#I think I remember Themis being a highschool

[persephones-wren]

Two Slow Dancers (Marius von Hagen x Reader)

Wrote this for a friend yesterday night, they’re on vacation and had a long night of driving, but I thought I’d post it here because why not :) I’m going to try and get into writing Tears of Themis, so feel free to request anything!

Warnings: none that I can think of

Genre: angst, slight fluff? (songfic, Two Slow Dancers by Mitski)

Word Count: 1159

It’s your last dance of the night, together, at his house, right before you both head out to university.

Does it smell like a school gymnasium in here?

You laugh at the opening line, but tears still blur your eyes as you look up at him, his one hand on your waist and the other interlocked with your hand. You both twirl slowly, and he can only watch helplessly as you wipe your tears away, before joining your hands together again.

It’s funny how they’re all the same

It’s funny how you always remember

And we’ve both done it all a hundred times before

It’s funny how I forgot

Funny how you had forgotten how painful loving and leaving was going to be.

He’s wealthy, you aren’t. He’s going to be leaving for Florence, and you’re going to stay in Stellis, hoping to be whatever you can make of yourself. He’s going to leave you for his business, for Pax, for the public eye, and you’re going to stay hidden in the shadows, just another high-school love long forgotten.

The song continues, and you can hear him singing quietly along to the song. You join in, and occasionally your voice breaks, but you manage to continue on with him. His eyes are piercing, and you don’t dare to see if he’s crying with you.

You don’t think your heart could take it.

It would be a hundred times easier

If we were young again

It would be easier to enjoy his presence when you were both younger, shared kisses under the moonlight, toys won at the arcade, but he’s leaving you, this is your last time together. If only you were young again. You’d cherish every little moment just a tiny bit more.

But as it is, and it is

We’re just two slow dancers, last ones out

We’re two slow dancers, last ones out

The song ends.

You’re both standing there, unsure what to say.

Your eyes are both wet. You’re both quiet. You both don’t want to leave.

“I’m sorry,” he whispers.

“Me too. But it’s okay,” you whisper back.

It's not okay. You’re both not going to be okay. An unspoken I love you is shared, and a brief kiss.

It feels cold. It feels like goodbye.

It is goodbye.

…

Your heart may be shattering as you see him across the room.

It was a work party, a party to celebrate the five year anniversary of Themis Law Firm. You had only been working there around two years, but you didn’t know that he was going to attend. Why would he attend?

Your coworker, you realize, bashing yourself for not realizing sooner. Rosa Hua. She had helped defend him in a case. He’s here to celebrate her success.

You turn away and try to hide somewhere else, try to surround yourself with people to ignore the pounding in your heart. Does he know you’re here? Has he seen the guest list? Does he want to talk to you? Does he want nothing to do with you? He had the perfect opportunity with Rosa, and he hadn’t noticed you yet. You could slip away, find somewhere to calm your racing heart, find somewhere else to reflect on your relationship with Marius.

His eyes catch yours across the room, and you can see the same look of surprise before you’re turning and almost running in your heels to talk to Celestine, eagerly muttering some excuse about how you needed to go and that you felt sick. She gave you a questioning, but sympathetic look, and then you’re out the door and into the garden of the building.

The night is cold, and it helps clear your mind from whatever leftover feelings you still had for him. Your feet are aching from heels and you’re thinking of a way to approach him, but you're now worlds apart. He is Marius von Hagen of Pax. You are Y/N L/N of Themis Law Firm. There is no other reason for you to know each other, besides Rosa.

Perhaps a new introduction is needed. You’ve both changed. Maybe- you’re both different people now, too.

Footsteps from dress shoes click behind you, and you speak before you turn around to face your other boss.

“Mr. Wing, I’m sorry, I-”

“I’m not Artem.”

His voice. Oh god, it’s him. Of course he’d notice that you’d run out. Of course he would.

You’re frozen in place. You don’t want to turn around, don’t want to see him, don’t want to talk to him like your past never existed.

Still, you force yourself to pretend anyway.

You plaster a business smile to your face and look at him up and down. “Hi, I’m Y/N L/N from Themis Law Firm. Is there anything I can do to help you?”

“It is you,” he muttered to himself slowly. A smile breaks over his face. “How have you-”

“I don’t believe we’ve met.”

And the ground has been slowly pulling us back down

You see it on both our skin

We get a few years and then it wants us back

Together, now you’re both standing still, eyes on each other, once again unsure what to do. You both feel rooted in place. You want to take back what you said, you know him, but do you? Does he still know you? You’re feet away, yet millions of miles apart. His genuine smile falters, and then it’s a grin, back to the playboy style the magazines swooned over.

“Right. Sorry. I’m Marius von Hagen from Pax. I’d like to request that we have a dance. Just one.” Like we were in highschool, the words go unspoken, but you can hear them anyway.

“I don’t think I can do that,” you smile apologetically. You can’t handle your heart being broken again. You can’t be together. You can’t do this.

“Please?”

You can’t refuse.

“Just one.”

It would be a hundred times easier

If we were young again

But as it is

And it is

His hands easily find your waist and your other hand, just as they used to. There’s no music, but again, he’s humming softly again, the moon hanging over both of you. You’re spinning and twirling quietly, and now you’re both humming, small, solemn smiles painting your faces.

“Do you remember this song?” he asks, as he dips you down. “Yeah, I do,” you answer quietly.

“It feels like worlds ago.”

It’s nostalgic, and the memory of your last dance still resurfaces painfully, but there’s something new about the way he’s dancing with you. It’s not goodbye anymore. Is it possible to start anew? Together?

“To think that we could stay the same,” he sings quietly.

“To think that we could stay the same,” you sing back.

To think that we could stay the same

But we’re two slow dancers, last ones out

We’re two slow dancers, last one out

Two slow dancers, last ones out

[specsforwoo]

Son of Lachesis | Demigod!Jung Jaehyun

Parent Deity: Lachesis (Goddes of the String of Life; the Second Fate)

Allegiance: Hades

Dark Humor was a thing

He probably picked it up from his dad

His dad was this super successful thriller author

So they had this huge penthouse in New York but Jaehyun was your normal edgy emo teenager

He claimed to hate his life, hate his family, hate his friends

But like, his dad wasn’t bothered by it???

At first Jaehyun thought it was because his dad just didn’t care about him

But then he started to realize that his dad was the same way

He would rather disparage himself in the name of humor than anything else

It was more of a coping technique but oh well

And for some reason, Jaehyun’s senior year of highschool, he moved to Korea

Still doesn’t know why tbh

Something about his dad telling him that it was safer for their family to be closer together

But like his family only comprised of himself and his dad

And his beagle Chu-Chu but that’s it

As far as he knew, he didn’t have any family in Korea

But surprisingly, he fit in well

His last year of high school went by quickly

And soon he was accepted into the medical examiner’s program @ KAIST

What?

He felt more comfortable around cadavers than live humans

It wasn’t weird he just had hella social anxiety

He had a real gift for it too

He could just look at a body and be able to tell how they died

He was oddly able to tell how long ago they died too

He was actually starting to get creeped out by it

So he started talking to the only person he could ever confide in

His dad

It was a long weekend off of uni

And the Friday before he got into a huge argument with his toxicology professor about the substance that one man ingested that led to his death

His professor swore it was Croton tiglium

And he doesn’t know why but something in his gut was screaming that the diagnosis was wrong

So what did he do?

He stole the toxicology report to review it

And he barged into his professor’s office claiming it was actually Daphne mezereum

What scared him the most was that he could swear the man who was lying helplessly on the table was the one who told him what the poison was

So back to his dad’s apartment

Jaehyun was in tears explaining what had been going on to his dad

And sure his dad was the one to lighten up any room he could

But his dad just laughed

And for the first time he actually felt like he was going crazy

He thought that if anyone would be able to help him understand it would be his dad

I mean what was that Ph.D in psychology hanging on the wall for then

But his dad placed a hand on his shoulder and talked to him very calmly.

I think it’s time that you met your mother.

Sniffing, he looked up

I thought she had been dead since I was a baby.

Sorta…

How can someone be ‘sorta’ dead?

She’s more like… undead?

Suddenly a gray smoke started swarming around his feet.

And a young woman, dressed in black with a rose in her hair appeared behind his dad

Jaehyun almost screamed

Dear, Many people are in need to relief so why are you calling me up?

She spoke and her voice was as light of as the mist swirling around her feet

She looked up and made eye contact with Jaehyun

Dear, you know how dangerous it is for them to meet their other parents… why is he here?

She didn’t break eye contact with Jaehyun as she spoke to his father

It’s time he knew. Maybe Taeyong or Yuta could help him? They’ve been through this before.

The anxiety and stress was piling up on Jaehyun until he couldn’t stand it anymore

Knew what? Who is this? Why is our apartment filling with smoke? What have Taeyong and Yuta been through before?

You are a demigod Jaehyun. The woman spoke up, inching closer to his side.

My son, the son of Lacheses.

Lacheses…. The goddess of the string of fate.

I’m the son of a death goddess.

He burst out laughing

He couldn’t tell if it was from shock or denial

Everything made sense

His ominous ability to tell how people died

How long they would live for

So you are telling me Taeyong and Yuta are demigods too?

He looked between his mother and father

Yes, sons of Themis and Bia, respectively of course.

So that summer Jaehyun ended up going to camp with Taeyong

He didn’t feel that comfortable in the Hades cabin, and ended up rooming with Sicheng in the Achelios cabin instead

He also tended to help out with medical care when super dangerous competitions were taking place

If he remembered correctly, Sicheng asked him to because your weird ass ability to tell how long people have to live comes in handy so I can override it.

He said it with all smile on his face too, like people thought Jae was creepy

He is still actively attending uni, still the top student is his toxicology class, despite his prof throwing the hardest cases his way

HE EVEN GOT AN INTERNSHIP AT THE POLICE STATION YAY JAEHYUN

But camp is his life now

He never knew what he would have done if he didn’t have the support system that he did because of it

Yuta is his best friend

Partly because they are apparently first cousins

But also because they just mesh really well together

Whenever Yuta is fighting or practicing

He is there to makes sure to call game before anyone gets fatally injured

It actually got close one time

But other than that

His life is really normal

He eats out a lot

He studies a lot less than he should

He has made lasting friendships

And he has the hugest crush in the world that he refuses to reveal

hey , you

Just tell me! You know I can keep a secret from the hyungs!

Cue Jisung pestering him as they run the track at camp

How do I know that?

Taeyong still hasn’t found out that Chenle and I sneak out every Saturday to go to the arcade and that we were the ones who broke his cat mug.

Good Point.

Sooooo?

Still not telling.

Honestly though, not like it wasn’t obvious enough

Sometimes he wonders if everyone is oblivious to him staring at the back of your head while you run rounds for Sicheng

Or how his eyes follow your figure when he spots you in a crowd

Dude has it bad

And might be a little possessive too

He saw Taeil hug you once and he refused to talk to Taeil for a week

Until Kun saw what was going on and forced them to make up

But you

Girl you might have an even bigger crush

Who knew volunteering was so fun when you got to see Jaehyun every day

Highkey only Renjun knows that you both like each other

What? Renjun knows E V E R Y T H I N G

At least he is like ‘passively’ helping Jaehyun score a date with you

And by ‘passively’ I mean he straight up walked over to you and asked you if you would want to grab dinner with Jaehyun on Thursday, something about studying for toxicology finals

And by ‘passively’ I also mean him straight up telling Jaehyun that you were going to be a the hole in the wall diner on 53rd street a 7 o’clock and if he didn’t show up he was going to kick his ass

So you both showed up

You with study materials

And him with flowers

Johnny told him that flowers were always the way to go

And Jaehyun was beyond embarrassed and confused when you looked up and saw him standing there in a button down shirt that definitely wasn’t his holding a bouquet of flowers

And you were sitting there in sweatpants and your glasses falling down the bridge of your nose

So he did what he does best

Laugh it off

Oh, these are to thank you for helping me study.

Of course, you didn’t have to get me anything though.

In his head he is sitting there cussing Renjun out while also trying to create that empathy link with Yuta so he could tell Yuta to go beat his ass

But he brushed it off and starts studying with you

Only after ordering pecan pie and hot chocolate

Because everyone needs snacks for studying

Right

But you suddenly looked up and stared him straight in the eyes

Why do you even need my help? Aren’t you like top of this class, and IDK you can talk to dead people? Just ask them what happened.

Jaehyun is back to being embarrassed and this time he can’t laugh it off

Well– ummm— you see– Renjun— I—-

Oh for Zeus’ sake can’t you just say that little twerp set us up on a date?

Well… yeah, yeah he did.

YoU — umm— you can leave if you want, I understand if you don’t like me

Why would I leave. And you shouldn’t understand because you are a great guy, of course I like you.

You gave off a cheeky smile before stealing a bite of his pie

Y’all started off really casually

Like a group date here and there, nothing alone

Something in Jaehyun told him it wasn’t going to get serious unless he made the first move

Your father was probably to blame

Zeus was known for being a little aloof when it came to love

But Jaehyun

God Jaehyun had no guts whatsoever

Not until his best friend from New York came to town

Jameson had come to visit over his own spring break, claiming he wanted to see why Korea was so special and “Jeff” as he knew him, never returned to the US

And Jaehyun had taken you with him to the airport, better than dragging along Jeno or Jungwoo, who for some reason was terrified of planes themselves, and Yuta was out of town for a competition and Johnny was still passed out from last night’s party

And when Jameson stepped off the plane, he came barrelling towards Jaehyun, screaming JEFFFFFFERRRRRYYYYY as loud as he could and tackled him into a hug.

After that he began speaking in English a mile a minute

To say you were a deer caught in the headlights was an understatement

Jaehyun obviously wasn’t fazed, he was able to talk back to Jameson at the same speed, not even stuttering

So you felt kinda lost, shrinking away from the boistering boys, opting instead to starting rolling his friend’s luggage to the car

Jaehyun caught wind of your suddenly shy personality and cut off his friend to instead walk over to you

In a much calmer voice, and this time in a language you were actually able to understand, Jaehyun asked if you wanted to be introduced to his friend

You nodded and Jaehyun grabbed your wrist before shutting the trunk of the car.

Pulling you back over, Jaehyun spoke in English again

You could barely make out something along the lines of This is my friend, Y/N, daughter of Zeus.

You gave a small wave and bowed, hoping he wouldn’t speak to you directly, prompting you to speak in your broken tongue.

Just a friend, or something more? Jameson smirked at Jaehyun before looking back over at you

A friend that you can’t have. You couldn’t really understand what Jaehyun said but you could tell that whatever was said, he wasn’t happy about his friend’s comment.

After that you all got into the car where Jaehyun made you sit in the front seat, holding your wrist the entire time, in obvious view of Jameson

Things died down for a while and it went back to the usual

You were still on the track team (more like Pegasus Racing team but whatever)

And Jae came to cheer you on at every game

And Jae was still top of his classes @ KAIST

And you came to cheer him up when the workload got to much for him

But it STILL wasn’t serious

So one night

Specifically, Jameson’s last night in Korea

Everyone decided to head out to Hongdae to go club hopping (pls tell me you people know what club hopping is)

And you were all having fun, dancing, most were also drinking, especially Jameson

Jaehyun somehow ended up being DD after a brutal battle of scissors, paper, rock

So he was sitting there on the side lines, nursing straight tonic water watching everyone else get shit-faced drunk

You weren’t any better to be honest

Jameson started having a habit of trying to get you alone or get you to dance with him

So you thought that if you had to deal with that all night you had to have a couple shots in your system.

PSA TIME PEOPLE!!!!!! PSA!!!!! If someone in your group keeps trying to get you alone or get you to dance with them, both men and women, DO NOT I repeat DO NOT resort to drinking to deal with it. If they don’t get the hint by you avoiding them, tell them straight to their face that you don’t want to be with them. If they still don’t get the hint, seriously consider just leaving wherever you are. Under no circumstances is it okay for them do that. PSA OVER!!!!

Jaehyun had been watching you try to avoid Jameson from the bar all night and after Jameson came up behind you and grabbed your waist he was done

The vision of fully sober, properly pissed off, ready to throw punches Jaehyun was not a pretty sight

Thankfully, at the moment he had enough self-control in his system to not deck his friend straight in the throat

He instead opted to grab your wrist, much more forcefully than last time, and drag you out the back door of the club into the alley way

Then, much more gently, backed you into the wall of the club

He was so close that you could feel his breath on your forehead

Muttering to himself in English, you couldn’t understand what he was saying

Suddenly he looked down and his eyes kept snapping from yours to your lips

I’m probably going to do something I regret right now

Poor you couldn’t even understand him because of him still speaking in English

Next thing you know he was kissing you, pushing you up further against the wall, wrapped his arms around your waist, pulling you closer

After he let go, worry flashed across his face, like he finally realized something

Oh my god, did that bastard hurt you?

He started checking your arms and wrists, even running his hands along your waist to make sure there wasn’t bruising there

For once, Jaehyun actually had the guts

He ended up calling everyone rides, and left early with you so he could take you out on an ‘official first date’

To an ice cream shoppe

Mind you average temps in Korea during, let’s say March is still around 28 degrees Fahrenheit @ night

He realized his mistake after seeing you sit there in the booth, shivering as you picked up your ice cream

So he quickly shrugged off his jacket, wrapping it around your shoulders and grabbing your hands in his to warm them up

First date was still a success in his mind

And all the dates there after

Renjun takes full credit for your relationship, but so does Sicheng, they actually fight about this

Jameson actually isn’t in Jaehyun’s life anymore

And Jaehyun is madly in love with you

Proposes after he graduates, in front of all of his friends, @ the stupid little hole-in-the-wall diner that he claims was his first real date with you

While they all scream JEFFFERRRRYYYY in the background.

really tho, Yuta has it on tape, along with Doyoung forced feeding Jaehyun wine, and him sleep talking about your first official date, all of which he plays at your guy’s wedding

Good luck having all of these idiots as brother in laws :::)))))