Golden

The first time they met was an accident.

It was just after midday and Persephone had wandered off to play in the fields surrounding Demeter's temple. She was admiring the flowers and listening to the birds when she noticed something strange about a patch of tall grass in the distance. Going to investigate she went beyond the set perimeter of Demeter's land into another's. Upon reaching the site she pushed the grass aside to peer in. Personage gasped when she saw that the disturbance was sleeping man. Quickly, fearing the man was dead or sick, she bent down and placed her hand on his forehead to check that he was okay. Feeling that he did not have a fever and still had his pulse, she removed her hand and sat next him. She studied his face and immediately her eyes focused on dark scarring on the right side of his face. It was 2 lines of twisty, jagged scar tissue, one falling over his eye down to the corner of his mouth and the other just behind. But they didn't look recent and Persephone decided they really didn't bother her so she moved on to other parts of him.

The man's face was long and sturdy looking with an equally long and straight nose. He had very short dark brown hair even with bright sun and thick eyebrows set in a straight line. His clothes were even darker than his hair, a high collared tunic, trousers, boots, and a long cape clipped onto his shoulders. All the black and grays gave him a sense of seriousness and duty. And Persephone for some reason couldn't decide whether the man was young or old. He seemed to age in different light.

But with a final look, Persephone deemed him to be a handsome man. She glanced at his sleeping face again and a mischievous grin appeared on her face...

Hades had gone to the surface that day to take a break from all the stress he'd been feeling lately. He thought a quick trip in the sun and fresh air would do him some good. After a short meandering around his land, he decided to sit among the tall grasses. It was so peaceful, the wind gently blowing through the grass and trees, some faraway birds were singing, and best of all there was no-one here to bother him. Hades smiled and laid back in grass. Back in the underworld he had to constantly deal with the souls and servants following him around, asking the same questions over and over. Hades frowned, it was always, 'why are we here?' or 'why can't I go home?' They always want to leave. Hades personally loved the underworld, it's vastness and uniqueness intrigued him. He couldn't understand why anyone would want to leave when there were millions of caves and secret passageways, or when there are so many new and strange plants and flowers to discover. But he knew not everyone got the same freedom as he did in the underworld.

Hades sighed and closed his eyes. Thinking about all his favorite places to visit and explore, he soon fell asleep in the grass. All the nights he had missed in the past couple months took over and he found himself in a quiet dreamless slumber. He was awakened after a couple hours by giggling. Confused, Hades scrunched his eyebrows together and frowned. The giggling stopped and he opened his eyes to see what exactly was going on and when he did his breathing halted. Before him sat the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. She was absolutely golden. Her long wavy hair shone and Hades couldn't quite tell if it was blonde or red because of the sun behind her which also created a halo surrounding her figure. Her small, thin body was covered with a light wispy dress. The whiteness of the dress contrasted with her tan skin which also glowed in the light. His eyes made their way up to her face, and oh how lovely it was! But unfortunately he couldn't see all of it because she had both of her small hands covering her mouth to from laughing.

Hades looked at her confused again. 'Why is she laughing?' He thought, 'is she laughing at me? Is they something on me?' He quickly sat up and flowers of every shape, size, and keep color tumbled down his chest and shoulders into his lap. Looking even more confused, Hades saw that he was surrounded by flowers carefully placed in patterns and sorts.

He turned back towards the woman who now removed her hands and Hades could see a wide grin across her face. Hades couldn't help it and soon he to was laughing along with the mystery woman.

"Did you-" Hades started to say but was cut off by another voice far off in the distance.

"Persephone." It called, and the woman turned and stood up in a hurry.

"Wait!" Hades tried to stop her but she was already running to the voice in a flurry of white skits and gold hair.

"Persephone," Hades whispered to himself. He sighed and flopped back down among the flowers. "Persephone," he whispered again. Oh boy was he smitten.

A/N: Hei everyone! This is my first story and I hope you liked it! I will try to post more chapters soon! Kiitos! -KuumaPeruna