Prompt 1: Now I really want Hades to meet Anubis. Like, so much.

Prompt 2: Because of this story, I wish to see Nico, Anubis, and Hades all together for family dinner. Mmhmm. Nico cooks delicious Italian, Anubis sets the table, Hades brings wine and glowers at his son's choice.

Anubis feeling slightly nervous was an understatement. He felt extremely nervous, to the point where his hands were slightly sweaty, and let's just say that doesn't happen often.

He had good reason for being nervous, though. After all, he was going to meet the father of his boyfriend, whom he'd been dating for almost a year. Who knew what would happen? The worst scenario would probably be Hades finding him revolting and placing a universal restraining order on him. Being with Nico for so long had made him extremely vary of losing him, almost to the point where he wasn't able to do his job properly because he was worrying so much.

A voice shook him out of his stupor, "Hey."

He started slightly and glanced over at Nico, who was standing by his side, ready to shadow travel them to the Underworld.

The demigod put his hand on Anubis' forearm, smiling at the god.

"Don't worry. He won't banish you or anything. I'm sure it'll be alright," Nico said, his hand sliding down to intertwine their fingers.

Anubis inhaled deeply and squeezed the other's fingers. He leaned over and buried his face into the demigod's neck, breathing in his earthy scent. Nico always complained about smelling like sulfur, but to Anubis, it only smelled like soil and home.

"What if he hates me? I really don't want him to hate me for being with you."

Nico scoffed, bringing his other hand up to lift Anubis' face, "He won't hate you, okay? And even if he did, he wouldn't be able to stop me from seeing you."

The god smiled and nuzzled into the other's hand, "Yeah. We'll just have to see how it goes, huh?"

"Yeah."

And with that, they were on their way.


Anubis stood in the entrance hall of Hades' palace in the Underworld, feeling very out of place. He'd not yet met the god of the Underworld, Nico had gone to talk to his father first. He could hear the all but low voices of Hades and the demigod speaking in the room to his right.

"You brought a god into my house?!" the dark, booming voice, presumably Hades, spoke.

"Will you please keep your voice down, father?" the voice of Nico hissed. "That god is my boyfriend, so, yes, I brought him here, as you asked."

"Your boyfriend is a god, you say?! By Tartarus, why have you not uttered a word of this before?!"

"Because I knew that if I told you, you'd never permit me to be with him. And you'd have never let me introduce him to you." Nico's voice was surprisingly calm, but Anubis could hear the slightly nervous tremble in his voice.

They were both quiet for a moment before Hades spoke up again, his tone now much more controlled and calm, but still stern and grave, "Very well. I shall see this boyfriend of yours and deem him worthy of you or not."

"Thank you father," Nico said, relief evident in his voice.

Anubis heard them approach and straitened his back, raising his head. The two entered the hall from the door to his right, stepping into the dim light.

Anubis' first impression of Hades was that the god was tall and stern. He had a large, black robe covering his body, where faces of despair floated in and out of the fabric. He was by all means dark and mighty and carried an air of superiority, as well as an otherworldly grace only gods possessed.

A look of brief surprise crossed his face as his eyes met Anubis, but it lasted only half a second before disappearing.

"Anubis, what a surprise," hos voice drawled, as if dragging the words along the ground.

"My lord Hades, it has been some time," Anubis replied, bowing deeply to the other god.

"What, you already know each other?" Nico said. "Oh, well, I guess it's not that surprising."

He came to stand next to Anubis and smiled at him before turning to his father again, "Father, this is my boyfriend, Anubis."

Hades scowled the moment 'boyfriend' passed his son's lips and he pursed his lips, "Yes. I am aware that he is your boyfriend, son."

Anubis felt like sinking into the earth.

"Great, now that we're all properly introduced, we can eat," Nico said, seemingly ignoring the thick atmosphere.

Hades didn't take his eyes off Anubis, "Yes, let us eat."

Nico led on out of the hall and Anubis followed behind, making sure not to walk too close, as Hades was burning holes in his back.

They entered a room, which Anubis presumed was the dining-room, where food was spread out on the table.

Nico gestured to the various dishes, speaking as he went, "For starters, I've made Involtini. The main dish is Italian minestrone soup, and for dessert we have Panforte."

Anubis stared at him, amazed, "You made this?"

Nico smiled, "Yes."

The Egyptian god smiled back and sat down as Nico ushered him down into a chair.

"I thank you for preparing this meal, son. I have taken the liberty of bringing a wine. And I can assure you that Dionysus had nothing to do with it," Hades said, producing a bottle of red wine which he sat down beside the main dish. He then took his place, seating himself at the end of the rather long table, Nico and Anubis sitting across from one another at either side of the table.

"Now, as you youngsters say, 'dig in'."

They all did so, each taking an involtini. Anubis placed the roll in his mouth and chewed slowly, his tongue filling with the taste. It tasted heavenly, and as the jackal headed god was sometimes picky when it came to food, that was saying something.

"Nico, this tastes amazing."

The demigod blushed a bit and made a show of waving the compliment away, saying that it was nothing.

"No, really. This is some of the best food I've ever tasted, and I've lived five thousand years."

Nico smiled into his food and glanced at Anubis through his dark bangs, his eyes soft.

The god then felt a foot press against his under the table. Nico acted like nothing had happened and took a slow sip of wine.

Hades, who had been silent up until then, spoke up, "Anubis, do you love my son?"

Nico spluttered and stared at his father, embarrassment written on his face, "Father!"

Hades sent him a stern look, "Hush, Nico. I wish to know what he has to answer." He looked at Anubis again, his expression serious.

The Egyptian god swallowed before answering, "Yes, my lord. I do love Nico very much. I would give up my immortality if it meant I could be with him."

Nico went beet red and stared at Anubis with clear adoration, which Hades also picked up on.

"I see," the Greek god said and uttered no more words throughout the entire meal.

When they were finished eating, Nico bid his father farewell and gestured for Anubis to follow him after he'd done the same. However, Hades stopped them by announcing that he wished to have a private word with the Egyptian god.

Nico glanced at Anubis and squeezed his hand before leaving them to their talk.

Hades waited for a moment before speaking up, "Anubis, I regard you as one of the wisest Egyptian gods, very unlike your father, Set. I know for a fact that you do love my son, and as much as I hate to say it, I know he loves you too, very much, in fact, most likely more than you think." He paused. "However, if you ever so much as make him doubt your feelings for him or hurt him in any way, I will make sure you are stripped of your immortality, as well as your soul being sent to the Fields of Punishment to endure my specially designed punishment for all of eternity."

Anubis swallowed thickly, "I understand, lord Hades. I will make sure never to hurt him and to cherish him as he cherishes me."

Hades seemed satisfied with his answer and gestured for the other god to exit the room.

Anubis bowed and walked out the door.

Nico was immediately there to meet him. He hugged Anubis and dragged him through the shadows until they were standing in cabin thirteen in Camp Half-Blood.

The demigod's hands cupped the god's cheeks, gazing at him with worry, "What did he want? Did he hurt you?"

Anubis smiled at his lover, "No, he didn't hurt me, he just wanted to warn me not to ever hurt you."

Nico visibly relaxed and smiled back, yelping slightly as Anubis lifted him into the air, spinning him around.

"What're you- haha... No, stop. Put me down, Anubis."

Anubis let the other's feet touch the floor before he leaned forward to press their lips hard together, his head tilting to the side to deepen it.

Nico giggled lightly and kissed him back, his arms sliding up to cup the other's cheeks.

Anubis pulled back only to dive in again, this time with parted lips. He felt the demigod reciprocate and open his mouth to let the god's tongue in. Anubis traced Nico's tongue and explored the boy's mouth for the thousandth time, and he would do it thousand times more if he could.

He smiled as he pulled back and rested his forehead against the other's.

Nico exhaled softly, "Was it true? What you said back there?"

Anubis didn't miss a beat, "Yes. I would give up immortality to be with you." He closed the distance between them again to softly kiss his lover. "I love you, Nico," he breathed out.

Nico flushed and buried his face into Anubis' neck, breathing the words against his skin, "I love you too. So, so much."


I really enjoyed writing this, broody Hades gives me life :D Please send me more prompts, you guys :D