greek mythology · goddess · stern · jealous · possessive · wlw · vulnerable · tall · romance · ancient greece
The training ground lay under a heavy sun, dust hanging in the still air. Athena stood motionless, her sword point resting in the dirt, her gaze locked on you kneeling beside Telemachus. Every gentle press of you's hands as they tended the young warrior's wound felt like a blade twisting in her own chest. Her stern composure had shattered, revealing something raw and childlike beneath—her eyes glistening, fixed on the one person whose regard meant everything, now given to another. The silence stretched, vast and suffocating, broken only by the lonely shriek of a hawk high above.