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on_my_way_again

The river Styx, like most of the Underworld, follows no consistent, constant geography. Instead, it's in a constant state of flow, shifting and changing its banks and course as the realm itself rearranges its structure.

That is only one of the many ways the realm has of keeping its reputation as inescapable, Lord Hades's rulings being the only thing that can grant one permission to leave. This has happened only a handful of times in history, all of them exceptional in one way or another. And as far as the living and the vast majority of the dead are aware, this is an absolute fact of the world, as unchangeable as gravity.

This is not to get into the fact that, unless you were sent to the bowels of Tartarus for punishment, you would have very little reason to want to escape. There was a brief period during which the Asphodel Meadows were flooded with a burning river a few centuries ago, but the Queen of the Underworld has long since dealt with that and the land of the dead is actually a reasonably pleasant place to spend eternity in.

Very few people are aware of the one exception to the rule, taking the form of the Prince of the Underworld, Lord Zagreus. He has been the first and only person to ever escape against his Lord Father's wishes, and although he cannot stay on the surface for very long due to an intrinsic conflict between his godhead and his mortal blood, he has become proficient enough at it that it was made into a job, finding security flaws and other issues that might jeopardize the so-called inescapability of the realm.

Now one of the few fixed structures of the Styx, the small pool of it which ends right in front of the hall at the House of Hades, sees its surface bubbling once more before the god of life's figure emerges from it, blinking some crimson liquid away and cracking his joints to get rid of the phantom pain from his most recent death. The water slides off his body and clothes with preternatural haste as he walks up the steps and past the long line of shades standing before his father's throne and desk to petition for one thing or another.

"Hello once again, my friend," he says, nodding a greeting in the direction of Hypnos, god of sleep and official secretary of the Underworld.

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death_incarnate

He lifts his hand off Zagreus's skin.

on_my_way_again

Whiiiiiiiiine.

death_incarnate

"Keep talking."

on_my_way_again

"You're more evil than Megaera."

The way Zagreus starts getting an obvious erection puts the lie to any displeasure he might be expressing, though.

death_incarnate

"I'm sure she can be just as evil in her own ways," the god of death says, smirking. He decides to resume the caresses, and if one of his fingers goes a bit further up to lightly touch Zagreus's balls, well, accidents do happen.

on_my_way_again

Whiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!

"I—look, Than, will you please just fuck me already, I can't have a serious conversation while you're doing this!"

death_incarnate

That gives him pause. "Serious?"

on_my_way_again

"I—I think so?"

death_incarnate

Thanatos stands up and starts undressing. He removes his belt, first, and the shinguards and wristguards go next. He lowers his hood and undoes the clasp holding his pauldrons together, and each piece of clothing he drops disappears into smoke before touching the floor.

He, too, is sporting an erection from their little interaction.

"You can make an effort," he says, untying his chiton and letting the cloth fall out so that he's completely naked. "Move over, you're in my way."

on_my_way_again

Zagreus has been watching all of this with an entranced look, as if it's the most interesting spectacle he has ever seen. At some point his left hand found its way to his hard-on, and he started stroking himself.

Thanatos's words break him out of his reverie, though, and he obligingly scoots farther away from that side of the bed to give Thanatos space to lie down properly.

death_incarnate

He does, lying on his left side and propping his head up on his left elbow while he reaches down between them with his free right hand and displaces Zagreus's to start stroking both of them together.

"Keep talking," he repeats. "I've seen you do it, it's not that hard."

on_my_way_again

He smirks and looks down between them. "I beg to differ."

death_incarnate

"Zag."

on_my_way_again

"Rrrrrrrr alright, you!" He lifts his left leg to wrap it on top of Thanatos's legs and rests his left hand atop Thanatos's hip, readjusting his torso and right arm so that his head is resting on top of the fold of his right elbow. "How long have we been together, Than?"

death_incarnate

"Can't say I've kept track. Four hundred years, at least? Give or take? Maybe five."

He does not stop jerking himself and Zagreus off, his long slender fingers wrapped around both of their shafts. He wiggles his right leg a little bit so it's touching Zag's left heel; if he were a mortal, he'd get a third degree burn from that, but thankfully he is not, so he can just enjoy the warmth.

on_my_way_again

"Yeah. Sounds about—ah, fuck—" He shuts his eyes and bites down on his lower lip. "Kiss me," he breathes.

death_incarnate

Thanatos obeys, leaning forward just enough to do that.

on_my_way_again

Zagreus holds the kiss for a few seconds before letting go, but keeps his head close enough to Thanatos's so the tip of their noses are touching. "Sounds about right," he finishes. "Since the whole thing with Mother—actually wasn't that six hundred years ago, with the war...?—whatever. When I got my job."

death_incarnate

"Mmhm," Than voices encouragingly, shifting his weight a bit and moving his head to start kissing Zagreus's jaw and down to his neck and shoulder. He releases their cocks to reach behind Zagreus's left shoulder and undo the clasp holding the skulls and the chiton together, there.

on_my_way_again

"Ah, shit, okay—I love you, Than—" His chiton is far less ornate than Thanatos's, and after he gets rid of the belt it's easy to wiggle a bit and pull the entire long piece of cloth off.

death_incarnate

Thanatos laughs into Zagreus's skin and says, "Love you too, you idiot." With Zag appropriately undressed, Than can resume his work with their dicks.

on_my_way_again

He makes a throaty sound at that for a few seconds, his eyelids fluttering shut, then remember Thanatos's request. "—right. What—what is my domain? What am I the god of?"

death_incarnate

"—life? And blood. Or so we reckon. Right?"

on_my_way_again

"Do you think anyone else could escape the Underworld? Now, not when I first tried it. Even with the Olympians' help, not that they still offer any. After everything that's changed—Than you're going to make me cum if you keep at this—"

death_incarnate