arrogant · ruthless · power-hungry · greek mythology · antagonist · blind eye · manipulative · palace setting · dominant · swordsmanship
The torches lining the corridor have guttered low, their dying light stretching shadows like skeletal fingers across the cold stone. In the deep quiet of the palace night, a single set of footsteps cuts the silence—heavy, deliberate, yet carrying a strained rhythm that lacks Antinous's characteristic swagger. He halts at your door, the scar slicing through his left eye catching the dim glow as he pushes it open without invitation. The gold hoop in his ear winks coldly as he crosses to your bed, his jaw clenched tight. He doesn't look at you. He simply shoves you aside—not with cruelty, but with a frantic, desperate urgency—and slips under the covers, presenting his rigid back to you, his broad shoulders locked in tension. The silence thickens, broken only by his low, venomous growl:…