I Can't Help Falling In Love With You

Warming Up To You

Hades had been extremely happy the past few weeks after that because he had achieved his goal of getting to know Maleficent better.

He found out that when her wings were cut off, they left ugly scars. He could feel where Stefan had punchured her skin to prise the wings from her body. He was helping her walk to her bedroom when he noticed that her shoulder blades felt very rough and swollen through the back of her tank top. The wounds weren't visible, but they were definitely there.

Although Hades didn't think that the wounds were that painful, Maleficent clearly disagreed. Hades would often find himself waking up in the middle of the night to her cries of agony. He would always ask her if she was alright, just to be answered with,

'I'm fine. Now LEAVE ME ALONE!'

It hurt Hades to hear Maleficent yelling at him so aggressively, especially when she had let him live with her and sleep in her spare room due to the fact that he was making life easier for the fairy.

One night Maleficent was particularly angry at Hades for disturbing her, telling him he should, 'MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!' Hades decided that he would help the woman and set out to collect medicine and bandages for Maleficent's wounds.

It was only when he had come back from his shopping trip that he noticed Maleficent trying to deal with the problem herself.

Hades stormed into Maleficent's room to find her rubbing bleach against her wounds, which he now saw were absolutely horrendous.

Hades could understand why Maleficent screamed in agony every night.

The dark fairy was seated on her bed, her back facing the door, with her shirt rolled up so that she could see what she was dealing with. Her gorgeous brown hair was draped over one shoulder, cascading down her chest. Maleficent's eyes were bloodshot, and Hades could see that she was in pain.

'I thought that I told you to LEAVE!' She cried in fury and embarrassment.

It was that sentence that made Hades understand what was troubling the woman. She was scared that he would tell the whole island that their leader could feel pain. He began to speak, with a soft and understanding tone.

'I brought you these. They're like proper medical stuff. Bandages and medicines and things like that.' He gently sat down beside her, as if telepathically telling her that she could trust him.

Maleficent inspected the materials suspiciously before handing Hades the bandages.

'It's painful. But you do it.' She sighed as Hades felt his breath removing itself from his lungs at the words the fairy had just said.

'Me? Why?' Hades questioned confusedly. Now she just HAD to cave!

'You are completely stupid, Hades. But oddly enough I trust that you will not try to cut off the remainings of my shoulder blades.' She smiled, which was something that Hades had never seen before. It was the most beautiful thing he had ever witnessed in his entire life.

Hades was halfway through bandaging her wounds when a massive clash of thunder sounded through the ears of all who lived on the Isle of the Lost. Maleficent jumped, which made the bandage unravel. Hades cursed under his breath, as Maleficent jumped again, this time, more vigorously and it was more of an instinctual reaction.

By the fifth clash of thunder, and Maleficent's seventh jump, Hades had his suspicions.

'You, the great mistress of all evil, are scared of a thunderstorm!' He cackled as he tied off the bandage and stood up. Maleficent narrowed her eyes at him before jumping in fear again.

'I've never seen one before. I used to make miniature ones to cause havoc in the fairies cottage, but never as big as this.' She shuddered again and started to shake.

Hades smiled smugly and stood at the doorway, waiting anticipantly for the fairy's reply.

'Do you want me to sleep with you?' He asked in a sickly sweet tone as Maleficent narrowed her eyes at him.

Hades could tell that the fairy was considering it as he gazed thoughtfully into her gorgeous green hues, losing his breath once again.

'Get to your side.' She barked with a roll of her eyes.

With a snicker, Hades strolled around the bed and got in beside Maleficent.

However, Hades noticed that after fifteen minutes of being in her bed, Maleficent was continuously tossing and turning, unable to find a position that made her feel relaxed.

Eventually, the fairy turned toward the god, gently nudging his arm. After a moment or two, she scooted over to him, calmly resting her head on his shoulder and placing a hand on his chest.

On noticing this action, Hades quickly kissed Maleficent's head and whispered into her ear. 'Goodnight my queen.'

Maleficent smiled at her new name and mumbled sleepily.

'Goodnight, my king.'