The Love You Deserve
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The Love You Deserve by WritinglyChallenged
Fandoms: Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games)
05 Nov 2025
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Zagreus hadn’t noticed the soft pink tint to his skin as he emerged from the Styx. He hadn’t noticed the eyes of the shades all turning to him, as if fixated. He definitely noticed when Achilles walked right up to him and grabbed his arm.
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- Part 5 of Nonconvember 2025
- Part 3 of Explicit (NCV 2025)
- Part 1 of The Love You Deserve
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Zagreus didn’t really feel clean even after Hades had gently washed him, leaving no trace of what Aphrodite’s boon had done.
(Direct sequel to "The Love You Deserve")
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- Part 25 of Nonconvember 2025
- Part 11 of Aftermath (NCV 2025)
- Part 2 of The Love You Deserve
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The system worked. Zagreus, once he felt well enough to try again, saw neither boon nor blessing from Aphrodite. Shades would wave him one way or another, and he would listen. The boons offered from the other gods were all ones he recognized.
The first time he emerged from the Styx after a failed attempt, he was greeted by a heart-stopping moment of silence, and then a lot of deliberate conversations and absolutely no eye contact. Hypnos waved him in with a stuttering motion like he wasn’t sure he wanted Zagreus to see it. Achilles kept his head bowed, bending it deeper when Zagreus passed. Thanatos shifted awkwardly from foot to foot in such an out-of-character way that Zagreus wanted to scream at him.
(Sequel to "Still Here" and "The Love You Deserve", which all really ought to be in one story.)
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- Part 29 of Nonconvember 2025
- Part 12 of Aftermath (NCV 2025)
- Part 3 of The Love You Deserve
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Didn't Know I Had to Stay the Same by WritinglyChallenged
Fandoms: Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games)
15 Jan 2026
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Zagreus’ next fight with Hades was… hard. And not in the way he was expecting.
(Part 4 of "The Love You Deserve")
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- Part 8 of Whumpuary 2026
- Part 4 of The Love You Deserve
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It took Zagreus a few days to feel up to trying to reach the surface again. After the revelation that he was truly, genuinely trapped… he’d needed time to think.
So, he’d convinced Achilles to join him for a spar. And then another. And a few more after that.
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- Part 5 of The Love You Deserve
- Part 7 of April is the Cruelest Month 2026
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Unclench Your Fists by WritinglyChallenged
Fandoms: Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games)
21 Jun 2026
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Zagreus knew he couldn’t just let his half of his family go after the other half, no matter how he felt about his Olympian relatives at the moment. He knew what the Olympian gods could do without fear of reprisal, and he knew how dangerous his chthonic family could be if they felt the need.
He had to stop this.
Prompts: "This isn't over." | Spite | Dissociation
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- Part 6 of The Love You Deserve
- Part 21 of June of Doom 2026