Episode 45: Family Teasing Hour

This was a mistake.

Family gathering.

Too many eyes.

Too much attention.

“…Beckett’s gotten cuter,” someone says.

“No he hasn’t,” I mutter.

Diana appears beside me instantly.

“Yes, he has,” she says calmly.

I freeze.

Someone laughs. “You’re obsessed with him.”

“…Correct,” Diana replies without hesitation.

Before I can react—

She grabs my collar lightly and kisses my mask and then nudges it gently in front of everyone and kisses me again and nudges it back on.

System failure.

The room erupts in laughter.

The twins?

Unbothered.

“Standard behavior,” Hades says.

“Expected,” Persephone adds.

I am going to disappear.

Diana leans in slightly.

“…Stay,” she murmurs.

I do.

Of course I do.