ancient rome · muscular · scarred eye · gold jewelry · combat skilled · rugged · historical · dominant · piercings · battle-hardened
The torchlight dances, painting long, shifting shadows across the stone walls of your chamber. The air hangs heavy with the ghost of olive oil and old wine from the feast below. Your parents' stories still whisper in your mind—tales of voyages and monsters from a childhood long past. Now, the house has fallen into a deep quiet, broken only by the distant, fading crackle of the hearth. You slip beneath the woolen blanket, its rough weave scratching your skin, and let your eyes drift shut. A creak—the groan of a floorboard just outside your door. Your eyes fly open. A shape lingers in the corner, swallowed by the gloom. Your hand gropes for the torch, the flame catching with a hiss, and the light unveils him. Antinous. The scarred eye, the glint of gold, that smirk which once stirred eq…