Fic Dump #8
I'm currently working on another large fic so I don't have much to share here BUT. There are a couple of things so HERE YOU GO?
Characters: Z/H
Content Warnings: Nerd porn
Setting: Past
Word Count: 149
If Zeus had found it hard to concentrate in lessons before, it was almost impossible now. Hera would make the simplest of movements and suddenly all his attention would be focused on her. His eye would trace her figure as she swept her robes into a comfortable arrangement to sit down. He would watch how she leaned forwards in her seat, her brow furrowed in concentration, her chin resting on her hand as the tutor stepped them through a new concept. Then she would push her hair off her face and pull it all to one side as she bent over her work, her slender neck exposed. He was particularly entranced by the way she would pause in her work and place the end of her pen in the corner of her mouth, the tip of her tongue darting over her lips as she considered the problem before her.
Characters: Zeus, Hera, Demeter, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Rhea
Content Warnings: Trolling
Setting: Past, I'm imagining them about mid-teens here
Word Count: 865
Notes: I asked allie_criss for a prompt and she said "Hades and Hera starting a mini homework society but actually it consists of sniffing disapprovingly of their brothers who are making a lot of noise" and I was like omg. Must be written.
"I thought we might go over what we did last week."
"Yes, you mentioned that was somewhat confusing."
"Well, I just found he didn't exactly explain this part in particular very well."
"That's true, he was very vague about that."
"Did you understand it though?"
"I think so." Hades shuffled through the scrolls on the table. "Ah yes, here it is, I thought it was explained well here."
"Oh yes?" Hera leaned over to read. "Mm, this is quite a bit better, actually."
"Especially here, I thought that he-"
The door of the library banged open and Zeus and Poseidon sauntered in, followed by Demeter who was grinning smugly. Cerberus, lying at Hades' feet, raised one head and gave a low growl.
"Heeeeey swotty swotty swot swots!" Zeus greeted them cheerily.
Hera rolled her eyes. "Such an original and winning wit, how do you do it?"
Hades scowled. "What do you want?"
"We're allowed to be here if we want," Poseidon replied calmly.
"You have never voluntarily set foot in a library in your life," Hera sniffed.
"You're so suspicious, Hera," Demeter said lightly, waltzing over to the closest shelf and pulling out a scroll at random. "Honestly, what would Mama say if she knew you trusted us so little?" She flopped down in an armchair and unfurled the scroll.
"Not without reason," Hades snarled. "Why are you here?"
"To spend time with our lovely siblings, of course!" Zeus replied, a cocky grin plastered all over his face.
Hera laughed. "Yes, I'm sure that's precisely why you're here."
"'Tis!"
"Go away, Zeus," Hades snapped.
"Oh my us, Hades, stop trying to keep Hera all to yourself."
"Anyone would think you want to kidnap her," Demeter chipped in, not bothering to turn her scroll the right way up.
"A pair of swotty lovebirds," Poseidon nodded solemnly. Zeus laughed at this.
"Two little swotbirds, sitting in a tree~"
Hera rolled her eyes and tried to go back to her work, but Hades flushed bright red.
"We are not! You're just jealous, Zeus."
"Suuuuuuuuure," Zeus said, rolling his eyes and glancing at Hera to try and catch her reaction. Her eyebrow twitched but she said nothing.
Demeter giggled. "Why would anyone be jealous of you, Hades?"
"What's all this noise?" asked a gentle voice behind them. They turned to see Hestia standing in the door frame.
"Hey, Hes! C'mere a sec!" Zeus grabbed her hand and pulled her over in front of the table where Hades and Hera were sitting. Standing behind her he put his arms over her shoulder and made a frame with his fingers for her to look through. "Isn't that sweet?" he asked, grinning. "They're picture perfect!"
Hestia laughed good-naturedly. "They do look lovely!"
"See Hades, see?" Zeus said. "Even Hes thinks it's perfect!"
"Should we tell Mom? Are you going to get married?" Poseidon asked.
"Oh, are you going to be married, Brother?" Hestia asked, smiling. Behind them, Demeter was doubled over in her chair laughing.
"I'm not-We're not-Hes!" Hades spluttered. Hestia gave him a wide-eyed look.
"What?"
"I'm not getting married!"
"Oh, that's such a shame!"
"Yes, someone has to get through Hera's iron-locked girdle sooner or later," Poseidon sneered.
Hera slammed her pen down on the table. "Poseidon, get out."
"I'll leave if Zeus leaves."
"Well I'm not leaving, not when the view here is so nice!"
Demeter couldn't stop giggling.
Hestia looked between her siblings. "Wait wait, I'm confused. Who's getting married?"
"No-one's getting married, Hestia; Zeus was just teasing," Hera told her calmly over Zeus' laughing.
"Ohhhhh I see!" Hestia was laughing now too.
"Why are you laughing?!" Hades asked, slightly affronted.
"Oh Brother, you look so confused!" she giggled.
"She just loves seeing you so happy, Hades," Poseidon said.
"I suppose statistically someone has to," Demeter smirked.
"My oh my, what noisy children."
They all hushed immediately and looked at their mother. "What on earth are you all doing in here?"
Zeus grinned. "We're spending time together as a family!"
Rhea looked from Hades (still blushing) to Hera (glaring daggers at Poseidon) to Demeter (shaking with silent laughter) to Poseidon (assuming an innocent expression) to Hestia (with a genuinely innocent expression) and deduced in a moment that Zeus' evaluation was somewhat euphemistic.
"Is that so?" She smiled. "Well, I'm sorry to break up the fun in that case, but I need you and Hestia to help me with a small job, and there's an errand I have that I was hoping Demeter and Poseidon would be able to do for me."
"Alright!" Hestia said cheerfully and skipped over to Rhea.
Rhea looked over the rest of them. "Come on, now, you shouldn't keep your mother waiting."
Demeter stood up from the chair, slid the scroll back onto the shelf, and walked over to Rhea as well. Poseidon turned and walked out without another word. Zeus lingered a moment, glancing back at Hera.
"Come along, Zeus."
He settled for giving her a jaunty wink and following Rhea obediently out of the library.
When the door clicked shut Hera's shoulders relaxed and the blush finally drained from Hades' face.
"Now," he said gruffly, "where were we up to?"
Characters: Z/H
Content Warnings: Nerd porn
Setting: Past
Word Count: 149
If Zeus had found it hard to concentrate in lessons before, it was almost impossible now. Hera would make the simplest of movements and suddenly all his attention would be focused on her. His eye would trace her figure as she swept her robes into a comfortable arrangement to sit down. He would watch how she leaned forwards in her seat, her brow furrowed in concentration, her chin resting on her hand as the tutor stepped them through a new concept. Then she would push her hair off her face and pull it all to one side as she bent over her work, her slender neck exposed. He was particularly entranced by the way she would pause in her work and place the end of her pen in the corner of her mouth, the tip of her tongue darting over her lips as she considered the problem before her.
Characters: Zeus, Hera, Demeter, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Rhea
Content Warnings: Trolling
Setting: Past, I'm imagining them about mid-teens here
Word Count: 865
Notes: I asked allie_criss for a prompt and she said "Hades and Hera starting a mini homework society but actually it consists of sniffing disapprovingly of their brothers who are making a lot of noise" and I was like omg. Must be written.
"I thought we might go over what we did last week."
"Yes, you mentioned that was somewhat confusing."
"Well, I just found he didn't exactly explain this part in particular very well."
"That's true, he was very vague about that."
"Did you understand it though?"
"I think so." Hades shuffled through the scrolls on the table. "Ah yes, here it is, I thought it was explained well here."
"Oh yes?" Hera leaned over to read. "Mm, this is quite a bit better, actually."
"Especially here, I thought that he-"
The door of the library banged open and Zeus and Poseidon sauntered in, followed by Demeter who was grinning smugly. Cerberus, lying at Hades' feet, raised one head and gave a low growl.
"Heeeeey swotty swotty swot swots!" Zeus greeted them cheerily.
Hera rolled her eyes. "Such an original and winning wit, how do you do it?"
Hades scowled. "What do you want?"
"We're allowed to be here if we want," Poseidon replied calmly.
"You have never voluntarily set foot in a library in your life," Hera sniffed.
"You're so suspicious, Hera," Demeter said lightly, waltzing over to the closest shelf and pulling out a scroll at random. "Honestly, what would Mama say if she knew you trusted us so little?" She flopped down in an armchair and unfurled the scroll.
"Not without reason," Hades snarled. "Why are you here?"
"To spend time with our lovely siblings, of course!" Zeus replied, a cocky grin plastered all over his face.
Hera laughed. "Yes, I'm sure that's precisely why you're here."
"'Tis!"
"Go away, Zeus," Hades snapped.
"Oh my us, Hades, stop trying to keep Hera all to yourself."
"Anyone would think you want to kidnap her," Demeter chipped in, not bothering to turn her scroll the right way up.
"A pair of swotty lovebirds," Poseidon nodded solemnly. Zeus laughed at this.
"Two little swotbirds, sitting in a tree~"
Hera rolled her eyes and tried to go back to her work, but Hades flushed bright red.
"We are not! You're just jealous, Zeus."
"Suuuuuuuuure," Zeus said, rolling his eyes and glancing at Hera to try and catch her reaction. Her eyebrow twitched but she said nothing.
Demeter giggled. "Why would anyone be jealous of you, Hades?"
"What's all this noise?" asked a gentle voice behind them. They turned to see Hestia standing in the door frame.
"Hey, Hes! C'mere a sec!" Zeus grabbed her hand and pulled her over in front of the table where Hades and Hera were sitting. Standing behind her he put his arms over her shoulder and made a frame with his fingers for her to look through. "Isn't that sweet?" he asked, grinning. "They're picture perfect!"
Hestia laughed good-naturedly. "They do look lovely!"
"See Hades, see?" Zeus said. "Even Hes thinks it's perfect!"
"Should we tell Mom? Are you going to get married?" Poseidon asked.
"Oh, are you going to be married, Brother?" Hestia asked, smiling. Behind them, Demeter was doubled over in her chair laughing.
"I'm not-We're not-Hes!" Hades spluttered. Hestia gave him a wide-eyed look.
"What?"
"I'm not getting married!"
"Oh, that's such a shame!"
"Yes, someone has to get through Hera's iron-locked girdle sooner or later," Poseidon sneered.
Hera slammed her pen down on the table. "Poseidon, get out."
"I'll leave if Zeus leaves."
"Well I'm not leaving, not when the view here is so nice!"
Demeter couldn't stop giggling.
Hestia looked between her siblings. "Wait wait, I'm confused. Who's getting married?"
"No-one's getting married, Hestia; Zeus was just teasing," Hera told her calmly over Zeus' laughing.
"Ohhhhh I see!" Hestia was laughing now too.
"Why are you laughing?!" Hades asked, slightly affronted.
"Oh Brother, you look so confused!" she giggled.
"She just loves seeing you so happy, Hades," Poseidon said.
"I suppose statistically someone has to," Demeter smirked.
"My oh my, what noisy children."
They all hushed immediately and looked at their mother. "What on earth are you all doing in here?"
Zeus grinned. "We're spending time together as a family!"
Rhea looked from Hades (still blushing) to Hera (glaring daggers at Poseidon) to Demeter (shaking with silent laughter) to Poseidon (assuming an innocent expression) to Hestia (with a genuinely innocent expression) and deduced in a moment that Zeus' evaluation was somewhat euphemistic.
"Is that so?" She smiled. "Well, I'm sorry to break up the fun in that case, but I need you and Hestia to help me with a small job, and there's an errand I have that I was hoping Demeter and Poseidon would be able to do for me."
"Alright!" Hestia said cheerfully and skipped over to Rhea.
Rhea looked over the rest of them. "Come on, now, you shouldn't keep your mother waiting."
Demeter stood up from the chair, slid the scroll back onto the shelf, and walked over to Rhea as well. Poseidon turned and walked out without another word. Zeus lingered a moment, glancing back at Hera.
"Come along, Zeus."
He settled for giving her a jaunty wink and following Rhea obediently out of the library.
When the door clicked shut Hera's shoulders relaxed and the blush finally drained from Hades' face.
"Now," he said gruffly, "where were we up to?"