Welcome to AresJoxerCupidStrife

Welcome to the Mouth of Tartarus
Giles Loves Who?
Special Delivery
Giles Meets Hephaestus
A Silence of Disapproval
While Bliss is Away
Sweet Emotion
Dite's Anger

Disclaimer: As usual I own nothing used herein.
Title: Welcome to the Mouth of Tartarus (Series follows the Not Alone Series.)
Author: Kate R.
Pairings: C/S, G/, H/P/ (Eventually Ares/Joxer)
Rating: PG-13 to R

Bliss materialized outside his Great Granduncle Hades' house swinging two duffle bags. Of course this was more than a house, it was the largest plot of land in Sunnydale. Bliss grinned having always loved this place from the time he was a baby god and dad and daddy Strife had brought him here. He'd always loved spending time with grandpa and this place was the absolute best for that, there was lots of action and entertainment. Of course, he hated the Slayer. Uncle Bacchus didn't like this 'Buffy' girl either. Said she was too arrogant and uppity and the Watcher's Council was going to be dealt with soon. That was a worry for another day. Right now he just wanted to get inside. Bliss grinned and jogged up to the door. Aunty Persephone was waiting. She grinned and led him in.
"Blissy!" She almost squealed. Bliss grinned knowing he would never get her to stop calling him that. It was almost as bad as grandma Dite's nicknames but--no---he wasn't here to think about grandma Dite. He wasn't going to think about how much he hated being called Sugar Plum either. He was here to see the rest of his family.
Bliss laughed as Aunt Persephone told him about Cerberus and the car. The car was only a few tires by the time Cerbie got done with it. Bliss followed her into the living room where both his grandfathers and his great uncle were sitting. He'd known for a long time that Uncle Hades and Grandpa Res were together with Aunt Persephone. But also that sometimes Grandpa Res and Grandpa Hephy were together too. But only when Grandpa Hephy asked. Bliss smiled thinking he knew Grandpa Hephy would find his match here too eventually.
Bliss smiled as he saw Grandpa res. His grandpa looked so much happier now then he had the last time Bliss remembered clearly seeing him. He could feel grandpa was so very happy now. Not like he'd been when Bliss had asked him for stories. Bliss grinned and jumped into grandpa Res' lap and hugged him. Despite being bigger now, Grandpa managed to hug him.

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A few hours later, Bliss was walking around the town with Grandpa Res and Grandpa Heph. Uncle Hades and Aunty Sephie were going to go to the pizza place and get dinner but Grandpa Res had needed something from a store called the Magic Box. A book he'd ordered was in. Actually it was for Uncle Hades but Grandpa said it was a surprise. Bliss smiled at that. In his opinion, anything Grandpa Res bought as a surprise was bound to be cool.
Bliss grinned as they entered the Magic Box. Walking in, he thought the place was cool. He liked all the neat stuff hanging from the ceiling. Some of it grandma used in her potions and some of it Bliss had never seen but it all looked cool. Grandpa Res got his book from the guy who owned the shop and they started the walk home. Halfway there, a group of psychotic Bacchai appeared and tried to attack them. At least until they saw who they were jumping. Then they bolted.
"Welcome to the Mouth of Tartarus Bliss," Grandpa Hephy said. As they walked away, they failed to see the blond girl staring after them in shock. Vampires did not usually ruin from helpless victims and she knew two of them. They were the guys who lived in that huge mansion. They walked back home with nothing bothering them

Chapter 2: Giles Love Who?
Buffy Summers ran into the Magic Box looking for Giles. School was out for the day so she knew where he'd be. In the shop he'd bought after Angelus had killed the gypsies. Now, as she skidded towards his office she heard voices talking.
"You should tell him Giles," Willow said. "He looks really lonely. And it's obvious to all of us that you have a crush on him."
Buffy froze and listened.
"But Willow, what if he laughs? Or is with Mr. Res? I'd feel like a fool. Besides, I'm ---I look older than he does," Giles stammered
"Excuses Giles," Willow said. "You wont go anywhere in the world if you wont at least try. Besides, You obviously didn't see how he looked at you. Mr. Stus likes you. Really, really likes you."
Buffy was shaken out of her reverie by the arrival of Angel and Spike. She tried to flirt with Angel with her eyes and received only a low, vicious growl in return. She backed up really quick. She wondered what Angel saw in Spike that she didn't have in spades. Giles however, had told her in no uncertain terms to leave them be. Otherwise they'd have a repeat performance of Angelus.
"Where's Giles?" Angel asked. Spike was normally quiet around Buffy. Buffy pointed to the office.
"I saw something weird tonight Angel," Buffy said with a simper. Angel just looked at her.
"What? Yourself with no makeup?" He asked caustically. Buffy backed up again in shock before she collected herself.
"No, the guys from the mansion. Vamps leave them alone." Buffy was almost whining now.
"Orders," Spike said. "Besides, no vamp wants to go near those guys. Believe me."
Buffy snorted and walked into the office. She stopped dead seeing Giles looking at the security camera focused of the face of one of the people the vamps ran from. The scarred one so maybe Giles was going to say someone that ugly couldn't come into his store---At least that is until she saw his face. Giles was love struck.
"I mean it Giles," Willow threatened, "Tell him or I'll do it for you."
Giles gave Xander a horrified look. "You wouldn't," he choked out. Willow raised an eyebrow.
"Better me than Angel," she said. "You know Angel ad Spike want to see you happy. You were happy for them after all."
Giles sighed and nodded. He knew he had made eternal friends in the two vampires when he'd accepted them into the group. Angel could not really say how he got out of hell. He had a vague recollection of a huge three-headed dog and a guy in armor carrying him but that was about it before he woke up in Spike's arms in the mansion. Giles hadn't cared. When they found Angel's soul was permanent and Spike was helping to slay vamps Giles was happy to have the help. Although the Mayor's sudden demise was still a mystery. All that was left of him was a symbol of Hades. Something told Giles he did not want to meet the person who wiped the mayor off the face of the planet.
"Giles," Buffy began, "I saw something weird. Those guys from the mansion, vamps are scared to attack them."
Giles raised an eyebrow but didn't seem too concerned. He went back to looking over the invoices. He had more important things on his mind then Buffy's discovery that vamps had common sense. He'd seen those men fight. They could wipe the floor with any Slayer.
Buffy left in a huff that Giles wasn't more worried by guys vamps were afraid of. She figured it would be up to her to deal with it. Her and Maybe Xander.

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In Hades' Mansion, a similar conversation was going on between Bliss and Heph. Bliss was not blind. He'd see Grand Pa Heph's eyes when Mr. Giles came to the counter to handle the sale personally. Grandpa Hephy was in love with Mr. Giles. Now, if he could just get the stubborn Fire God to admit it---
"Might as well wish for the moon," Bliss grumbled as he turned back to the show he and Grandpa were watching wile the other three looked over the book Grandpa Res had bought. "Sex Rituals for more than two". Bliss knew he was too young to read that one. But it would be a nice energy boost. He was, after all, a love god.

Chapter 3: Special Delivery
Rupert Giles looked up at the huge house in front of him and swallowed. He was going to get Willow for this. He really was. Only she would schedule a delivery while she and the others were in school. Leaving Giles to make the delivery himself. And it just had to be here, where Mr. Stus lived.
"Why couldn't she have done this when Xander was free?" Giles asked himself as he walked up to the door of the huge, sprawling mansion. He nervously rang the doorbell feeling like a damn kid on the first date. Part of him hoped Heph was home; part of him was scared of it. When the door opened, Giles lost coherent speech. Heph Stus himself opened the door. Gilles felt his brain freeze as he started at the man of his dreams. "I-I-I H-Here," He stuttered and stammered and finally blushed, pushed the book and brown wrapped package into his arms and tired to run. Her got five feet away and found himself face to snout with a very big dog.
The dog growled and Giles found himself backing up towards a tree.
"H--H--Help." He squeaked as the dog barked at him. Giles stumbled into the tree and managed to scramble up it. The dog stalked the base of the tree growling. Heph turned to look into the house.
"HADES!!! Get out here and get your dog!"
Giles heard muffled laughter as the man he knew as Mr. Pluto came out to call the dog.
"I mean it Hades," Heph said. "Get him away from Mr. Giles."
Giles watched with a sigh of relief as Hades Pluto pulled the rather large dog away from the tree.
"Down Cerberus," he said. Giles choked when he came down. He thought that dog could guard the gates of hell well. He watched as Mr. Pluto tripped suddenly over the dog knocking Mr. Stus into him. Giles blushed as Mr. Stus gently disentangled their hands. He thought his hands were very nice and warm.
"Hades, Heph, tea time," a beautiful woman said from the open front door. She saw Giles and smiled.
"Would you care to join us?" she asked. Giles started to refuse when he suddenly remembered Willow's word. "Nothing ventured, nothing gained," he said to himself as he nodded.
"Tea would be very nice Miss..."
"Persephone," she said. "Mrs. Persephone Pluto. But you can just call me Persephone. This is my husband Hades and our brother in law Heph. Ar will be home with Bliss soon. They were registering Bliss for college and Ar was showing him around the town today."
Giles nodded as he followed the group into the house. It was just as impressive inside as it's outside hinted at. Giles was awestruck. Inside, there were some incredible antiques and quite a few things Giles knew the watcher's council had been trying to get a hold of the protect them. Giles chuckled thinking those pieces couldn't be safer. Something just told him that.
However, Giles noticed a Greek theme. Definite Greek themes as the walls were painted with scenes of the ancient gods. Giles found himself lead to a dining room where inscribed in the walls were pictures of four of the Olympian Gods. Hades, Ares, Persephone and Hephaestus. Giles felt like those images were a message of some kind but he was in no hurry to figure it out. He sat and had tea with them making pleasant conversation with his hosts. Giles kept finding his stare drawn to the image of Hephaestus. Scarred or not, Giles found him beautiful. Much like he found Heph. But Heph was better, Heph was real. Giles looked up and found he was staring at Heph. He inhaled sharply as he was once again caught by the man's beauty. Hades and Persephone stood and quietly left the room on the premise of getting some more crackers. Giles found he was lost in Heph's face.
"Giles?" Heph asked after a moment.
"Rupert," he responded. Heph looked at him confused. "My name is Rupert," he clarified. Heph nodded. As lost looking at Giles as Giles appeared to be looking at him.
"Would you like to go out?" They said together. Then laughed as the tension was drained. Giles nodded after a moment.
"I'd love to go out," he said as he drank his tea. Heph smiled. The two men made plans to meet the next evening for dinner at a restaurant Giles knew. All to soon it was time for Giles to leave. He knew he'd be back though. Heph's smile told him that. He could easily die happy if the last thing he saw was that smile.
Once Giles was on his way, Hades and Persephone rejoined Heph
"That wasn't so bad, now was it," Persephone asked.

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When he got back to the Magic Box, Giles couldn't help his grin. He found himself looking at Xander.
Where have you been today G-Man," the college freshman asked. Giles gave a 'None of your business' look and walked to his office where Willow was now waiting. Willow grinned.
"Someone had a good day," the young witch said. "Better than Xander's at any rate. How'd it go?"
"I have a date with Heph tomorrow," Giles said softly. Willow giggled excitedly.
"That wasn't so hard, now was it?" Willow asked.
"Mr. Pluto's dog Cerberus chased me up a tree," Giles said with a chuckle. "I would have been funny if I wasn't so terrified."
Willow laughed amused. When Angel and Spike were told Giles had a date they smiled happy for the man who had accepted them as couple. Buffy and Xander were still getting on their nerves about it. As well as wanting to know what they knew about why the vamps left the people who lived in Mr. Pluto's house alone. Angel couldn't tell them but he had a feeling Giles would know soon. He chuckled as he watched Spike give Giles tips on what to wear the next day. They all grinned as the night wore on happy for Giles finally finding someone.

Chapter 4: Giles Meets Hephaestus

Giles fidgeted nervously before he leaned forward and rang the doorbell at Mr. Pluto's house. He had found the gardens as beautiful at night as they were during the day as well as the house seeming to shine. The door opened to reveal Mr. Res in his usual black wear. He looked at Giles dressed in black slacks and a blue shirt.
"Heph'll be right here," Mr. Res said. "He's just coming. Would you like to come in?"
Giles looked uncertain looking around for Cerberus. Mr. Res chuckled.
"Hades took Cerberus to work with him tonight. My---Uhm---lover has a night job."
Giles simply nodded accepting. He saw Persephone over Res' shoulder and watched as she claimed a kiss from him. Giles then looked up as he heard a limping step. He froze seeing Heph looking delectable in fire colored clothes. The clothes fit Heph for some reason. Suited him to a 'T'. Giles smiled at Heph as he came down the stairs.
"We wont wait up," Persephone said. "Come on Ar, let's go get the room ready for Hades."
Persephone laughed and Ares chuckled and the two of them left Giles and Heph to leave for their date. Giles drove them to a pizza restaurant that he had frequented with Willow because it had more than just Pizza. However, that's what he and Heph ate as they talked about their lives. Simply because it wasn't something you had to think about cutting up. Although they did laugh quite a bit when Giles bit his tongue.
Giles groaned as he saw Buffy from the corner of his eye. She had not been happy that he was going out but he'd never thought she would follow him. He opted to ignore her while he and Heph ate. They got through most of the pizza when Angel skidded into the restaurant. Now Angel, Giles knew, would not be here except in emergency. He groaned wondering how he was going to explain this to Heph.
"Giles," Angel gasped. For a dead guy, he ran out of breath occasionally. "Giles, Marog Demons---I think. Too dark to be sure. Buffy's not on patrol. Spike and I couldn't handle all of them. Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt but I---"
"It's okay Angel," Giles said as he stood. He paid the bill but was shocked when Heph followed him out to the car.
"You don't think I'm going to let our date end because of a few demons do you?" Heph asked
"You know?" Giles asked shocked. Heph nodded as he followed Giles into the Magic Box where Spike was leaning against the counter panting slightly. Heph looked at where Willow was and sighed. He knew they needed help if Buffy hadn't done her job.
"Hades, Persephone, Ares, Bliss," he called quietly. Giles watched wondering why he was calling when suddenly flashes lit up the room. "Sorry to interrupt your evening guys," Heph said. "Giles and I will go on another date. We got demon troubles and the damn Slayer wasn't on patrol tonight."
Giles watched as Mr. Pluto's face suddenly went ice cold.
"She wasn't huh? We'll call Bacchus about it soon. Meanwhile---" Mr. Pluto vanished suddenly and Persephone chuckled at the looks on the mortals' faces.
"Hades does not like it when they disobey him. And he really doesn't like you all taking his locks and thinking you know best with them. He had the Tartarus Portal blocked before the Watcher's Council stuck their noses in to it. Not you Giles, Travers. Anyway, Hades does not like the council. Or disobedient demons. They really don't want him to call on Bacchus though."
"Hades?" Giles squeaked. Heph nodded as he watched Ares draw his sword and prepare to fight if needed.
"My name is Hephaestus, Rupert. This is Ares and Persephone. Hades is dealing with the disobedient demons. I know he's fed up with them."
Giles looked at Heph still seeing only the man he loved even though he now knew there was more to him than that. Hades returned a moment later and he had three demon heads with him. Angel had been correct. Marog Demons.
"I want to speak to your Slayer. Her jealousy and irresponsibility could have cost someone their life

Xander walked into the Magic Box whistling. Buffy had been right, one night of skipping patrol hadn't hurt anything. Maybe they should do it more often and party. Class had been good that day, he'd passed his science test and turned in his paper on time. Xander grinned. Maybe Willow would look over the next one for him. She could never stand him struggling in school.
As Xander entered the Magic Box he was met with a shock. Giles' date from the night before was sitting at one of the tables translating the Greek Prophecies. A book Giles wouldn't even let Buffy or him see. Xander felt affronted that Giles would trust the guy he went for pizza with last night over he and Buffy with his books. Hey, Maybe Giles didn't know? Maybe he was out and didn't know Mr. Stus had touched his valuable books.
"Where's Giles?" Xander asked almost snidely. Heph looked up at him slowly. Meeting his gaze head on.
"Giles is in his office. Doing the books you should have done last night before the patrol you skipped," Heph told him. Xander stood in shock. Heph knew about patrols? And that he and Buffy had played hooky last night so Buffy could follow Giles? How?
Giles came out of his office in time to hear Heph's response to Xander's question. He noticed the look on the boy's face and decided to answer him as shortly as Xander and Buffy answered him some days.
"Heph and I were having dinner when Angel came and got me about Marog Demons as you and Buffy weren't on patrol last night. As Mr. Pluto said, the irresponsibility you two showed last night could have gotten an innocent person killed. I'm just glad there are other people willing to fight evil. What did you find Heph?" Giles asked his beloved after hitting Xander with words. Somedays the boy needed to slapped with information.
"I found what we thought we would. Although why didn't just ask Hades for the original I don't know. nothing was taken out of the originals by the Watcher's Council. Like the truth about vampires," Heph said quietly. Xander's interest was piqued but the other two men had begun to ignore them. They smiled at each other making it clear to Xander that Giles already knew what Heph was referring to with his last statement. Xander hated being left out of the loop.
"Wht truth guys?" he asked. Still Giles and Heph ignored him.
"If you and Buffy could be bothered to read anything Xander," Giles replied acerbically, "You'd know. Excuse me, I think Inwill have a look at Mr. Pluto's books and see the enttire prophesy."
"Mr. Pluto has books? Why doesn't he bring them here?" Xander demanded. Giles just glowered.
"Because they are his books and so are off limits to children who don't know how to respect them. Besides, Hades' mansion is closer to Angel and Spike's place. And unlike you and Buffy, they do care about what is going on in this town. Stay here and run the run store Xander. And try not to play hooky from this job," Giles told him as he and Heph left the shop taking Giles' book of Greek Prophecies with them. Xanderr looked around the quiet shop wondering where Willow was. She was usually here and she usually did the books for him if he forgot or just didn't feel like it. He walkied to the back office where Willow had her altar and found the altar was still there but hadn't been used yet today. He decided ti sit down and wait for her. She would talk to him, he knew she would. Willow couldn't stand for Xander to give his pathetic, puppy dog face. She would cave, like always. She would forgive him, like always.
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Meanwhile, Willow was looking around Hades' house. She found all kindsof spell books in the library that Hades said Hecate might one day let her use. Willow was ecstatic. She had told Hades she would study hard and do her best. Persephone had told her that her best would be what Hecate would want. Willow felt a little guilt about them moving the base of operations here and not telling Buffy or Xander until she remebered how dangerous Hades said the demons he'd killed last night had been. If he hadn't been there, if Angel and Spike had died, who knew how many innocemt people would have been killed before Buffy finally deigned to appear?
Looked at that way, Willow wasn't too guilty about leaving the shop as a base. Besides, Hades had more weapons and a connection to the God who had made both Vampires and Slayers. And he had told everyone in the Magic Box last night that Bacchus was furious. He was bringing a new Slayer here and hoped to be here by the end of the week. Apparently, Bacchus and Artemis had been preparing for his eventuality. together they'd had Faith. A Slayer they trained with the original truths of her purpose. Not the Bastardizations of the Watcher's Council. Their spy within that council, Wesley Wyndham-Price, had fed them the information they required.
Willow couldn't wait for the sparks that would fly when Bacchus got ahold of the council. But she eagerly awaited it.
For now, she'd leave Xander in silence. He needed to realize she wouldn't do his work for him.

Disclaimer: Own nothing and no one
Title: While Bliss is Away
Author: Kate
Rating: NC-17 I think
A.N.: Uhm, trying to do this. Laugh if you want but please be constructive of your criticism

Cupid sat in his temple waiting for Strife. Sending Bliss to Dad and the others gave them some alone time which was good thing. He and Strife really needed time alone after what had happened on Olympus two thousand years ago. That hadrocked everyone to the core. his dad had been so badly damaged that not even Cupid's strongest 'Feel Love' arrow had done anything. No, it was Uncle Hades and Aunt Persephone that had healed him. After they rebuilt his broken heart.
Cupid sighed and shook his head. This was not the time for this. This was the time for he and Strife. Cupid grinned when Strife flashed in. They'd only been back on Olympus for a few months and they knew Bliss didn't feel comfortable here yet. Which is why they'd allowed him to go to see his grandpas in Sunnydale.
Cupid looked at Strife as his husband grinned lecherously at him. While Bliss was away, thy would play. Cupid smiled back as Strife joined him on the bed and they kissed passionately. Cupid could feel what Strife wanted through his leather pants. Cupid chuckled and removed the garments from both of them. Strife grinned and snuggled under Cupid's chin before his hands began to explore.
Cupid groaned as Strife teased his opening while he was on his stomach and Strife was giving him a massage. Strife grinned at Cupid's reaction.
"Ya want this Cupe?" Strife asked askedhe placed his hard shaft at Cupid's entrance. Cupid moaned and ground back against him.
"What was that love? I ain't hear ya."
"Yesssss," Cupid hissed after a minute. "Yes, please Strife, fuck me."
Strife grinned as he thrust into Cupid's tight opening. He felt/heard Cupid moan in pleasure. Cupid groaned again and thrusted against Strife. Soon they had a rhythm. Strife would move forward and Cupid would move back against him. Strife leaned around Cupid and took his husband's member in his hand pumping it in time to his thrusts. With his other hand, Strife would pich Cupid's nipples. Finally, Strife elt Cupid tense and come. Strife had been hitting Cupid's sweet spot every thrust. Cupid's release brought Strife with him as his ass muscles clenched around Strife's aching cock.
Finally, they collapsed and rolled off of each other then rolling together. Strife chuckled as they held each other. They had just given Aphrodite some energy. they knew she got none form Hades, Persephone nd ARes as Hades was still piussed off with her and so sent it to Cupid.
"Speaking of Unce Hades," Strife said as they felt a summons from the Dark God of the Underworld. Something had angfered him badly bnut it wasn't Cupid's mom for once.
"Love ya babe," Strife said as they dressed and flashed out picking up Ethan along the way.

Disclaimer: Own nothing
Title: Sweet Emotion
Author: Kate
Rating: I'm gonna say NC-17 depending on how Graphic Giles and Hep want it
Feedback: Oh, PLEASE??
Summary: Giles and Heph find out how sweet real love is.
Archive: Um, If you really want it
Author's Notes: I know, sex but not C/S. Sorry, this ios for whomever asked more Heph and Giles to do more than just talk.

Hephaestus and Giles sat in the park on Hades property after a research party. They were both thinking about how happy the other made them.
For Giles, it was finding something he'd thought was missing from his soul that he had suspected he'd never find. For Heph, it was finding something that he'd never had. Even with Aphrodite. Of course thinking about Aphrodite had Giles thinking about her son Cupid, his mate Strife and their children, Bliss and of all people, Ethan Rayne.
Giles had to admit to being shocked when Cupid and Strife had appeared with Ethan. Of course now so many things made sense about his old friend. Things like How Ethan simply vanished whenever he left Sunnydale and why he had never been scarred by any of the stupid things they'd done when Giles had been younger. Giles knew he now had to get used to the fact that everything Ethan had put him through had been to prepare him for Bacchus' revamping of the Watcher's Council. Apparently Bacchus wanted someone like Giles. Someone who would break the stupid rules and ridiculously out dated traditions. The only way to get that however was to get a hold of the would be Watcher before the council did. Ethan had. And apparently, there was a researcher in London who was being sent over here now.
"Rupert?" Heph's deep voice brought him back from wherever his mind had wandered. Giles looked up at the man he had steadily fallen in love with since the first day he'd come into The Magic Box with Ares. Heph returned his smile and gently touched Giles' face with his scarred hand. That was the hand Giles often held tightly. He told Heph that it as his way of being sure it was Heph he was touching and not someone with a glamour on them. It also told Heph how much Giles loved him. Heph had never had someone love the scarred side of him as well as the unblemished side. Dite had chosen never to look at his scars. Giles traced each and every one of the ones on his hand and arm.
Giles looked at Heph and then pointedly at the house. He wanted to seal their relationship, consummate it, now. He had been thinking on this all day as well. He'd told Heph he loved him, had told him he wanted him. Heph had said they should wait for the night and so they had. It was night now. As one they stood and walked to the back door of Hades mansion. They took the back steps up to Heph's bedroom, staying in physical contact the entire way.
Arriving in the bedroom, Giles looked around. He smiled when he saw the size of the bed. Plenty of room to move on it. And it looked so warm and inviting. He gasped as he felt Heph touch his shoulder to remove his jacket. In this they would be as mortals. Heph had promised Giles no godly magic o undress him as he wanted to savor the discover of what made up Rupert.
Giles groaned feeling the touches and kisses as Heph slowly stripped him of his clothing. When Heph made as if to just magic himself nude and in the bed Giles stopped him. He began to undress Heph with the same care and attention Heph had done him. Every inch of revealed skin, scarred or not, was kissed and loved leaving Heph in no doubt of Giles' love for him. And also leaving him near the end of his control. Giles chuckled as smoothed Heph's hair off his face.
"Lie back and enjoy my Fire God," Giles said as he began to worship Heph's body. He worked his way down Heph's body starting with his face and neck and then moving to his nipples which he laved with his tongue to hardness. Heph clutched Giles tightly to him and nearly came right away when Giles took his hard shaft into his mouth. Ethan had apparently taught Giles everything about loving a man. Heph thrashed as Giles sucked him, changing rhythm and speed jut drive Heph wilder into the passion. All Heph could do was hold on and enjoy the ride as Giles finally bought him to completion. For the first time anyway.
Giles swallowed every bit of seed Heph had to give him before he suddenly found there positions reversed and Heph giving Giles the same loving treatment. Heph, being much older and somewhat more experienced knew more ways to make at last. All of which he promised to teach his love. Giles howled as he came, his face in completion enough to get Heph hard and aroused again.
Giles smiled and rolled onto his stomach for him. Silently begging for the next step. Heph chuckled and called up a bowl of blood heat warmed oil. Slowly, he spread Giles legs, savoring the way Giles looked laid out on the bed. A perfect offering was how Dite would put it. Heph thought of it more as a perfect show of love. He oiled his fingers, slowly and carefully inserting one in Giles' opening. Giles tensed briefly but soon sighed as the pleasure he got from Heph moving the finger inside of him began to arouse him again. Soon he was thrusting back on the one finger looking for more. He didn't know more what exactly he wanted but more.
Heph indulged him soon adding a second and third finger to stretch Giles. Giles loved each stroke as with the addition of the third finger Heph found his sweet spot. Still Giles wanted more. Heph withdrew his fingers causing Giles to moan at the loss. At least until they were replaced with something else as Heph slowly entered Giles stretched and prepared body. Giles relaxed as he felt the Fire God enter him. Wanting to shout the completion he felt in his soul at the action. As if that missing piece had finally come home.
Heph smiled feeling the same and pretty much echoing Giles' thoughts as he began to move in him. Giles was soon writhing beneath him trying to get friction on his own aching member when Heph's hand was suddenly there. He stroked Giles in time to his thrusts into his lover's compliant body feeling Giles ride the crest of what Heph was building up in him to the crash down when he would explode again. Heph made it last as when Giles finally came, he was literally on his knees pleading for it. Heph took pity on his mortal lover and brought him to completion. Giles cried out, his climax triggering Heph's deep inside him as they both found peace in each other. Peace and contentment.
Heph rolled them so Giles was spooned against him and hugged his mortal lover to his body. Giles soon drifted into Morpheus' realm feeling and knowing he loved and was loved in return.
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Down in the living oom, Cupid looked up suddenly as he felt the love. He had never felt a sweeter emotion than that. He just hoped his mother would be kind about it. With all her lovers, Poppa Heph deserved someone who loved him for himself. Cupid looked at Bliss and they shared a knowing look.
Lover truly was the sweetest of emotions. And they were all in the center of a web of it.

Hades watched as Giles sat with his head on Heph's shoulder. They fit together so perfectly well. Almost as well, Hades mused to himself, as he and Persephone and Ares. They were all seated together on the couch. Ares between Hades and Persephone as was their want. Cupid and Strife sat on the love seat, Ethan and Bliss were on the floor playing monopoly with Angel, Spike, and Willow. All of them sensed Aphrodite's arrival. No one particularly cared about it.
"Hephie!" Aphrodite cried in anguish on arrival. Hades looked at her and raised an eyebrow. This behavior was typical of her but he was not going to let her ruin Heph's happiness.
"Dite, sit down," Hades said. He was getting irritated with her already. "You were allowed to come here to speak your piece. not to try to get your ex-husband back. You threw him away remeber? because of his scars?"
Aphrodite looked at Hades angerliy. She went to throw something at him and found she couldn't. Somehting was sheildding him. She looked and saw Bliss.
"I love you grandma. but sometimes you are so selfish. Grandpa Hephie is happy. Let him be," the youngest God of love said. Dite looked, really looked, at Heph and Giles and just deflated suddenly. He was happy with his mortal. With this Giles man. Giles whom even she could feel loved him in return...
"And there is the root of your problem, eh Dite," Hades said. "Giles loves Heph completely, scars and all and you could not. You're jealous of him loving Heph as you yourself could not."
Again Dite turned on him but was suddenly across the room. Angel stood iin front of her when she got up.
"I owe him my life, lady," Angel growled. "I owe him Spike and I being together. Don't think I wont protect him."
Dite looked and saw Angel was one of Bacchus' but he seemed to be loyal to Hades. Something told her the other Bcchai and the witch would fight her on this as well. Not to mention Ares who was looking like he was going to call his sword. And Persephone he was now standing between her and Hades. Dite looked around the room owndering why the dark God of the Underworld garnered such loyallty and protection. He couldn't grant love only...hadn't the dark haired Bacchai just told her he had? He couldn't save anyone but again, the dark Bacchai proved her wrong. ANd she knew better thn to say he couldn't love, He had loved Ares and Persephone both for two thousand years. Loved Heph enough to let him stay with the three of them when no one else was allowed to even know where they were. Something told her she had missed something in her Dark Uncle. Something important.
Persephone read that thought and looked at her.
"Of course you did. You missed the fact that Hades loves not because it's his godhood, but because he wants to. Chooses to. So why don't you go figure that out if you can under all that dye."
Aphrodite stared in surprise at the ounger goddess. Hades chuckled as he stood and rubber her shoulders to calm her.
"Love," he said. "Why don't we let Aphrodite get to know Heph as he is now as opposed to the man she married who was disgusted with himself. Maybe Giles can show her what real beauty is as opposed to what she sees it as. Anyway, she needs to see it and it might as well be from these two."
Persephone nodded and backed off. She was angry but it wasn't as if Dite couldn't learn. Maybe she would even learn that Heph left her because of her behavior, no one elses. Yeah, right...

tbc