Name is Hades, Lord of the Dead, Hi, Howya Doin'?

Harrison Hades. 28. Owner of the Underworld Nightclub.

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powerfulzhan​:

It had been harder to track Hades down than Zhan had expected it to be. Rarely did he ever seem to be around the nightclub when she came calling, but today she had caught him for once. “Harrison,” she greets as she approaches him. “Have a moment?”  @lxrdoftheunderwxrld​

Hades looked over when he heard his name. His eyes narrowed for a moment at the woman who approached. He’d definitely seen her around before. “Well, really that depends on what it is you need,” he says, folding his arms. “And is this some sort of conversation that’d be better had in my office, or are you just looking for a drink?”

[billskarsgardsource]

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ranifalls​:

Rani laughed, but it was mostly from nerves. “You’re really sweet. I umm…I guess I just was wondering….we hang out together a lot and I really like hanging out and being around you and…maybe being with you? I mean, if you feel that way. I don’t know. I just….I know I’m a lot, but I’m going to let myself be a little more….because I like you and I haven’t felt this way about someone in a really long time.” She looked at him. “I know I’m dropping a lot here but I just want to know what we’re doing? I don’t wanna dance around things anymore.”

He smiled a bit. He didn’t think anyone had ever called him sweet. That wasn’t a word that came to most people’s minds when referring to him. He listened to her, and then his smile faltered for just a split second. Not because of her, definitely not because of her. He’d just never really... defined a relationship before. Maybe in high school, but that didn’t really matter. His other relationships hadn’t lasted long enough for something like this to come up. She liked him, and he... he liked her too? It was almost odd. There was a slight warmth in his chest when she said that. “Well, don’t be too surprised, but I really like being around you, too,” he said with a grin. He moved back toward her, resting a hand on her shoulder. “You’re never ‘a lot’ or ‘too much’ or anything like that. I spend a lot of time with a lot of people who dance around what they’re trying to say. So never worry that when you’re just telling me how you feel or really anything that you’re being ‘a lot’.” He had to drop eye contact for a moment, just sort of looking at her shoulder. He brushed back a lock of hair that draped over it. “It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this way about someone, too, Rani,” he admitted, not only to her but to himself. That he actually did care about her. That he actually did like her and enjoy her company. He thought for another moment, for some reason finding it harder to say the words than he had expected. “I certainly wouldn’t mind if this were to become something more serious or official, if that’s what you would want.” he caught her eyes again. “I’m gonna be honest with you, I’m not usually very good at putting my feelings into words. I like you, though, which... like I said, it’s been a long time since I’ve felt like this about someone.” he doesn’t really know what else he’s supposed to say in this sort of situation. It feels almost too cliche or childish to say that he wants them to be boyfriend and girlfriend. But he does want that, more than he thought he would. “I would like for our relationship to be more... real and I guess official.” he chuckled a bit. “See, this is what you’re signing up for, whenever you want to have a sweet moment, you’re gonna get nothing but awkward ramblings from me until I can figure out how to say the right things,” he joked. “Maybe I should apologize for being a lot. Or, y’know, we can just be a lot together.”

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phoenixpanics​:

Use your words, Phoenix, ran through his head as he was blankly staring at his angry boss, hoping Hades would ignore his black eye until he had time to explain. How was he supposed to tell him that he messed up a job? Deep down he knew he should’ve went to his brother before taking the initiative of getting the job done, but … he was tired of being the follower and wanted to try to be his own person for once. It backfired, though, which landed him in this probably bad situation. He gulped. “…. Y-You remember that guy you wanted me to go after? W-Well I uh, I-I threw the first punch, like I usually do, but he got really mad, and uh … I-I don’t know where he went, but he might come after us? I really tried, Hades, b-but I didn’t have anyone to back me up.”

“God dammit,” he muttered, his fingers rubbing together as he tried to keep his temper from flaring up too much. but that wasn’t really working. “I knew I should’ve sent the other one,” he said, shooting a glare at the young man. “And why didn’t you have back up? Where was your brother, or anyone? What the fuck possessed you that made you think you’d be able to handle this on your own? You can barely handle it when someone wants to change the fucking mixer in their drink!” he slammed his hand on his desk as he pushed up from his chair. “If they do have the audacity to come here, you’re gonna have to be the one to deal with them. And maybe I’ll intervene before they beat you to the point of no recognition. So you better fucking hope they’re not stupid enough to try something like that.” He took a moment to breathe as he felt the flames starting to crackle under his fingertips. Last thing he needed was to set his fucking desk on fire. “Explain to me what really mad means, because I have a fucking feeling it is nothing compared to how I’m feeling right now.” 

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🌟 rani

Harrison did start off talking to Rani based purely on thinking she was attractive and potentially (definitely) just wanting to sleep with her.

Ummmm but then he got soft bc rani is a sweetheart?

He acts like a slightly different person around Rani. It’s not really an act, it’s just a side of himself that he’s never really felt like sharing with anyone else.

He probably would kill for her.

He’s nervous about one of her friends finding out dirt on him and thinking he’s using Rani for some malicious reason because he’s not. He does actually care for her (even if that’s something he’s struggling to admit)

He doesn’t tell people about her. Not because he’s embarrassed or doesn’t want them seeing him as having a weakness, but because he doesn’t want the wrong people finding out and attempting to use her against him; he doesn’t want her to get hurt or in trouble because of him.

Whenever she opens up more about herself to him, he feels comfortable with sharing more with her. He’s cautious though. He doesn’t want to accidentally let one of his darker parts slip.

Though he’s always struggled with his anger issues, he’s yet to feel like he’s going to get overheated around Rani. It’s almost like she settles him a bit.

@ranifalls

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“Um, I don’t know. I thought they looked kinda dashing.” - pierson

“No, you look like a fucking toddler,” he replied looking at the light up shoes on Pierson’s feet. “Or like a seventeen-year-old hoping to finally try too many drugs at a rave they snuck into.” He doesn’t feel like dealing with this. There’s already so much going on tonight and he doesn’t know why this half of the idiots decided to wear LED shoes like he was about to film a fucking amateur dance video. But he looks fucking ridiculous and there’s something about the flashing lights with every step he takes that’s driving Hades up the fucking wall. “Either find another pair of shoes, shut those fucking things off, or I’ll set them on fire while they’re still on your feet.” 

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@ranifalls

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“So did you need something or were you just gonna stand there like the world’s dumbest looking gargoyle?” he looked up from his desk, visibly irritated at the young man who’d been standing in his doorway for far too long without actually saying anything. Hades gave him a look, basically telling him to spit it out already or get back to work.

@phoenixpanics​

[bbillskarsgard]

Bless us all

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ranifalls​:

she was almost hoping he was, but at the same time she knew it was better now than never. she entered his office, fiddling with her hair a little as she did so. “i’m alright. i’m really good,” she said with a small smile. “i just had something to ask you….or more than one thing i guess. but it’s kind of stupid, so…..” she laughed nervously. “i’m just messing everything up.”

He shut the door behind her to block out the noise of the bar and just in case any of his nosy employees were lurking around. “That’s good, I’m glad to hear it,” he returned the smile, though there was a part of him that was still a little nervous. He didn’t really know why, though. He went over, sitting on the edge of his desk, still looking at her. Harrison chuckled a bit. “You’re not messing everything up, Rani. Can’t imagine you messing anything up.” He offered a smile. “Ask away. I’m a hundred percent certain it’s not going to be anything nearly as stupid as some of the questions I get asked while working. Not that I think it’s gonna be stupid at all, I just... What’re your questions?”

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ranifalls​:

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rani felt weird keeping harrison from her friends, but she also wasn’t sure where they stood. it was weird because she wanted to know but she was also scared to ask. but still she was prepared to try.she had made her way to his office and was standing tall and she was so ready. but then he was standing at his doorway and she was blushing and anxious and regretted it all. “umm….are you busy?”

He was just about to head out of his office to work the bar when he suddenly saw Rani walk up. Which was a surprise, but not a bad one. She looked nervous, though. Her cheeks were red and all of that along with her question made a look of confusion cross his face. “Nope, not busy,” he stepped back inside his office a bit, making room for her to come in if she wanted to. “What’s up? You doing alright?”

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Why don’t you stop what you are doing to rani if you’re starting to care for her?

“And what exactly is it that I’m doing to her that I should stop? Should I stop having lunch with her, going on dates with her, going places she wants to go with her? I guess my logic of doing nice things for someone when you care about them is flawed. So yeah, guess because I care about her I’ll start being a dick to her because that makes perfect fucking sense.”

@ranifalls

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Who is the most helpful to you out of the three: Pierson, Phoenix or Meg?

“As much as I’d hate to admit it, they’ve all got their perks. Meg gets shit done and gets it done well but not without giving me an insane amount of sass. And then the other two are less competent but definitely are more afraid of me so it’s easier to scare them into doing stupid shit.”

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what are your true intentions with rani?

“Trust me, if I knew what I was doing, I’d tell you. Because I don’t know what the fuck is going on anymore. I think I actually care about her? I think— God, why do things like this have to be so fucking confusing??”

@ranifalls

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Hades wouldn’t have gone to the battle of the bands normally. Too many people being slightly too obnoxious. He couldn’t stand that. These kinds of things weren’t really his favorite things to attend since usually the only people he’d know that were going wouldn’t want to talk to him or didn’t like him. And he’d much rather stay at the bar anyway. However, when Rani mentioned that some of her friends were performing and actually one of the competing bands, he asked her if she’d want to go together. Which was a little surprising even to himself he had to admit, but it did solve his main problem with why he didn’t like these things; at least now he had someone to talk to; someone he wanted to talk to and hang out with. 

He did feel almost out of place standing in a merch line with her, though. Almost worried, but he didn’t know why. Maybe that her friends would see them and know something more about him than she did? “This is pretty fun so far,” he said, looking at Rani. “Wasn’t like, super sure what it’d be like; part of me was kinda worried it’d just be like, extreme karaoke.” Which he figured part of it kind of was. But whatever. He didn’t hate it and Rani seemed happy. “So, the Lost Boy’s are your friends and that’s who we’re hoping wins this thing, right?” he said, mostly just to clarify. He was pretty sure that was it. “Are any of your other friends doing the, like, performance thing?

@ranifalls

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ranifalls​:

Rani was glowing. She wasn’t sure if she could feel any better than she did in that moment. Harrison was a lot of things, but he was stubborn for sure. She thinks this is the first time she really heard him say thank you and mean it. And that on its own was progress. “Of course I’ll join you,” she said with a grin. “It’s greek. I dunno. I just felt like greek was the best choice today. Is that alright? I hope you like it.” She was suddenly a little worried that he wouldn’t like what she brought and that she was making an idiot of herself. She almost missed him asking how she was and she felt a little bad for pausing because of how caught up she was getting in her worry. “Me? I’m okay. I’m actually great. Best I’ve been in a while…”

He grinned as she walked over. “I do like greek, it’s a fine choice,” he chuckled. “My father’s side of the family was greek so I had a lot of it growing up.” He watched her as she seemed to zone out for a moment, lost in her own spiraling thoughts it seemed. He laughed when she finally responded. “Good; glad you’re good. You look good,” Hades hated how many times he said good so far. Whatever. He made sure his desk was cleared off enough for both of them to have room to eat. Part of him feels like he’s helped her feel great and there’s an even smaller part of himself that hates that he’s doing this. What is this? He honestly doesn’t remember anymore. He knew it started because she seemed naive and like someone he could have some fun with, but now they were eating lunch in his office and he barely knew what to say because all of his usual flirtations and comments were too much and he really didn’t want to scare Rani off because he was too overbearing. And what the fuck was that about? He helped her unpack the food and set it all up. “This looks amazing; like it’d the second most delicious thing in this room,” he teased, giving her a look. Just because he didn’t want to be too much didn’t mean he was going to completely hold everything back. He took a bite and, yeah, that was some pretty good greek food. Honestly, most food was good food to him. Hades just liked food. “ I love this office lunch time thing we’re doing, but next time I’m gonna get you food. Someplace at least a little nicer than my office. For dinner maybe?”  he said a little pointedly, hoping to hint at what he was asking. “I mean only if you’d want to.”

[ranifalls]

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Things were different between Harrison and Rani and that was evident. She had a skip in her step. She felt like she was moving forward…and that she was in a good spot and she was really happy to see what was going to happen next. She looked forward to seeing Harrison and figuring things out with him and taking the next course of action. She stopped by the Underworld without being invited and wasn’t even nervous when she knocked on the door that led to his office in the back. “Harrison?” she said with a smile the moment his door was opened to her. “I brought you something to eat…..I figured you didn’t have anything to eat yet tonight since you’re normally so busy…”

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He hadn’t expected anyone coming into his office, but he definitely didn’t expect Rani. “Oh, hey, Rani,” he grinned, waving her into the room. She looked happy. Which was good. For as well as things seemed to have gone last time he say her—just conversations, but conversations that led somewhere— he couldn’t help but wonder if she’d just stay away until their paths accidentally crossed again either because she god bad vibes from him or she heard someone say something about him that he wasn’t sure he really wanted exposed yet. “Oh,” he said, again another surprise. “That’s... very thoughtful of you, thank you so much,” he was definitely being more polite than he probably had to but at the same time... no one had ever done something like that for him before? Just because they wanted to? “I actually haven’t, but was definitely thinking about taking a break in a few, so your timing is perfect. You’re gonna join me, right? Would be a little disappointed if this was only a delivery,” he teased. “If you’re busy, I get it and I won’t keep you too long. But you’ll have to make it up to me some other time.” He got up, going over to give her a hand with what she’d brought. “So what’d you bring? Not that it really matters, I’ll eat just about anything,” he chuckled. Which was true. Especially if it had a bit of spice to it. Then he realized that even though he’d been a bit polite he wasn’t really making this a two-way street. “Also how’re you?”