Fanfic Recs / Hadestown

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General Fics

Keep Your Head Low by The_Midnight_Girl

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: A story of one of the Workers of Hadestown, Bill Brown, and a time he crossed Hades and was punished for it. Draws inspiration from the various regions of the underworld and the myth of Sisyphus.

As If It Might Turn Out This Time by KChan88

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: AU where Hades, overwhelmed with anger and sorrow, tries to kill Orpheus during Epic III, but Persephone attempts to stop him. What starts as a battle between gods ends with a song and hope for the future. Has a sequel, Against the Sky, where Orpheus wrestles with nightmares following the incident.

the tale you tell, that is the spell by SigmaTheta

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Persephone realizes she doesn't know a lot about Orpheus and Eurydice's story, and decides to ask the key players what happened.

Song of the Afterlife by strwalker

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: After the turn, Orpheus is eventually killed by the Maenads and arrives in the afterlife. Unfortunately, he still can't reunite with Eurydice.

Canary by amatalefay

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Orpheus goes to Hadestown instead while Eurydice helps save him and his song; still tragic. Has a Creator-Driven Successor, Twice As Bright, where Hades and Persephone swap narrative roles.

Immortal by CodaEvermore

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Post-canon, Persephone learns how Orpheus grieves, and encourages him in writing a new song for Eurydice.

if the world lives for a moment by AceQueenKing

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Hermes is running out of attempts to change the story, attempts which age them all. Persephone learns of this and decides to defy the Fates herself and, hopefully, help change the outcome.

Untitled Post-Canon Afterlife Fic by kingedmundsroyalmurder

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: After Orpheus dies, he's separated from Eurydice in the fields of Elysium. Undaunted, he spends an eternity sneaking back into Hadestown to see her, all while refusing to sing for the Lord of the Underworld.

Untitled Hadestown Sequel/AU by collectionofuselessinformation

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: A battered, world-weary Orpheus returns to Hadestown after the events of the show, and everyone from Hades to Persephone are caught off-guard. Can he and Eurydice still be together, in death if not in life?

The World In Our Arms by bananahhannah

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Dormant
• Synopsis: Post-turn, Eurydice wants to remember Orpheus, while Orpheus wishes he could forget his past mistakes. Hermes and Persephone offer what comfort they can.

Queen of Flowers, Queen of Fields by spilladrop4orpheus

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Young Orpheus is adorable and wants to marry Persephone as soon as he sees her. Persephone indulges him, but in the background, she and Hades are quietly angsty.

All I've Ever Owned by newsbians

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: A modern AU where Hades and Persephone own a pawn shop, and the struggle for Orpheus and Eurydice is just as hard working as a pair of artists with no steady income.

Make It Through the Wintertime by Assimbya

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: A story of how Persephone made a deal with Dionysus and created the River Lethe to give the working shades of Hadestown some comfort.

Is It Charming That I Find You Quite Alarming? by spilladrop4orpheus

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: A story based on the myth where Pirithous and Theseus try to abduct Persephone so Pirithous can marry her. Needless to say, the royal couple isn't pleased.

We're Gonna Sing It Again by LunarLullabies

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Dormant
• Synopsis: Hades calls Orpheus back to finish the game he started, and on his third and last chance he gets Eurydice out. But years later, their daughter is called to Hadestown too soon, and this time they've only one chance left.

Knife Claim by JeanLuciferGohard

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: A character study of Hades using refashioned elements from mythology, such as the Helm of Invisibility being a hat passed down through the family.

Icarus in the Underworld by DeCarabas

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Hades enlists Daedalus's son, Icarus, to develop a project that he's sure will please his wife enough to make her stay.

There's A Fire Outside Your Door by pikablob

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Eurydice is stuck in Hadestown, but over time and with help of her fellow workers, she develops a plan to start a revolution and take Hades down. Open/ambiguous ending.

and the sun came up by neverendingdream

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Post-story but before time resets, Persephone helps Orpheus grieve, live, and learn of the positive changes Eurydice made down below.

the stones wept by ratcarney

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: After Orpheus is beaten up in Papers, Persephone finds him, tends to him, and learns of his song to bring back spring.

Story-Cycles series by Silikat

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: In-progress
• Synopsis: A series of loosely-connected stories focusing on the cyclical aspects of Hadestown and the old myth that inspired it, as well as how and why the characters fill their assigned roles.

Flowers by Nuhra

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Even in the smog-filled world of Hadestown, Eurydice finds that flowers bloom.

When Hell Freezes Over by TheRainbowWillow

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Struck with despair and grief over the loss of Eurydice, Orpheus sings of sorrow, and the world around him slowly begins to freeze. When Hermes fails to reach him, Hades tasks Eurydice with ending the winter no matter the cost.

Just walk beside me, love, any way the wind blows by SKILLWITHTHEQUILL

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Orpheus and Eurydice run for it after Epic III, but escape doesn't come easy. Chased down by Hades and the workers, can they get out safely?

Alcestis by CorpseBrigadier

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Told in epistolary format via images and postcards, Hermes, Hades, and Persephone write to one another and discuss both the events of Hadestown and the story of Alcestis, the one mortal the Fates made an exception for.

Father's Day by wandering-wondering-why

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Hermes reflects on being Orpheus's godfather, and finds his charge has made him a present for Father's Day.

going, going by pidgeode

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: A novelization of Chant up to Gone, I'm Gone from Eurydice's perspective, focusing heavily on her thoughts, feeling, and inner turmoil leading up to her decision.

Lover's Desire by ficme

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: A novelization of Chant II, Epic III, and Lover's Desire from Hades' perspective, focusing on his security and power, and the shock and regret Orpheus makes him feel immediately after.

A Soul for Sale by SKILLWITHTHEQUILL

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: A Depression-era story of Calliope trying, and failing, to raise Orpheus before she sends him off to Hermes.

As Long As We Stay With Each Other by arniesmarmy

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: In-progress
• Synopsis: An AU where Eurydice and Orpheus meet as children and decide to travel together, learning from one another as they struggle to survive.

to the end of the earth by restlesstxclimb (seonghwazz)

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: An AU where Eurydice and Orpheus meet as children and are eventually adopted by Hermes, how they befriend Hades and Persephone along the way, and eventually strike out on their own.

diavasé to by bittersnake

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: The story of Hadestown retold as a series of Reddit posts from Hades, the Fates, Persephone, and Eurydice.

Ambrosia Wine by SKILLWITHTHEQUILL

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: In-progress
• Synopsis: Wanting to make Eurydice's afterlife better, Persephone convinces Hades to adopt Eurydice as princess, though Hades sees her as a political pawn. Eurydice soon loses her memories and befriends the Hadestown workers and Orpheus's brother, Linus, while class conflicts play out and Orpheus heads back to save Eurydice.

Even When the Bricks Are Stacked by Mandi2341

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: In-progress
• Synopsis: A novelization of Hadestown built on the idea that the story is resetting, but continued resets are destroying the Fates' tapestry and the fabric of the world. Hermes has one last chance to make the tale turn out well before the world is thrown out of tune forever.

We Build the Wall to Keep Us Free by arniesmarmy (Alternate Link)

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: After Orpheus's death, Hades employs him to work alongside the Furies to keep order in Hadestown. Now named Charon, he discovers workers, including a certain Songbird, don't plan to keep their heads low forever. Enemies-to-lovers.

His Mama Was a Friend of Mine by Mandi2341

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Hermes meets Orpheus for the first time in this particular loop, and learns from his old friend Calliope how times are hard and only getting harder.

it's an old song by neverendingdream

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Calliope leaves Orpheus in Hermes' care, and under his wing the boy grows up with a melody in his heart and a dream of spring despite the whims of fate.

Speakeasy Diaries series by SKILLWITHTHEQUILL

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: In-progress
• Synopsis: Stories showing the afterlives of Hades' workers and how they became a found family called the Speakeasy Squad.

It's An Old Song by SKILLWITHTHEQUILL

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Hermes tells Orpheus a story of Chibueze, a boy who had the ancient song in his head just like him, but was coerced into coming to Hadestown.

How to Take Care of Her by Mandi2341

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: After he turns, but before the story resets, Orpheus writes a letter to his upcoming self on how to take care of Eurydice, especially when she needs him most.

What if this is all the Love you are ever going to get? by FloralGothPersephone

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: A character study of Eurydice post-turn, and the friendships she makes that help her keep going even at her lowest points.

threats made (and kept) by AceQueenKing

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Persephone is trying to relax and read, but Hades won't let her have peace. When they have kids, the tables turn.

The Orphic Anthology by Orphistry

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: A series of fanfics made to celebrate Reeve Carney's Orpheus during his last week in the role, from Edmonton to London to Broadway and extending pre and post-canon.

the best of all possible worlds by poeticalscience

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Peeks into alternate universes where Orpheus didn't turn around, or stayed behind, or never even made it to Hadestown—perhaps the tragedy was the best outcome after all.

Ain't No Compass, Brother by saellys

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: A concept album-era fic where Hermes helps Orpheus grieve and move on after the turn, knowing the road to healing isn't easy.

It's An Old Song by MiraMira

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Hermes tries several things to lessen the tragedy, from not letting Orpheus and Eurydice meet to talking with Calliope and Persephone to trying a Coffee Shop AU. In the end, he realizes that he has to give the story back—and there may be hope after all.

Cycles of Porcelain by yourmusicmuse

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Hermes does his best to comfort Orpheus after the turn, as he always has through the loops, and discovers that this time his own feelings are harder to repress than normal. Based on the National Tour.

Sunshine by yourmusicmuse

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: After the turn, Orpheus is ready to keep wandering aimlessly, until his best friend Jax finds him and encourages him to come home.

Don't Forget by yourmusicmuse

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: When young Orpheus has a nightmare, his mother Calliope is there to comfort him with a song. Years later, Orpheus comforts Eurydice in the same way.

chronicles of a lost prince by lilithblack

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: In-progress
• Synopsis: An AU where Orpheus is Zagreus, Hades and Persephone's long-lost son. It follows the adjustment period, pain, and hope of his new situation as well as reconnecting with Eurydice and his new-old family.

War Stories by Sir_Bedevere

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Persephone hears war stories of the Titanomachy growing up, from different sources, and when she and Hades are married he finally tells her one.

before the storm by birdliker

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Persephone and Hades argue and cause a storm up above, and a younger Orpheus searches for a song and finds inspiration.

don't leave me out in the cold, don't leave me out to die by katertran

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Post-turn, Orpheus falls into a deep depression that Hermes and Persephone work to help him out of. What really helps, though, are returned Workers and the hope they bring.

Bright as Birdsong, Dark as Winter by Asidian

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: A study of Hermes and how he was there for Orpheus when he needed him most, in childhood and after the turn.

Homecoming by Rapunzella

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: In-progress
• Synopsis: A post-turn fanfic where Orpheus returns to Hermes' station, but is slowly dying from illness and grief. But the end of his story marks the beginning of others as he can finally reunite with Eurydice, and Hermes and Persephone share just how much he means to them all before he passes on.

fowl play by brandflakeeee

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: In mythology, Hades and Persephone kept chickens. Now, post-canon, the chickens become soldiers in a comical battle between husband and wife.

we're gonna sing it again by Alicorn

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: A deep dive into the "Groundhog Day" Loop as Hermes tries and tries and tries to set things right after each failure.

rip to orpheus but i'm different by reconditarmonia

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: An interactive fiction adventure starring a female Orpheus at the moment she's called to sing for Hades. Depending on the choices made and in what order, different endings can be seen, requiring multiple playthroughs to find them all.

Animatics

Wait For Me Animatic by Foolscapper

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: A gorgeously-animated, full-color series of drawings, and occasionally photos, set to the song with character designs and music from the Broadway cast, telling its story through visuals; Orpheus's singing powers are depicted as golden, flowery light that everyone in the Underworld can sense, and a sequence where his leg is injured by Hades' dogs is added to up the tension.

Chant (Reprise) Animatic by qookh

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: A sketchy series of drawings that are full of character and expression as it storyboards the complex crowd song from the Broadway version, highlighting Orpheus' fragility and fearless singing, Hades' power over his underworld and subjects, and Eurydice and Persephone's growing hope. Part of a series of similar animatics.

How Long Animatic by sealbatross

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Based on the 2017 live version, this animatic uses a lot of red, gold, green, and grey color contrast to highlight the differences between Hades, Persephone, and the views of their marriage and differing priorities. Part of a series.

Wait For Me Animatic by Miranda Pla

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: One of the first Hadestown animatics on the Internet. Based on the 2017 live version, this animatic is mostly in black-and-white with gold to contrast, and references other parts of mythology, such as Charon opening the gate to Hadestown.

Come Home With Me Animatic by cocowa

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: A fluidly-drawn animatic of the Broadway song, the art is full of character as Orpheus immediately asks Eurydice to marry him while she's confused and Hermes facepalms in the background, but manages to salvage the conversation anyway.

Epic II/Chant Animatic by Lito Lopez

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: A full animatic of both songs that uses color contrast, sketchiness, and inverted colors for artistic effect, particularly in how Orpheus sees Hades and Persephone as solid-colored, untouchable mythic figures and they see each other as humans with unusually-colored eyes.

Road to Hell Animatic by murky musito

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: An animatic with a heavy focus on dynamic character action, color, the occasional Art Shift to Greek pottery, and silhouettes, storyboarding the crowd song in Hermes' bar and outside it as the train passes by. Part of a series.

Wait For Me Animatic by Krystaliaaa

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: An animatic that switches between sketchier black and white backgrounds and full-color, depicting Orpheus's journey as taking him through several different environments, having him jump in the River Styx to escape Hades' dogs, and fighting off a giant puppet guard while dodging falling rocks.

Epic III Animatic by druid for hire

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: An animatic of the London version of the song that uses gold, white, and black as contrast colors and smooth transitions between sketches and fluid animation, particularly in the segments where the chorus sings with Orpheus as the entire Underworld blooms.

Epic III - Hadestown || Animatic (FULL) by Fancy Francy

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: An animatic of the NYTW version of the song that has Eurydice in a birdcage as Hades listens to the song, with many brick-red and gray tones that contrast Hadestown with the lush blue and green tones of Hades' memories.

Shipping Fics

please, have pity on his heart by susieboo

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Hades/Persephone
• Synopsis: A pre-canon story showing how Hades and Persephone met, despite Demeter's objections.

Blood and Promises series by Ivegotaheadlineforyou

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Orpheus/Eurydice
• Synopsis: Eurydice is left behind and has a long time to wait for Orpheus; Orpheus is all alone up top and has a long time to wait for Eurydice. But in the end, it all works out.

the longest winter by brandflakeeee

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Hades/Persephone
• Synopsis: Post-story, Hades has a surprise gift for Persephone with help from Demeter.

Smacking the Bone Down by spilladrop4orpheus

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Hades/Persephone
• Synopsis: Hades and Persephone play dominoes and reflect on just how bad Hades is at the game, and potential reasons why.

(sing us) home again by thelostcolony

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Orpheus/Eurydice
• Synopsis: Orpheus doesn't look back, but dies after making it out. Eurydice goes to Hadestown to get him back, while Orpheus and Hades become awkward friends as they wait for her arrival.

i called your name 'til the fever broke by butwewillstay

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Orpheus/Eurydice
• Synopsis: Eurydice spends her time post-turn lonely, sad, and increasingly hopeful as the years go by and Orpheus sends her messages. Angst with a happy ending.

The Long Way Around by AceQueenKing

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Orpheus/Eurydice
• Synopsis: After the turn, Eurydice realizes she and Orpheus have had lifetimes of trying and failing. More than that, the test was unfair, and she bargains with Hades for one last chance at happiness.

Hungry for the Underworld by SigmaTheta

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Hades/Persephone
• Synopsis: With Persephone's harvest work nearly done, Hades meets her in the fields and works up the courage to ask her home.

Come Home With Me by beelzebertha

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Hades/Persephone
• Synopsis: Hermes sees Orpheus and Eurydice's first meeting and remembers how Hades and Persephone first met in a very similar fashion.

spring had come again with a love song by katanafleet

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Hades/Persephone, Orpheus/Eurydice
• Synopsis: Persephone reflects on her marriage to Hades and how it changed over the years, and how Orpheus and Eurydice renewed their hope for themselves and the future.

but as it is (and it is) by AceQueenKing

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Hades/Persephone
• Synopsis: Persephone, trying to go sober, heads to Hermes' bar for the sake of company. Hades, unaware of this, heads up top for some food, and what begins as a misunderstanding ends in a dance.

the ones who bloom in the bitter snow by brandflakeeee

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: In-progress
• Pairing: Hades/Persephone, Orpheus/Eurydice
• Synopsis: Hades and Persephone work on trying again, but Persephone has an unexpected surprise—she's pregnant.

I'm Gonna Take You for Worse or Better by spilladrop4orpheus

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Hades/Persephone
• Synopsis: Hades is injured in the mines, and Persephone has to set her frustrations aside as she, Hecate, and Hermes watch his struggle to stay alive.

Hadestown, Above and Below by santa_fe_maniac

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Orpheus/Eurydice
• Synopsis: Eurydice and Orpheus try to move on, and while it's hard, they manage as best they can...until a second chance from Hades gives them new hope.

Come Home With Me III by Broken Twisted Lullabies

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Orpheus/Eurydice
• Synopsis: Based on Druid-for-Hire's Unswayed AU, where Eurydice breaks into the Great Beyond to save Orpheus, who can no longer remember her.

we'll build our altar here by butwewillstay

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Hades/Persephone
• Synopsis: A study of Hades and Persephone's marriage with its ups and downs, beginning in Ancient Greece and extending post-canon.

bake for me, some muffins by restlesstxclimb (seonghwazz)

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Hades/Persephone, Orpheus/Eurydice
• Synopsis: A fluffy fic where Hades and Persephone bake muffins and bend the rules for Orpheus and Eurydice.

Bring Me Home by skypirateb

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Hades/Persephone
• Synopsis: A retelling of Hades and Persephone's marriage, with an elopement in the car and worry from and about Demeter.

Bread When I'm Hungry by whorphydice

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Orpheus/Eurydice
• Synopsis: After successfully making it out, Orpheus reflects on his promises to Eurydice and learns to make bread to provide for her.

Calais by writingsyrup

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Orpheus/Eurydice, past Orpheus/Calais
• Synopsis: Orpheus successfully makes it out, and he and Eurydice are happy, when his ex Calais knocks on the door. After initial awkward talk, stories are shared and new friendships are forged.

Chromatic by ToTheBeyond

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Orpheus/Eurydice, Hades/Persephone
• Synopsis: A colorful soulmate AU where half the world is colorblind except for their soulmate's favorite color, and the other half is eternally waiting to find if they've arrived.

I Couldn't Imagine a Better Fate Than a Long and Lustrous Winter by spilladrop4orpheus

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Hades/Persephone
• Synopsis: There's a threat to Persephone's springtime sojourns, and Hades heads up top to confront Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog who foretells an early spring or more winter. Chapter 2 deals with their daughters, the Furies, and the ups and downs of ceremony now that Hades knows the truth.

i drink wine by bynightawriter

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: In-progress
• Pairing: Hades/Persephone
• Synopsis: Persephone waits for Hades and reflects on their very long marriage and her complicated relationships with Hades and Olympus both.

The Song of Euthales by Orphistry

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Dormant
• Pairing: Orpheus/Eurydice, background Hades/Persephone
• Synopsis: AU where Orpheus doesn't turn around, and he and Eurydice settle down and live in a world of nature, living tree houses, and blessings, eventually having kids. But things are never as easy as they seem, and the world has a long way to go before it's fixed.

apples, guitars, and sweet summer skies by restlesstxclimb

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Orpheus/Eurydice
• Synopsis: NYTW Orpheus and Eurydice live their best lives in the summer sunshine, full of apples, guitars, and music.

Wildflowers by Mephistophelia

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Hades/Persephone
• Synopsis: Hades watches Orpheus's journey in "Doubt Comes In" and reflects on his love for Persephone, his growing fear, and why he chose that particular test.

Rhapsody by darkknightsrevenge

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Orpheus/Eurydice, Hades/Persephone, past Hades/Eurydice
• Synopsis: Even though Orpheus turns around, Eurydice can't stay in Hadestown since she's having a baby that happens to be Hades'. Orpheus stays with her through thick and thin, and they end up having a child of the world above and another of the underground.

lonesome sound by Bonnie

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Pairing: Hades/Persephone
• Synopsis: An interactive fiction game where Hades invites Persephone to come home after the events of the show, and they try their best to work things out.

Dark Fics

Unswayed AU by Druid-for-Hire

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: An AU where Orpheus fails to sway Hades in Epic III and is sentenced to the Great Beyond, where you work until you're gone for good. Eurydice can faintly hear his voice, however, and works to rescue him before he's lost forever. Earn Your Happy Ending is in full force.

The Future's Looking Down by RatKingDad

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Hadestown from the perspective of Eurydice post-turn as she slowly loses herself to the darkness. Focuses heavily on the memory loss she suffers as well as worldbuilding the Underworld lore.

Fall of Spring, End of Time by Watch_Out_For_Bears

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Persephone dies in an industrial accident, and the aboveworld and underworld are lost to Hades' wrath and grief.

Sour Note by Wintermittens

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Dormant
• Synopsis: Bored and desiring a worthy challenge, Hades remolds Orpheus into his perfect worker, then gives the others 6 months to get him to some semblance of normalcy.

We Live by TheRainbowWillow

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Orpheus's song barely fails due to exhaustion and starvation, and while Persephone, Eurydice, Achilles and Patroclus help him recover, Hades is determined to kill the boy and keep his workers in line. Hermes, Apollo, and Dionysus team up to save Orpheus before Hades can deliver on his threats, and even after escape, Hades refuses to give up his kingdom so easily. Earn Your Happy Ending is in full force. Part of a series.

Till the World Stopped Spinning by Mamradcokosku

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Persephone leaves Hades, and he and the world suffer for her grief. When she finally heads home to Hadestown, it's too late to save him, herself, or the world. No happy ending.

all's well that ends well by restlesstxclimb

• Recommended by: lalalei2001
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: The world has run its course. With humanity long gone and the gods not far behind, Hades and Persephone share one last dance.

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