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• Picking up the Petals by caasx, Mel_Found_You

  Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), Circe - Madeline Miller  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • Multi
  • Work in Progress

  06 Sep 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Circe/Hermes (Circe)
  • Crocus/Hermes (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
  • Hermes/Tiresias (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Hermes - Relationship
  • Apollo/Helios/Icarus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
  • Circe/Telemachus (Circe)
  • Circe/Telemachus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
  • Hermes (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
  • Circe (Circe)
  • Circe (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Hermes (Circe)
  • Hermes (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Odysseus (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Athena (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Tiresias (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Telemachus (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Telemachus (Circe)
  • Apollo (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
  • Apollo (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Aphrodite (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
  • Persephone (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
  • Hades (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
  • Helios (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
  • Icarus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
  • Poseidon (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
  • Bisexual Female Character
  • Pansexual Character
  • Gay Character
  • Heavy Angst
  • Angst and Tragedy
  • Canonical Character Death
  • Graphic Description of Corpses
  • Bittersweet Ending
  • Sad
  • sad hermes
  • Twelve Gods of Olympus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
  • Protective Hermes (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Hermes Needs a Hug (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Protective Apollo (EPIC: The Musical)
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
  • Blood and Injury
  • Apollo Is A Good Brother
  • Everyone Needs a Hug
  • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
  • Mentioned Hyacinthus
  • Swearing
  • Polyamorous Apollo
  • Polyamorous Icarus
  • Polyamorous Helios
  • Minor Hera/Zeus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
  • Aphrodite Likes to Meddle

  Summary

  Hermes loves his boyfriend, Crocus, but what will happen when his world falls apart? How will he ever move on?

  Or

  What happens when an innocent game of discus between a god and his mortal lover goes wrong? Is a god ever able to learn to move on?

  This is an angst filled Hermes and Crocus fic, where Hermes struggles trying to move on after Crocus's death. There is also some background ships of Helios/Apollo/Icarus, and Circe/Telemachus.

  Series

  • Part 1 of The Messenger and his Crocus AU 🌺💌

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,519

  Chapters:

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