Iian walked into the kitchen rubbing his belly which was getting larger by the day. "Hungry are we babies?" He asked with a giggle, feeling a strange fluttering and knowing that the babies were moving around in there. He opened the fridge pulling out a bowl of fruit salad and a bottle of pickles he then went to the freezer and pulled out ice cream. He went to the cupboard and pulled out tomato sauce and chocolate sauce he pulled out a bowl placing first the fruit salad, he then cut up and added the pickles before adding ice cream and smothering it in tomato and chocolate sauce he put the left overs away before heading to the living room. He put on Blindspot his latest TV addiction before digging into his food letting out happy moans as the flavour hit his tastebuds.

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Hades

Hades appeared in their home after dealing with a argument among the dead. It took him a moment to work out where his husband was. Once he had found him, he moved into the room and sat on the lounge beside him. "I swear living with the dead is just as hard as living with the living. I had once hoped that the pettiness of humans might fade away in death. Apparently that will never happen though. There will always be lost dreams for them to pine over", he grumbled. He knew his husband probably didn't want to hear it but at the moment he just needed to complain to someone.

Iian just smiled at him moving to take a seat in his lap still eating. "Humans will always be petty." He says, moving Hades' hand to rest on his bump. Iian didn't mind listening to Hades complain it made him happy that Hades shared everything with him. "I'm sorry that you had to deal with the petty ghosts but now you can just relax with me and bump." He tells him with a giggle, when he felt his stomach fluttering again, it was so strange to feel the babies moving inside him he knew that Hades' couldn't feel it yet but hoped that he liked being included in the babies growing in his stomach.

Hades wrapped his arms around his husband as he sat on his lap and allowed his hand to be guided to the small bump on Iian's belly. It was after all where he wanted it anyway. To think that Iian was carrying his child, made him smile (a rare thing for him to ever do and something that very few even got to see from the god of the underworld). His hand rubbed his husbands stomach softly, he couldn't wait until he would be able to feel his child kick. It was something he had only ever had the chance to do a few times and even if giving life should go against who he was, he loved it. "I am right where I want to be. If I had a choice I would let you leave my arms." He placed a kiss against Iian's neck.

Iian sighed and rested back against Hades loving that Hades was happy to be there it was strange he was so unused to people wanting to be with him. Iian giggled hiding his face in his neck blushing he was so unused to compliments and this feeling of happiness that was welling inside of him as it always did when Hades' said things like this. "It would get a little awkward you carrying me around all the time." He says but he doesn't say that he doesn't want to be not in his arms all the time if it was possible Hades could cary him around all the time he wouldn't protest he thought with another giggle.

"I would be more worried about you getting hurt by being with me all the time", Hades replied. There would be those who would use Iian against him and he didn't want to give them any extra motivation to do so. He would hate himself if something happened to Iian because of him. Let alone if something happened to their child. "Holding you in my arms all the times wouldn't be a issue to me at all. I love you Iian and the only reason I won't do it is that I can't give those with issues with me any more reason to see you as a target."

Iian looked down feeling sad that Hades had enemies he had no idea why they would do it Hades was amazing. "I love you too so much. How about this, at home you can hold me all the time but we act as we do now in public?" He asked, he hadn't gone out of the house since he had been pregnant feeling uncomfortable in his body even though nothing was showing he was still paranoid about someone noticing something, he didn't know why he was this way but when he got lonely he invited Eleanor over and they hung out. "I don't leave here much anyway, even when I do it's into the underworld where you can control everyone, so I don't see a problem with that."

Hades smiled against his skin as he kissed his neck again. "Works for me", he replied simply. It was generally only his duties that had him leaving his underworld palace and being able to keep his arms around Iian even if it was only at home. He loved him more then he had ever loved anyone else in his 4000 or so years. Sure a few people had come close and he had had more then a few demigod children but Iian was the love of his life. "You should be safe enough in the underworld", he agreed. He had always made sure that that was the case anyway.

"I'm glad." He tells him with a giggle, kissing him again he loved him, he loved him so much and he was so glad that Hades loved him back. "I like the underworld it's so soothing, and if I had to stay here all the time I would probably go a little mad, but so long as I have you it probably won't be too bad." He admits he knew that so long as he had Hades he would be happy anywhere even in a small 4x4m box he admitted to himself. "I really love you." He says again with another smile kissing his neck gently.

"You don't have to stay here all the time but I would like it if someone was with you when you do leave", he replied. He knew it would hardly be fair for him to ask Iian to stay in there home all the time but he would always prefer if it was him with him when he did leave. There was very few people he trusted with Iian's safety. He didn't want Iian to think he thought he couldn't look after himself but he did worry about him. He hummed slightly as Iian kissed his neck and shifted him closer against him.

"I'll get to remember to have someone with me when I leave." Iian tells him, liking the tight hold Hades had on him it made him feel loved which was something he was not used to until Hades came into his life. Iian knew that he would try to not leave without someone not wanting to risk his and his children's safety not to mention making Hades worry Iian would do his best to make sure that Hades didn't worry over him. Though the thought of Hades worrying over him made him happy, he was used to at the least indifference at worst being ignored totally to have Hades worry over him felt overwhelming. Iian kissed Hades' neck again ignoring the few tears that slipped from his eyes his happiness overflowing in the few tears. "I really love you." He tells him again his voice cracking slightly and he buried his head in Hades neck feeling embarrassed over his tears.

It was refreshing for Hades to not have to argue with someone about his protection over them. He had argued for so many years with his ex-wife and he knew that she wasn't the only one who would find his ways to be.....over protective. He knew that he probably should even hold back a little but with who he was, he was always going to have enemies and, despite the uncaring mask that he often wore in public, he would always care those he loved. Iian and any kids they had would always be the top of that list. "I love you more then anything Iian."

Iian smiled happily, letting out a yawn. He was feeling tried but he didn't want to move from his position in Hades lap it was comfortable. Iian started thinking about all the things that they would need to buy for the babies he couldn't wait for them to go shopping with Hades for the things that they would need. "We will have to go shopping sometime soon." Iian says, stroking his stomach thinking about the babies he could't wait for them to arrive. "When can we do that? I want to go soon, I don't want to get too big before we go I don't want people to look at me, and I want to keep it a secret for as long as possible." He tells him, the thought of something happening to the babies was unbearable and he knew that he wouldn't want to leave the house after he started showing till the children had been born.

Hades let his hands softly rub is husbands stomach as he thought about the question at hand. He knew that to be able to remain with his family he would need to pull a juggling act in making sure that he spent enough time doing his job even when he wanted to be spending all of his time with them. "I think we can pull off a shopping trip in a couple of days. Four days at the most." He wished that they could do it then but he wasn't sure that was a good idea and just hoped that a couple of days would be enough. He wanted to give Iian the world but that wasn't always easy to do.

"That's fine I'm sure I won't be showing much more in four days and if I am you can use some magic to make it so that mortals can't see my stomach so I don't get stared at." He tells him, with a smile he didn't want to cause Hades any more stress then he already had. He wanted to make sure that Hades enjoyed the pregnancy as much as he did because he wanted to be pregnant often he loved the feeling of the twins growing inside of him it was amazing and he wanted at least 7 more after these two.