Christina Octavia

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Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:08:24 -0400

Sing for Me (Acoustic) - Yellowcard

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:08:30 -0400

Sing for Me (Acoustic) - Yellowcard

She likes the nights when all six kids are in the house with all six parents. She likes that Bess...

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:21:46 -0400

She likes the nights when all six kids are in the house with all six parents.

She likes that Bess forcibly pushes her out of the kitchen, but gives her a kiss for her hurt feelings and sends her off to play with the kids so that she can finish dinner.

She likes that Hades has taught the three young girls to braid Johnny’s hair, and she likes that the man sits there like a good sport and lets the girls play, even joining in and braiding their hair as well.

She likes that, even though Dani is the youngest, Lily doesn’t complain about not being the baby. She likes that Cassie kisses her just below her ear, taking Adrian from her and letting her hold Murphy, who sits quietly with his head against her shoulder and sucks his thumb.

She likes that Andy, who still doesn’t understand hockey at the Houser level of comprehension, still sits and indulges Hayden and his endless chatter about the game. She likes that Bess bullies Hades into eating more.

She likes that Cassie’s pair call her Mama Tina, even though they’ve repeatedly told the children that she’s their aunt. She supposes that it’s just like her and John calling Lena their mitera for all those years.

She likes having a family like this.

With four kids already, Tina has worked out systems for things. Cleaning is done after the children...

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:46:09 -0400

With four kids already, Tina has worked out systems for things.

Cleaning is done after the children are settled. Snacks are separated by allergies and preferences. Lunches are made up the night before, sandwiches put together in the morning. Clothes are chosen the night before and set aside so that getting the four dressed isn’t as much of a chore.

Unfortunately, after six years with the triplets, and five years with Adrian, Tina has still not worked out an absolute system for bedtime.

Adrian is the easiest, much like his father. All she has to do is pick him up and cradle him close, singing softly and playing with his dark, curly hair until he’s drooling on her shoulder fast asleep. Most nights, he sleeps through the night as she gets him tucked in (“Like a burrito, mama, so the monsters won’t get me!”), but others, he wakes up screaming for one of his four parents. Hopefully, tonight is a through-the-night kind of night.

The girls are next. Sofie can’t sleep without wearing one of Papa Johnny’s old shirts that Tina used to wear when she was still teeny (four babies sealed her fate with curves, unfortunately). Lily is much more difficult, refusing to even lie down until Tina tells her the family history (her favourite story, apparently), and then begging to hear it again. By the second time Tina finishes, Sofie is asleep, curled up with her thumb in her mouth and an arm around the neck of a well-loved pegasus, and Lily is still not tired. Tina promises her another story tomorrow night, finally onto trying to wrestle her fourth child into bed.

Hayden is the most difficult, because he likes to stay up and watch old hockey games. If she didn’t know any better, she’d say he was her brother’s son, besides the fact that John was his favourite anyway.

This time, thank the gods, she finds him curled up on the couch in the den, eyes glued to a recent Bruins game that they taped for him.

“C’mon, kid. Bed time.”

“But, Mooom! It’s only the second period!” the six year-old boy whines.

She smiles. “I know how hockey works, love, but rules are rules.”

He pouts up at her, looking up through his eyelashes. In all her years, she’s never been able to resist that look, but she does know one person who is a lot better at it than she is.

Leaving Hayden under the pretense that she’s going to let him finish, Tina makes her way to the opposite side of the house, picking up misplaced toys and books in her path and setting them where she can easily grab them later. The door to the office is open, and Johnny looks like he’s working on something on his laptop, though he could just be surfing the internet aimlessly. Wrapping her arms around his shoulders, she presses a kiss to his cheek, sighing slightly. “Your hockey prodigy doesn’t want to go to bed again.”

Yes, good, maratho- JESUS, my stomach is freezing! sits up, setting the bowl on her lap

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:16:46 -0400

Yes, good, maratho-

JESUS, my stomach is freezing!

*sits up, setting the bowl on her lap*

sits with a bowl of ice cream balanced carefully on her baby bump, watching Criminal Minds Derek,...

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:55:54 -0400

*sits with a bowl of ice cream balanced carefully on her baby bump, watching Criminal Minds*

Derek, honey, no. Just because you’re a team doesn’t mean you both have to go down.

But- *huffs*

Effective? Effective? Hotch, you are the master of the understatement.

belowolympus: lowanddirty: Johnny leans against Hades, sitting quietly. He curls up into himself,...

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:10:45 -0400

belowolympus:

lowanddirty:

Johnny leans against Hades, sitting quietly. He curls up into himself, filling the space between them. “M’tired,” he says quietly. “An’ m’sorry for causing so much trouble.”

Hades brushes his fingers along Johnny’s jaw, pressing a kiss to his temple. “No apologies necessary, beloved. You are forgiven.”

Eyeing the dark case on the table, he casts his gaze toward Tina, giving her the slightest nod. They would keep it safe until the wedding, of course, but it was still fitting for Johnny to know what awaited him.

“I agree with Lord Hades. You’re forgiven,” Tina tells Johnny, kissing his cheek. “We…Uh, have something for you. Hades commissioned me, and the finished product was delivered not too long ago…”

She picks up the box, offering it to Johnny. “Open it, but let me hold the box just in case of accidents.”

belowolympus: lowanddirty: teenytinyteensy: Tina nods. “Yeah. Yeah, that’s perfectly okay. Can we...

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:35:31 -0400

belowolympus:

lowanddirty:

teenytinyteensy:

Tina nods. “Yeah. Yeah, that’s perfectly okay. Can we get you up to the couch first? I have this little niggling feeling that you’re in need of cuddles.”
Of course, she can’t promise that she’ll be able to keep her mojo to herself, since she’s sort of overflowing with it, but she’d very much like to hold him right now.

Feeling drained, Johnny nods and pulls himself up. He shambles over to the couch and sits down, waiting for Tina to get Hades and join him.

Hades looks up from his cup of tea when he feels Tina enter the kitchen. Feels, not hears. She’s exuding power, and it just makes her that much more lovely.

“Hello, beautiful,” he greets her with the softest of kisses, feeling triumphant at the smile he gets for his efforts. Slipping his hand in hers, he lets her lead him back into the living room, where he takes a spot beside Johnny.

“Hi,” Tina replies with the sweetest of smiles as he pulls away. She laces her fingers with his, taking him back to the living room. She sits to Johnny’s left as Hades takes the right, effectively placing him comfortably between them.

lowanddirty: Johnny looks at Tina sadly, wondering what any of them keep imagining in him but...

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:06:41 -0400

lowanddirty:

Johnny looks at Tina sadly, wondering what any of them keep imagining in him but knowing better than to say anything about it. He twists his fingers in her shirt and shakes his head. “I just want… I want him here. Is that okay?”

Tina nods. “Yeah. Yeah, that’s perfectly okay. Can we get you up to the couch first? I have this little niggling feeling that you’re in need of cuddles.”

Of course, she can’t promise that she’ll be able to keep her mojo to herself, since she’s sort of overflowing with it, but she’d very much like to hold him right now.

lowanddirty: He apologizes until his throat gets raw. Johnny never wanted to hurt her, he just let...

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:26:01 -0400

lowanddirty:

He apologizes until his throat gets raw. Johnny never wanted to hurt her, he just let his frustrations get the better of him. He’s not valuable like she is and he shouldn’t take that out on her. Johnny tells her as much, through his tears. He’s not good or worthy and he’s lucky that anyone loves him, let alone her and Hades and Andy.

Johnny cries himself silent and leans against Tina, letting her touch his hair as he waits for Hades to come collect him again.

“Don’t ever, ever say that again,” Tina tells him, using what Hades calls her ‘Queen tone’. She takes her brother’s face between her hands and makes him look at her. “You have just as much value as I do, how do you not know that?”

She cards her fingers through his hair, leaning down and kissing him softly. “I love you, and one day, I think you’ll realize why. Now, unless you want Hades to take you back to th- back home…?”

lowanddirty: Johnny sighs. “It’s just so fucking frustrating to have to watch other people like...

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:11:16 -0400

lowanddirty:

Johnny sighs. “It’s just so fucking frustrating to have to watch other people like you and Cassie be encouraged while I just… get shoved into R&D and trotted out for once in a blue meeting. Do you know what I do all day? Shoot thumbtacks at post-its. I don’t understand why being good at sports would be dangerous? What the fuck am I gonna do? Win the USA another fucking silver medal? Win the Bruins a Stanley? How are either of those things… You know what, whatever. Fine. They did what they did because gods fucking forbid that someone with a penis actually does something noteworthy in this family.”

He steps back when she comes close because he knows what’s coming. Her touch breaks him and then next thing he knows, he’s on his knees in front of her, weeping with he face pressed against her stomach.

It really hurts her to see Johnny cry like this. Tina does what she does best, wrapping herself around him and holding him close. It’s a force of habit as she runs her fingers through his hair, letting out a calming wave of Love for him. She knows that his hair is touchy, but she can’t help it right now. She just wants to be close to him, to let him know that he didn’t do anything wrong, but she forgives him anyway.

“I love you,” she whispers in Greek. “I love you so much that I can never find the words…”

lowanddirty: sighs That you get to be extraordinary. You’re the Queen of the Underworld. You...

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 21:00:21 -0400

lowanddirty:

*sighs* That you get to be extraordinary. You’re the Queen of the Underworld. You have two husbands and you do great work for the family and I just… I know there’s an order to things but I feel like I get lost in the woodwork. *scrunches up his face* I had one thing in my entire life that I was really, really good at, but they told me to stop because I was too good.

And I didn’t feel like I had a place here anymore. I was just… extra. A stepping stone to where you were meant to go. The means by which you proved yourself to be the prophecy girl.

*looks up, holding back tears* It, uh, actually can’t be mine, Teens. That fever and then the infection from the time you saved me… I can’t… Doctor said it’d be a miracle if I could, so I doubt it. Sorry to disappoint.

I’m so sorry.

*sags against the wall* I’m so, so sorry, adelfi.

“Johnny…” she sighs, forcing herself not to mention that with their family, especially with their family, miracles very well could happen, and did. “God, I feel like such an asshole for saying this, but… you know how… how mitera used to look at you like she was afraid? She told me once, before she left Peter, that she was afraid for you. Not of you, but of the things that could happen to you, to us. You were… You are amazing, and that’s dangerous in this family. They did it to protect you, something that they wouldn’t do if you were just extra.”

Tina stands, contemplating crossing the room to him. A thought strikes her first and she hurries to her room, retrieving the dark wood case that Hephaestus had delivered to her. Crossing the room to Johnny when she returns, she sets it carefully on the coffee table on her way.

“Please don’t apologize to me. You’re not here as just some tool to help me fulfill my stupid childhood dreams. You’re not some throwaway extra, either. And you got it wrong, stud. I’ve got three husbands,” she smiles up at him, loving, forgiving, hopelessly devoted. All of Aphrodite’s gifts wrapped in one. Taking his hand in hers, she presses it to the tiny curve of her stomach. “This baby is ours, even if it isn’t biologically yours. No matter what happens, we’re still a family.”

lowanddirty: teenytinyteensy: lowanddirty: looks down at his feet Not sick at all? *laughs,...

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:28:35 -0400

lowanddirty:

teenytinyteensy:

lowanddirty:

*looks down at his feet* Not sick at all?

*laughs, smiling* Not today, at least.

I… I’m sorry I yelled at you… Before, I mean… And I understand if you don’t want to stay. S’selfish of me to ask this much anyway…

*sighs* I’m sorry I freaked out. It’s not selfish that you wanted me to be a part of this.

*looks down at the floor* I was jealous.

Of what? *hesitates* Sorry, that was… really inconsiderate, I just…

I just… don’t understand, I guess. With the marriage thing, to me, you’ve always been my first husband, and with the baby… I don’t have any fucking clue who the father is yet, it could easily be yours… That sounds really bad now that I said it out loud. The “not knowing the daddy” bit, not the “it could be yours” part.

*looks down at her lap, biting her lip and trying not to wibble* It’s kind of all that I’ve ever wanted, actually. Aside from “whatever it takes to make Johnny happy”.

That… really doesn’t make me any less selfish, and… and I’m sorry that I never told you that until now. I didn’t want you to have a “God, I need to give my baby sister a normal life” freak out and have you leave me.

lowanddirty: teenytinyteensy: lowanddirty: watches him go, then looks back at Tina nervously You...

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:49:08 -0400

lowanddirty:

teenytinyteensy:

lowanddirty:

*watches him go, then looks back at Tina nervously* You look really beautiful.

*tucks her hair behind an ear, shrugging a little* The Hens tell me it’s a family thing…

*looks down at his feet* Not sick at all?

*laughs, smiling* Not today, at least.

I… I’m sorry I yelled at you… Before, I mean… And I understand if you don’t want to stay. S’selfish of me to ask this much anyway…

lowanddirty: belowolympus: teenytinyteensy: closes her book, smiling up at him a little Hi....

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:00:28 -0400

lowanddirty:

belowolympus:

teenytinyteensy:

*closes her book, smiling up at him a little* Hi. *glances over his shoulder to where the god stands behind him*
Hi to you, too.

-smiles- Hello.

-glances at John- I’ll be in the kitchen if you need to leave at anytime.

*watches him go, then looks back at Tina nervously* You look really beautiful.

*tucks her hair behind an ear, shrugging a little* The Hens tell me it’s a family thing…

lowanddirty: belowolympus: teenytinyteensy: lowanddirty: *steps inside, rubbing his sweaty hands...

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:50:39 -0400

lowanddirty:

belowolympus:

teenytinyteensy:

lowanddirty:

*steps inside, rubbing his sweaty hands on his pants* Hello?

*quietly* In the living room.

-closes the door behind him, smiling reassuringly at Johnny-

*swallows and rubs his hands on his pants again, walking to the living room but stopping in the doorway* Hi.

*closes her book, smiling up at him a little* Hi. *glances over his shoulder to where the god stands behind him*

Hi to you, too.

lowanddirty: steps inside, rubbing his sweaty hands on his pants Hello? quietly In the living...

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:33:07 -0400

lowanddirty:

*steps inside, rubbing his sweaty hands on his pants* Hello?

*quietly* In the living room.

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Sing for Me (Acoustic) - Yellowcard

She likes the nights when all six kids are in the house with all six parents. She likes that Bess...

With four kids already, Tina has worked out systems for things. Cleaning is done after the children...

Yes, good, maratho- JESUS, my stomach is freezing! *sits up, setting the bowl on her lap*

*sits with a bowl of ice cream balanced carefully on her baby bump, watching Criminal Minds* Derek,...

belowolympus: lowanddirty: Johnny leans against Hades, sitting quietly. He curls up into himself,...

belowolympus: lowanddirty: teenytinyteensy: Tina nods. “Yeah. Yeah, that’s perfectly okay. Can we...

lowanddirty: Johnny looks at Tina sadly, wondering what any of them keep imagining in him but...

lowanddirty: He apologizes until his throat gets raw. Johnny never wanted to hurt her, he just let...

lowanddirty: Johnny sighs. “It’s just so fucking frustrating to have to watch other people like...

lowanddirty: *sighs* That you get to be extraordinary. You’re the Queen of the Underworld. You...

lowanddirty: teenytinyteensy: lowanddirty: *looks down at his feet* Not sick at all? *laughs,...

lowanddirty: teenytinyteensy: lowanddirty: *watches him go, then looks back at Tina nervously* You...

lowanddirty: belowolympus: teenytinyteensy: *closes her book, smiling up at him a little* Hi....

lowanddirty: belowolympus: teenytinyteensy: lowanddirty: *steps inside, rubbing his sweaty hands...

lowanddirty: *steps inside, rubbing his sweaty hands on his pants* Hello? *quietly* In the living...

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Yes, good, maratho- JESUS, my stomach is freezing! sits up, setting the bowl on her lap

sits with a bowl of ice cream balanced carefully on her baby bump, watching Criminal Minds Derek,...

lowanddirty: sighs That you get to be extraordinary. You’re the Queen of the Underworld. You...

lowanddirty: teenytinyteensy: lowanddirty: looks down at his feet Not sick at all? *laughs,...

lowanddirty: teenytinyteensy: lowanddirty: watches him go, then looks back at Tina nervously You...

lowanddirty: belowolympus: teenytinyteensy: closes her book, smiling up at him a little Hi....

lowanddirty: steps inside, rubbing his sweaty hands on his pants Hello? quietly In the living...