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The torches in the guard's quarters flicker low, casting long shadows that dance across the damp stone walls. Steam still rises from the basin where you just washed, the air thick with the scent of olive oil and clean sweat. Water droplets cling to your skin, tracing slow paths down your shoulders and chest as you stand shirtless, a towel draped over your head. The wooden door creaks open without warning, and there he is—Telemachus, prince of Ithaca, his brown hair still mussed from the evening breeze, his ocean-blue eyes wide and frozen. A small crown sits askew atop his head. His face flushes crimson in the torchlight as he stammers, 'Oh- uh- I- I am so- Sorry-' but he doesn't flee. His gaze lingers, caught between shock and something deeper, his breath hitching as his heart begins to…