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   The Painful Way by heartsayshello95

   Fandoms: Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   27 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Zagreus (Hades Video Game)/Reader
   • Zagreus (Hades Video Game)
   • Thanatos (Hades Video Game)
   • Hades (Hades Video Game)
   • Persephone (Hades Video Game)
   • Nyx (Hades Video Game)
   • Chaos (Hades Video Game)
   • Hypnos (Hades Video Game)
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Minor Hades II Spoilers
   • Eventual Smut
   • Eventual Romance
   • Reader-Insert
   • Zagreus Dies (a lot)
   • POV Zagreus (Hades Video Game)
   • Zagreus might be a masochist
   • no beta we die like men
   • Female Reader-Insert
   • Post hades II
   • Slow Burn
   • Greek Mythology - Freeform
   • creative liberties are taken
   • Don’t squint too hard
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Character Study
   • Slight Canon Divergence

   Summary

   A witch stitched in gold meets a prince who won’t stay dead.

   Zagreus, through no fault of his own, has severely neglected his duties and now finds you living in his mother’s cottage. You kill him, repeatedly, and he can’t stop thinking about you.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   43,013

   Chapters:

   18/?

   Comments:

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