words seem to silence the king, at least for a moment. This gives Momus enough time to turn away from Theseus, as if he's not worth his time, returning his attention to Zagreus.

(i still had this one from last time the meme was going around and now i actually have wips again!!) “He cannot fathom how someone could stay here for even a few minutes, let alone the entirety of their afterlife, without becoming bored out of their mind, even if it would be rude for him to say this to the face of someone who's clearly content with their lot.“

But for now, Zagreus could do with not thinking about anything complicated for a while.

Zagreus prepares to hurry on out with the rest of them, but he feels a bronzed hand wrap around his arm, as Theseus stops him from getting too far away.