Nursed back to health ( shipping )

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Nursed Back to Health shipping meme Comment with your character, preferences, preferred role, and any information you'd like to include. Your character has either been injured/sick and had to be taken in (possibly against their will) or has been the one to help somebody like the former. Through the mending process, the two characters in a thread have fallen in love - or at least grown closer and more affectionate. Reply to others. Thread.

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[aoratos]

[ He wouldn't have ever thought of that word for her, no. Maybe she's just having as difficult a time respecting her own boundaries as he is. It's a nice thought to have, for a moment. To think that she wants to be near him so much that she doesn't even care about the reasonable boundaries she tried to establish herself. ]

I want you to stay. [ Forever? Forever sounds good. It sounds amazing. He feels horribly selfish the moment he says it, but his fingers still curl firmly over her arm, his head turning so he can nuzzle into her hair. ]

If you want to go... that's fine. I just want you to do whatever you want, Persephone. But know that I'll never want you to leave, and I'll never want to send you away. No matter what.

[budded]

( she relaxes against him, mindful of his side, as she turns to bury her face against his chest.

it is nice to know and feel that she's wanted, especially by someone that she cares about and also wants. someone that respects her and treats her well. he's everything apollo isn't, that's something she's thankful for. )

Leaving is the last thing I want to do, especially now.

[aoratos]

[ In that much they're the same, then. Hades can't remember having someone who just wants him as he is, who just likes to be there with him. No ulterior motives, no hidden agendas. He knows Persephone will never demand anything from him-- although he would do just about anything that she asked him to, he knows he's in deep enough for that at this point. ]

Then why should you, if neither of us wants that?

[ Isn't that what matters? Isn't that what should matter? They can just... ignore everyone else. Pretend the world outside doesn't exist. Even if she will have to leave (tomorrow, the next day, the next week, for good...), at least this moment is theirs. ]

[budded]

( she can think of several reasons why she needs to leave — her mother will kill both of them when she finds out persephone has been spending time with him. there is her obligation to TGOEM... the list could go on and on, but none of that matters to her anymore.

persephone is beginning to think her mother (and associates) strong-armed her into joining TGOEM. before she knew she could feel this way about another person and before the was able to truly experience the world. at the time, it seemed like a good idea and what she wanted. now she's having second thoughts about everything.

the only thing she isn't having second thoughts about is her feelings for him.

carefully she unburies her face from his chest, reaching up to place her hand against his cheek. her thumb brushing against his cheekbone. )

...You're right. I'll stay as long as you want me to.

[aoratos]

[ All good reasons for him to tell her to go, too, but he really doesn't want to. Can't bring himself to send her away, not for any reason. And knowing she doesn't want to leave gives him all the less reason to try and discourage her from staying.

It is, admittedly, a boggling thing. She's lived in a beautiful, bright, lush paradise her whole life. Hades has a hard time imagining anyone who'd be eager to spend any long periods of time in this dark, barren realm to begin with, that someone like her would willingly choose to stay here is nothing short of a gift that he's not too eager to look too closely into.

As long as she wants to stay... yeah, he'll just take what he can get.

He cups her hand with his, smiling down at her, closing his eyes and tilting his head to the side so he can press a kiss to her palm, then the inside of her wrist, nuzzling against her hand. ]

[budded]

( it is true, the two of them are from completely different worlds but she still finds herself attracted to every aspect of him. even the parts that most people would ignore or dislike.

here she has a freedom that she has never known before — no longer under the controlling thumb of her mother and finally able to experience life to the fullest without being told what she could and could not enjoy. all of it, especially hades, is intoxicating.

speaking of intoxicating, a soft gasp escapes her lips as he kisses down her palm and to her wrist. a tremble runs through her body and that same feeling she had during their kiss returns.

calm down... don't disappear... don't vanish... )

H-hades I — ( she stammers before taking action as she tilts his head towards her and hungrily presses her lips against his. an intense need there that she wants to sate that growing hunger in case she involuntarily vanished again. )

[aoratos]

[ It wasn't really his intention to make her flutter off into a thousand butterflies and disappear on him again. He doesn't even think for a moment that would happen from a simple kiss to her wrist... even though he does feel the heat of her skin, the pulse just beneath it, pounding away.

As quickly as it hits her, it hits him too, and he's already starting to pull back, ready to stammer an apology, when instead she takes matters into her own hands and drags him down for a kiss. Like the other they shared, but not quite. There definitely seems to be more passion to it now, which he's none too shy to return, his hands moving to wrap around her waist and pull her closer, as though that hold alone will be enough to keep her anchored and stop her from disappearing on him again. ]

[budded]

( considering how few (enjoyable) encounters she's had and her age, no one can really blame persephone for feeling the way she does as he trails kisses along her skin. all of this is new and exciting on top of how she feels for him only amplifies the sensations she feels.

she's thankful for this hold on her, keeping her grounded since she's convinced she would flutter away again without it. as she's pulled closer, persephone carefully straddles his lap but doesn't settle on it. instead, she stays on her knees so he doesn't have to crane don't oo far to kiss her further. both of her hands cradle the sides of his face as she breaks the kiss, her forehead pressed against his as she tries to catch her breath. )

I'm ... still here. ( she sounds a bit surprised and thankful at the same time. )

[aoratos]

[ He half expects her to start disappearing halfway through the kiss. When she doesn't, he expects to open his eyes and see her dissolve into beautiful glow, fading right from his arms. But she doesn't. She's right there when the kiss breaks, when he opens his eyes just to briefly look at her.

A soft laugh escapes him, and he grins wide (and maybe a little stupid), not even feeling the bruising ache on his side as he holds her close, nuzzling against her nose and cheek, closing his eyes again. ]

Good... never leave.

[budded]

( she reaches behind his head to thread her fingers through his hair, holding him close as she leans into his touch and nuzzling. )

I didn't mean to last time, ( she says with a chuckle as she peppers a few kisses along his face. ) When you say stuff like that, I ... definitely don't want to leave. But that feeling is still there and I don't know how to handle it.

[aoratos]

[ Hades lets out a soft purr, eyes closing and head tilting back in response to the warm fingers weaving through his hair. ]

Ah, I'm... afraid I don't know how to help you, there. Sounds like you should look for help in learning more about your powers.

[ Clearly she's capable of far more than just sprouting a few flowers here and there, despite what Demeter would have her believe. It's about time she learns who she really is, and what she can really do-- at least, that's what Hades believes. ]