Unfortunately for Hythlodaeus, Hades has had ample time to grow used to giving and receiving public affection. He lets himself relax into the hand cupping his face, time and aught else fading to obscurity as quiet bliss suffuses him.
...Only to be interrupted by their waiter.
Hades leans back with a lot less fluster but spots of pink remain in his cheeks. He takes a sip of coffee after the server has gone, feeling unsettled but pleased with himself.
"Perhaps not, but I shall count it as a small victory all the same, 'Daeus," he says, smiling indulgently over the rim of his mug. "You are some several thousand years behind me now. I do hope you'll catch up quickly else this game might grow stale."
at this rate, they're going to jump each other at the hotel
...Only to be interrupted by their waiter.
Hades leans back with a lot less fluster but spots of pink remain in his cheeks. He takes a sip of coffee after the server has gone, feeling unsettled but pleased with himself.
"Perhaps not, but I shall count it as a small victory all the same, 'Daeus," he says, smiling indulgently over the rim of his mug. "You are some several thousand years behind me now. I do hope you'll catch up quickly else this game might grow stale."