217AC
SPAIN

"I'M ENGAGED! VENA, WAKE UP!"

"For once in my life, I would like to wake up on my own free will. Not because someone is screaming at me or because Deviants are about to kill us... Just once!" I groaned hiding my face under the pillow as Sersi continued to pound on the door. "Adonis-"

"Not this time, my darling. You deal with it." He grumbled pulling the blanket over his head.

"You deal with it, you deal with it. It's always 'let Vena handle it because she's so strong and badass while I hog all the blankets and leave my darling wife freezing half to death'." I mimicked and Druig poked his head out of the blanket sending me a small glare.

"You always end up sleeping on top of me, my starlight."

"Why do you think that is? There's three blankets and somehow every single one ends up on your side." I huffed and opened the door coming face to face with a grinning Sersi. "I'm trying to sleep and not die of hypothermia. What is it, Sersi?"

"LOOK!" She exclaimed holding her hand up to my face. "It's so pretty!"

"That ring is gorgeous, Sersi! Phastos made it?"

"Who else, Vena?" She smirked and we both laughed.

"When did it happen!? And why weren't we there!?" I exclaimed and Druig threw a pillow at the wall. "That's what you get for hogging the blankets!"

"He hogs them too?" Sersi whispered and I nodded. "Thank Celestials I'm not the only one with the blanket problem."

"Is it a men thing or something? Because I swear, we have like three blankets and all of them either end up on the floor or Druig's about to suffocate to death with them."

"I'll buy you another one!" Druig called out me I rolled my eyes.

"You said that last time and what happened? It's currently on the floor with the other two." I taunted and turned to Sersi. "Congratulations on you getting married soon, Sersi. I'm really happy for you and Ikaris."

"That means a lot coming from you, Vena. Thank you." She smiled big and hugged me. "I'll let you sleep now because it's still early."

"Congratulations, Sersi. Looks like Ikaris has some balls after all." Druig chuckled and I threw the pillow back at him. "Hey!"

"Play nice." I scolded and he flipped me off. "Well... that's just rude!"

"I'll leave you to it." Sersi chuckled and closed the door.

"Can my darling wife please come back to bed? I'm cold." Druig whined and I rolled my eyes picking up the blankets and threw them at him.

"There you go. Now you're warm."

"Ha,ha, ha. Now she makes jokes." He scoffed and pulled me on top of him. "You're freezing."

"The Domo is always cold and you hog the blankets." I pointed out.

"I'll buy you another one."

"Just so you can steal it again? No way."

"I promise I'll try not to steal it." He said and I scoffed. "But is that really so bad?"

"It is when you freeze half to death in the middle of the night and your husband kicks you away because your feet are too cold." I smirked and laid my head on his chest wrapping one of the blankets around me. "It's working so far."

"What is?"

"I haven't had a nightmare in what feels like forever. I can actually sleep now."

"Whatever you do, don't scratch that wall. Does it feel odd or uncomfortable somehow?" Druig asked stroking my hair and I shrugged.

"At first it did. It felt like a migraine that wouldn't go away. Now it just feels normal."

"I'm glad, darling. Now go to sleep before Sersi comes knocking down that door again or Ikaris comes here with a life crisis because he finally grew some balls." Druig yawned and kissed my forehead. "I love you."

"I love you too."

...

"Sprite? You've been uncharacteristically quiet all day since Sersi showed us the ring. Is everything okay?"

"Depends. Is Hades lurking in a corner like always?"

"Just you and me, Sprite. He's with Makkari today." I said and she nodded tearing up. "What is it?"

"They're getting married..." She choked out.

"That's what happens when you love someone, Sprite. You want to spend eternity with them."

"But why? Wasn't before enough for them?" She asked and I furrowed my eyebrows sitting next to her on her bed.

"Sprite... Who do you have a crush on?" I asked.

"Ikaris. I know you two had issues, but-"

"Forget about my issues with him. This is about you."

"Why, Vena? Why did I have to be born like this? Why can't I grow up?" She sobbed resting her head on my lap.

"I wish I knew, Sprite. But we don't love you any less because of it. You're still my favorite mischief maker and you always will be. Whether you look like us or not. We're all different in more ways than one... That's what makes us so special." I said brushing the hair off her face. "Besides, men are assholes and not worth it."

"How can you say that when you literally married one of them?"

"That's why I'm saying it."

...

"I leave for a few hours and I come back to find you two arguing about who knows what now."

"It's very entertaining, Vena. Come sit." Kingo said patting the spot next to him. "They're arguing over morality."

"That's easy. Makkari has... some. That's debatable. Druig, on the other hand, depends on the mood honestly." I shrugged sitting next to Kingo and placed my feet on his lap.

"On what mood!?" Druig exclaimed turning to me. "You're supposed to be on my side!"

"When you wake up and find the blankets away from you, you lose your morals. When someone speaks before you eat something, you lose your morals. Hell, just standing in the same room as Ikaris makes you lose your morals! And you hog the blankets, therefore I'm not on your side."

"I bought you another one!"

"And you didn't tell me?" I asked crossing my arms and Makkari widened her eyes stepping away from Druig. "I thought I told you no more blankets."

"How many do you have, Vena?"

"With the one he bought today makes four. And he hogs every single one of them!"

"Druig!"

"Which is why the new blanket exists!" He exclaimed and I gave Kingo a look. "I know that look, you don't believe me!"

"It's not that. It's just... you built a reputation for yourself." I shrugged.

"Big bad Ares hogs the blankets! My day has been made!" Kingo yelled just as Sprite walked inside rubbing her eyes. "Sprite! Druig hogs the blankets at night!"

"He also has no morals." Makkari added and Sprite started laughing.

"You feeling better, sweetheart?" I asked and she nodded sitting on the floor in front of me.

"I have morals! That's literally all I have! Out of this batshit crazy family, I'm the only one with common sense here!" Druig exclaimed.

"Having morals isn't the same as having common sense." Phastos spoke from behind us making us jump. "Like Vena, for example. She has morals, she just doesn't have common sense."

"What were my morals again?" I asked looking up at him.

"Protecting everyone, except Ikaris."

"Sounds like me."

"Druig has morals? That's a first." Sprite chuckled.

"I do!"

"Vena gets hurt, what do you do?"

"That's my wife!"

"Your wife who's perfectly capable of defending herself and doesn't need our help." Kingo pointed out with a smirk. "Face it, Druig. You have no morals."

"My morals are what's keeping me back from killing you this very moment." He said and I rolled my eyes.

"That's not morals, that's common sense."

"Besides, if you have to keep explaining to people that you have morals, it means you have none." Phastos pointed out and Druig groaned leaving the room. "Wait! Take the blanket with you!"

"This family is a damn nightmare that I can't seem to wake up from!" Druig yelled from the hall and we all bursted out laughing.

"Welcome to my world, Adonis!"

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