Right, how does Alina look at the gorgeous, powerful, ageless Darkling AND the gorgeous, charming, powerful Nikolai and go nah...nah, I'll take this grumpy asshole over here who wants me to be less than I am and is being a baby cause he's no longer more important than me.

I'm sure there are many Hades/Persephone AUs, it's finding a good one that would be the issue! I wrote a lot of Darklina fic last year, so I wasn't doing as much reading or I'd give you recs.