Me: I like that multishippers are out there having fun, shipping Nico with everyone and the sun
Someone: don’t you mean everyone under the sun ?
Me: *looking at Nico/Apollo shippers* …no

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Me: I like that multishippers are out there having fun, shipping Nico with everyone and the sun
Someone: don’t you mean everyone under the sun ?
Me: *looking at Nico/Apollo shippers* …no
My God-King Nico AU
Note: AU timeline consists of post-TSATS and the following 2 decades.
Biographical Information
Birth: 1932, Venice, Italy
Age(s): 34 (biological), 104 (chronological)
Political Information
Occupation(s):
The Underworld (including Hades’ Palace, Judgment Pavilion, Elysium, Asphodel, Fields of Punishment, Tartarus, and Trog Headquarters), Mt. Olympus, Camp Half-Blood, Camp Jupiter, and realms of other pantheons (partial).
Title(s):
Niccoló di Angelo, Son of Hades, Hound of Hades, Ambassador of Pluto, Champion of Nyx, The Ghost King, God-King of the Underworld, Lord of Darkness, Shadow-weaver, Midnight Star, Unifier, and Ice-stepper*
*when he is intimidating (or in a bad mood), his cold and calculating steps freeze the ground/water beneath, gaining him this title by his enemies.
Personal Information
Family:
Hades (father, missing, presumed retired)
Persephone (stepmother)
Maria di Angelo (mother, deceased)
Bianca di Angelo (sister, deceased)
Hazel Levesque (paternal half-sister)
Cocoa Puffs (10 cacodemon children)
Nyx(?)
Lover(s):
William Andrew Solace (ex-boyfriend, deceased)
Dakota (boyfriend, deceased)
Phoebus Apollo (political consort, current lover)
Summary (from previous post):
"After Hades' sudden retirement, the god steps down to have his willing heir inherit the Greek Underworld’s throne. Now, Niccoló di Angelo has to don his father's crown and take the dark mantle upon himself. He has become a god and a king of the underworld. The new lord believes he won't be capable of handling everything the realm needs -and with Hades’ seeming disappearance- Persephone, Thanatos, and even the Erinyes will be there to guide him along the steps of chthonic royalty and responsibility. Royal coronation, arranged marriage, chthonic affairs, and meetings with gods from other pantheons await the young lord. However, some chthonic deities have their vengeful eyes looming over the lost little angel."
Everytime I’m on here I find a new rarepair to absorb and it’s so wonderful. I am staring so politely with great interest.
Nikota is so soft actually like imagine Nico moves to Camp Jupiter (as he should) to be closer with Hazel and Reyna, and tho he’s the Ambassador of Pluto, he doesn’t have that much work to do since there has never been such a position before. Reyna sees him kinda bored so she asks Dakota to accompany Nico to the city, show him a little etc… like welcoming a guest.
So they have small outings, strolling on the streets… and it goes great bc surprise surprise, Nico doesn’t feel that awkward spending time with Dakota, not when he has welcomed him into the Fifth Cohort when Nico first appeared. And Dakota alr thinks Nico is insanely cool. They vibe bc they’re both weird and quirky in their own ways.
So it just goes from there.
I love how the only consistent thing about some ships with Nico I like is their kinks because I feel like they would be turned on by something really specific
Things after the cut
Nikota Headcanons for my CJ/New Rome AU
• They work together to demolish the War Games any chance they get. The power duo after Reyna + Nico.
• After exhausting work, they enjoy bathing and relaxing together in the Roman bath-houses. Rubbing each other's back always helps.
• Nico keeps bringing expensive-ass Italian wine (that he got from some random friend while shadow traveling around). They share a couple glasses over a nice dinner.
• In New Rome, Nico works part-time as a barista, while Dakota works as a bartender.
• The two lay on rooftops and watch the stars on a nice night. They tend to fall asleep on each other, hands ghosting over skin.
Dakota/Nico feels like that typical Arranged Marriage Royal trope wherein both partners have some semblance of power bc if we look into it: Dakota is a Centurion and Nico is an Ambassador/Senate who's close with 3 praetors (Jason, Reyna, Frank; 4 if you count Percy, whom I don't) and is the brother of one (Hazel).
The whole relationship reeks of nepotism and I'm here celebrating. Power couple.