hi! i hope i'm not bothering you! i was just wondering if you plan to continue with your thanzag AU? if not i totally understand, on top of normal life we also have dealing with *gestures broadly to the state of the world*
either way, i love your characterization and story telling style, and im happy i got to experience your story even if stays unfinished <3
Hello!! Thank you so much!!! I'm so honoured that you like the story. Things have been crazy in my life since last I updated (married + PhD + moving countries and all that) but I actually was somehow inspired today and just finished it!
Thank you so much for your patience (I realize this ask is more than 2 months old). So let this serve as the update post:
Face to Face
Chapter 5: I Love You, Honeybear
Fandom: Hades
Pairing: Thanatos/Zagreus
Rating: Mature
Chapter(s): 5/5
Words: 12052
AO3
Summary:
Thanatos can’t remember the last time he went on a date that wasn’t with his email inbox, so Charon sets about rectifying the situation by making him a profile on a dating app. Sifting through guys who fish and tourists looking for one night stands, Thanatos comes across his childhood best friend, who he hasn’t spoken to since their strange parting as teenagers. Thanzag modern AU, online dating.
He’s anchored them just off a tiny island filled with sea caves illuminated by flashes of sun reflecting off the water, forming turquoise stained-glass patterns on the walls. The sun is hot on his back, the water warm and calm, the mainland far enough away that it feels like this is a tiny slice of the world they’ve claimed together, just for a few hours, rather than just a sea cave a twenty-minute boat ride from the harbour. A little world just for them.
Thanatos breathes, “It’s beautiful, Zag.”
Zag can’t agree more as he stares at Thanatos perched on the edge of the boat, his honey eyes golden in the sunlight, the proud set of his jaw, his strong nose, corners of his lips turned slightly upwards, as if laughing at some untold joke. Than shifts his gaze from the island and catches Zagreus in the act, and his smile turns soft, almost silly. Zagreus is seized by the urge to touch him, slip his finger under where his white linen shirt has ridden up to show the waistband of his swim trunks, but then he has a better idea.
He grins and walks towards him, Thanatos’ smile turning slightly confused as Zag leans in and says, “It’s even better in the water.”
Than only has two seconds to scowl and fire off an indignant, “Don’t you dare, Zagreus…!” before he pushes him backwards into the sea.
The boat is still bobbing when Than surfaces, furious, and Zagreus laughs heartily at the look on his face. It’s an old game, from back when Thanatos would be too scared to jump off the cliff they’d decided to dive from, and Zagreus would have to employ various forms of encouragement to finally get him into the water.
Thanatos is still sporting his indignant expression as he swims around to the ladder at the back of the boat.
“Come on, help me up,” he calls, climbing halfway out, and Zagreus concedes, bending down to clasp his forearm…
…only to be launched with a sharp tug, headfirst, directly into the water. He surfaces to a giggling Thanatos dangling his legs off the back of the ladder.
“You’re right, it is better,” Than says, grinning.
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