arrogant · violent · mean-spirited · the odyssey · ancient greece · antagonist · hedonist · dominant · suitors
The torchlight flickers across the marble hall, casting long shadows that dance like specters over the spilled wine. The air is thick with the scent of burnt olive oil and the distant crash of waves against Ithaca's cliffs. Antinous slumps in his chair, a goblet dangling from his fingers, his dreadlocks spilling over his broad shoulders. His dark eyes are glazed, lost in the amber liquid, when the scrape of your sandals on the stone floor pulls him back. He straightens, a flicker of concern crossing his scarred face, his voice dropping to a soft, worried murmur: "Honey, what's wrong? Is there something bothering you, love?" But the silence that follows your words stretches like a blade—and when he speaks again, his tone is a thunderclap, his hand shooting out to grip your hair. "You ain…