*Hades POV*

After ending the call with Mal and my future son-in-law I dropped harshly onto my moth eaten dark blue couch and looked up at the ceiling. I didn't really know to feel that they had taken their time to tell me about the fact they were getting married. Married! There was a time when I would never have thought that Mal and marriage would have ever been in the same sentence; but even I couldn't lie and say that the life she now had suited her. She was finding her place in the world; and yes some of her life choices I didn't agree with – but I just wanted her to be happy.

When Mal came to see me to tell me that I was her father it was a moment of clarity for me; I always hoped that she was mine. I think deep down I knew she was mine – even though Maleficent kept denying it.

I remember when I found out that Maleficent was pregnant; I was overjoyed. I always wanted children – to follow my evil heritage. My mind then went onto the conversation that me and Maleficent had when I found out that she was expecting Mal:

*Flashback*

"What are you doing here?" Maleficent barked at me as I stepped into her living room at Bargain Castle.

"To see you" I smiled eagerly. "It's good news about the baby isn't it?" I grinned as I stood in front of her.

"You know?" she questioned in shock.

"Yes!" I nodded as I rubbed my hands together. I had overheard her minions talking about it half an hour ago as Maleficent had an outburst this morning.

"How? She spat.

"Does it matter?" I dismissed. "What matters is that we are going to have a family" I stated eagerly.

"No!" she snarled as she balled her fists up. "No we are not!" she shouted. "I don't even understand why you are here!" she snapped.

"Because it's my baby too" I advised and my face dropped as she started to laugh at me.

"No" she laughed. "Why do you think you could father my baby?" she mocked. "Look at the state of you!" she sang coolly as she slowly looked me up and down.

"So there is someone else?" I questioned darkly. Yes we never said that we were exclusive but we were close. We had an understanding – and I thought that meant something to the pair of us, apparently not!

"I don't have to answer myself to you" she answered as a smug smirk spread across her face.

"Yes you do!" I spat back.

"We are not in a relationship Hades!" she reminded me harshly. "You pathetic worm!" she snapped.

"Maleficent-" I started.

"No!" she shouted. "You are not the baby's father. You could never be!" she mocked me further.

"How?" I questioned in disbelief. "We slept tog-" I began.

"No!" she shouted cutting me off. "We had a moment of weakness" she amended. "That is all!" she decided.

"No!" I urged. "It was more than that!" I stressed. I knew it was more than that; it was more than that for the pair of us. She could tell me that it was just a moment of madness but I knew that in that moment it meant a lot to her as well.

"Don't you dare!" she warned me. "Don't you dare speak like that!" she roared as she took a step backwards. "You are nothing to me. Nothing to this baby!" she chanted. "Believe me! You are not the father!" she shouted at me! "So get out!" she continued to shout. "And don't let the door hit you on the way out!" she mocked for the final time before I turned and left, with my heart breaking and burning in pain.

After my conversation with Maleficent I went on a little bit of a downward spiral; I did a lot of reckless things. I spent most of Maleficent's pregnancy drunk; and one night I got drunk with Anastasia Tremaine and we had a one night stand that resulted in Hadie. Yes that was quite a dark period in my life; but I wouldn't change it - as it had brought me my perfect blue haired and blue eyed boy.

I had a rough idea when I knew that Maleficent was going to go into labour so I decided to try and stay sober after my night with Tremaine. Maleficent may have claimed that I wasn't her father but I knew otherwise – and I wanted to prove this. So when I had found out that Mal had been born I went to Bargain Castle to see them both; Maleficent even let me hold Mal. She told me that she had named her after herself; which I thought was very pretentious of her. But she told me that it was a rite of passage in her family; that Mal was going to have to prove her evil heritage to be able to have her full name.

It was at this point I then broached the topic of her paternity and Maleficent quickly snatched Mal from me and told me to go. She told me that she stood by what she told me all those months ago – I wasn't Mal's father and there was no way I could be.

After that I started watching Mal very closely as she was growing up; every time I saw her I tried to see if she had anything that linked to me. But unfortunately she was the spit of her mother; so there was no way to figure out who her father was.

All the way through Mal's life I knew deep down that he was my daughter; and I had contemplated numerous times about telling Mal but I didn't want to antagonise Maleficent. So I decided a different route.

Every now and again I made sure that I was around Mal to try and get to know her better. To see if she did take after me in anyway; I still couldn't see anything – no matter how much time I watched her from a distance.

When Mal came to see me to confirm that she was actually my daughter it didn't actually come as a surprise. I was actually glad at the fact that the truth was finally out there; but I didn't know where it left everyone involved. I wasn't a passionate father; but I did manage to spend a lot of time with Hadie.

An emotion that I wasn't used to is that I felt bad for her; she had struggled throughout her life with the fact that she didn't know who her father was. I had heard her argue many times with her mother about it. There was even a couple of times when I even thought about telling Mal; but I was met by the cold stare of Maleficent, which made me quickly change my mind. However now that we both knew that I was her father I was glad about it – as I felt that my unfinished business with Maleficent had been sorted out.

My mind then wandered onto my complicated relationship with Maleficent; I never stopped having feelings for her. And speaking to Mal made me feel driven to go and see her. Yes she annoys the living day lights out of me; but if I can build a relationship with Mal then I can do this with Maleficent; we have a long history after all.

So with this in mind I stood up and went to get my best scarf; and I threw it around my neck as I left my liar - hoping that for once Maleficent would let me in so we could start building bridges.

As I made my way over to Bargain Castle people ran out of my way; I couldn't help but let a large smirk spread across my face as they did this. Yes I wanted to change but I knew that I was never going to not love the look of fear on people's faces just by my mere presence.

I quickly crept into the back alley behind Bargain Castle and I kicked the gate open. I knew that Maleficent could probably hear me due to her hypersensitive hearing so she should expect me - even if she didn't want to see me.

It didn't take me very long to break into the back door of Bargain Castle; and I closed the door slowly and quietly behind me. As I started to slowly creep up the stairs I tried to see if I could hear where she was; and as I started to go into her living quarters I started to prepare myself for an attack. However this quickly left me when I found her lying broken and curled into a ball on the dusty floor.

"Maleficent" I muttered and I watched as her eyes slowly moved onto me and when she saw it was me she glared at me.

"Oh go away!" she snapped. "Come to gloat?" she asked coolly and sarcastically.

"No" I urged. "No I haven't" I added. "I came to see you" I advised.

"Why?" she growled. "No one does" she harshly added. "No one ever does" she grumbled and I had a sneaking suspicion that she was talking about Mal.

"Well-" I began. "You don't allow anyone to" I reminded her. "Saying that you are not the easiest person to get along with" I said as I crossed my arms over my chest.

"No!" she exclaimed. "I prefer it that way" she smiled meekly to herself.

"It looks it" I noted.

"GET OUT!" she roared.

"NO!" I shouted back. "Because you will never admit this; but me and you need each other" I urged. I needed her to see this; there was enough misery on this Isle without me and Maleficent not supporting each other.

"I don't need anyone!" she fired back.

"Oh really?" I sang sarcastically as I threw my arms up in the air dramatically. "Enjoying being curled into a ball there my lady?" I teased with a smug grin.

"What did you call me?" she glared at me as she quickly sat up.

"What you liked me to call you-" I started. "Before" I shrugged. "Well that, Mistress and Dragon" I reminded her.

"Are you here because you are horny?" she spat.

"No I am here because I think it is stupid for us to not spend time together" I answered. This was the truth; I have always had a soft spot for her. I actually missed spending time with her; and I was going to use right now as an opportunity to try and get back in her good graces. "Not just for sex" I added hinting that being intimate is something we could always revisit, if we both wanted.

"Hades we are not in love!" she reminded me harshly.

"Probably not" I agreed. "But what I think we have is close" I stated.

"We don't have anything" she pressed.

"Really?" I questioned darkly as I crossed my arms over my chest again. "Well last week when you minions came into my lair-" I started to explain. "And brought me back to you; what was all that about?" I stressed.

"I was bored" she sighed as she looked away from me.

"I know" I said. "And I thought you were going to torture me, yet you didn't" I continued. "You just sighed and released me" I finished.

"Because it is now boring to torture you" she grimaced.

"And what about what happened a few month ago when Mal started her Tour?" I enquired as I slowly and sneakily pulled my right brow up at her.

"What happened?" she questioned innocently as she grimaced at me.

"I was in the middle of a fight between me and the pirates-" I stated. "And admittedly I was losing" I added. "Yes it was a fight that I didn't even want in the first place; but to lose to them wasn't an option" I continued. "But your minions turned up at the last minute" I said as I rocked on my feet slightly.

"Did they?" she asked coolly.

"You know they did" I returned. "You sent them" I stated.

"Fine!" she sighed. "You want to hear me say it?" she snapped.

"Would be nice?" I sang.

"Even though you are pathetic-" she began. "And weak" she spat! "And we have a daughter together" she finally admitted which made a warm smile spread across my face. I had waited years to hear those words; and I couldn't lie and say that this didn't feel nice to finally be told what I already knew. "Who in case your wondering is the worst example to evil heritage" she added which broke me out of my smugness. "You are the closet thing I have ever had to a friend" she added. "Closer than Stefan" she admitted and our eyes met.

"Thank you" I muttered. "Will you let me in?" I questioned. "I'm not asking for all lovey dovey" I explained.

"I don't know if I can do that" she stated.

"Well can you at least try" I urged.

"I can" she finally decided. "But if anyone asks I will tell them that I rejected you" she advised.

"Fine" I muttered. "Now can you get up off that floor?" I asked.

"Do I have to?" she whined as she dropped her head down limply.

"No" I answered. "But honestly it is easier to talk on the couch than you lying there like a shivering wreck" I said.

"I know" she grumbled as she slowly stood up and sat down on the leather couch. "Why do you even care Hades?" she questioned bitterly as I dropped my arms from my chest and walked up to her.

"In all honesty I don't know" I admitted as I dropped onto her right hand side. "But I know that you feel the same as well" I shrugged as we both looked at each other. "And we are going to be on this infernal Island for a painful eternity, so why don't we spend some time together?" I offered. "We can sit in silence and plot revenge in silence, cause fights, riots and wars" I grinned smugly.

"You know that will delight me" she smirked meekly.

"I know" I smirked back. "I just saw a sinister glint enter your eyes" I noted and we both chuckled at each other.

"You always knew how I liked things" she replied.

"Yeah" I muttered; and we awkwardly stared at each other for a few seconds before we both looked away.

"I'm guessing Mal rang you" Maleficent muttered as she looked back over to me.

"Yes" I confirmed. "Yes she did" I added. "What do you think?" I questioned.

"I'm past caring" she shrugged. "I don't know why she felt the need to ring me; because she probably wanted you to be proud of her" I stated. "HA!" she laughed harshly. "Why would I?" she questioned sarcastically as she rolled her eyes at me. "When she has turned her back on me, you and the evil cause?" she added. "Why would I even care that she is going to get married to that pathetic waste of space King?" she growled as she balled her fists up.

"Because she is your daughter" I answered back. "Well our daughter" I amended. "And I think she wants us to be involved to a certain degree" I finished explaining.

"Whatever!" she spat back. "You wouldn't think she is our daughter, the way she turned out" she groaned as she put her head into her hands causing me to chuckle.

"What are you laughing at?" she questioned slowly and darkly and she looked up at me and I saw a dark glint enter her eyes.

"That is the first time you have admitted that she is our daughter" I replied. "Not just yours" I stated.

"Well there is no point denying it now" she sighed; and by the look on her face it was killing her making this admission - as she had spent all of Mal's life denying it.

"No" I agreed. "No there's not" I added and we fell into an awkward silence as our eyes met. She sat up straight but as she did this it made her move closer to me; I started to feel driven to get closer to her. So before I could stop myself I pushed my face forward and pressed a brief kiss against her lips. I felt her freeze; which caused me to pull away and we stared at each other. We both fell into silence as we blinked at each other a couple of times. All the time we were doing this I could see that her mind was in hyper drive; I knew that part of her was wanting to slap me but I could also see the conflict behind her eyes.

However before I could try to figure out what was on her mind she pushed her face forward and pressed her lips against mine. As I started to move my lips against hers I felt her arms slowly snake around my neck; I smiled against her lips as we both deepened the kiss. I had no idea where this was going to lead and given our history it probably was a really bad idea. But I was going to do it - as what is life without a few risks and a little bit of danger? Just the way I like it.