A/N: Yes of course anon! I'd love to write about those two, especially from smite! Thank you for the idea starter ♡
In whistling spirits can be growth🥀☠️
Smite! Persephone x Hades
➩ Hades finally gets a day off from the battlefield and decided to spend it well. As he takes a stroll through his underworldy kingdom, trying to not be bothered by the spirits of his domain, he sees a familiar flower.
One Persephone must have created. Curiosity gets the best of him and he follows it, leading him to find persephone in a secluded corner of his realm. What was she doing there?
Hades, the god of the underworld, had decided on taking a stroll through the shadowed corridors of his realm.
Relieved to have a moment of peace from the usual battles and disputes he had to endure up above the underworld with the other gods and the many different pantheons.
He felt himself even get a headache just imagining what they could be up to at that moment. At least he was not involved.
The echoes of the lost souls whispered around him as he floated along his dark halls, with dimly lit candles upon the wall so he was able to navigate where he was going.
Was all the god heard, weak and faint voices, before he swiftly moves his hand in a gesture to shoo the spirits away.
Ignoring them as it was practically his day off.
"Not now, my people..take it up with Thanatos. He'll surely help you guys!"
But before the spirits could continue to nag their ruler or Hades, push further responsibility onto Thanatos.
A peculiar sound caught Hades's attention!
He turned around to find a row of eerie, whistling pink flowers with skulls nestled in the centre of their petals.
A faint smirk played on Hades' lips as he recognized them right away, the touch of his wife, Persephone had been here.
Intrigued, Hades followed the unusual trail of these particular blooms. The path led him to a secluded corner of the underworld, one he swore he didn't have.
Where Hades soom found Persephone, calmly tending to her morbidly charming garden. A strange unknown light source shines from above and down on her.
Making the moment Hades lays his eyes on her even more magical, than the first time he had seen his beautiful wife.
Persephone looked up with a mischievous glint in her own eyes, her red plump lips curving into a playful smile.
This causes the God of the dead, once he realized her gaze was on him, to gulp, his blush spreading across his face slightly. Hades's heart pounding hard in his chest.
"Hades, my love, fancy a stroll through my garden of the dead?"
Hades raises an eyebrow, his stoic demeanour slightly softened by the unexpected invitation, as well for his genuine love for love.
So this is what it was, a garden of the dead. Once an area Hades's hadn't known about until Persephone turned it into something rather nice.
"What mischief have you been up to now, my dear Persephone? This is the underworld..not a forest."
Hades cracks a small pun to calm his nerves which he was very good at masking at times.
Just like he had hoped the redheaded goddess laughs, elegantly covering her mouth with her long & pale hand.
"Just adding a touch of life to the afterlife isn't that bad now, is it. Care to join me in some gardening husband?"
Hades, surprised and very much intrigued by the offer, reluctantly nodded in agreement.
He approaches his wife closer, floating over to her before slowly touching the cold, yet strangely grassy ground.
This was her doing for sure!
Hades stares at Persephone rather clueless, like a lost puppy.
Unsure of what he was supposed to do now, as he had never planted anything in his life before. All this causing Persephone's heart to skip a beat and almost melt into pieces.
To be a ruler of the underworld, Hades was usually so fierce looking and cold, not exactly the ideal person you'd approach at first sight.
But he really was just a naive big silly dog at heart! The goddess was convinced.
Persephone, as a start hands Hades a skeletal bloom of her creation, and they're set to start working.
"Listen Hades, it's simple! Just dig in the ground and place it gently in.."
However, Hades, despite following persephone's instructions, fumbled with the delicate task. Somehow failing miserably with it.
"This is not my domain, Persephone. I rule over the dead, not flowers.."
Hades sighs, feeling defeated, watching the bloom of persephone's creation whistle away to nothing but just the skull.
Persephone chuckled lightly again, actually taking pity on her husband and appreciating his best efforts.
"Fear not, my love. Gardening is an art, even in the realm of the dead. Allow me to show you the way once more."
With a detirmend glimmer in her eyes, one she knew would bring Hades's spirit back up again.
Persephone gently took Hades' cold dark hands and guided him in the intricate dance of planting, as well as nurturing.
Hades, surprisingly compliant, followed her lead like an eager apprentice.
His eyes watched in awe at what they were able to do together as a team!
"See, it's all about gentleness and patience. The dead can bloom just as beautifully as the living~"
Hades, caught up in the unexpected joy of the moment, found himself smiling.
"You're so right, sweetling! Thank you!!"
Together, they transformed the once lonesome and desolate corner of the underworld into a garden that gave the underworld a glimpse of life.
As they worked side by side, Persephone couldn't help but appreciate the rare moments of warmth and connection with her beloved Hades.
Even in the depths of the underworld, where the winters were the coldest!
