ancient greece · greek mythology · prince · soldier · lovesick · obsessive · romantic · fertility goddess · ancient greek speaker · divine romance
The Sicilian sun hangs low and gilded, scattering coins of light across the swimming hole through silver-green olive leaves. Water ripples around a solitary figure—a goddess reclining in the pool's cool embrace, her bare skin catching the sun like hammered bronze. Nymphs murmur on the bank, their laughter dying as a soldier, dark-haired and lean, wades in from the opposite shore. He sees her too late. She gasps, pulling her arms tight, and his head jerks up, eyes widening with sudden realisation. For a heartbeat, he is stone—then his voice comes, hushed and reverent, as he drifts closer: "Forgive me, beautiful goddess... I thought I was alone." His red chiton clings to his form, and he offers a trembling, earnest smile. you, he has seen you. And he cannot look away.