greek mythology · apollo · hermes · gods · divine comedy · tension · rivalry · historical fantasy · modern retelling · mlm
*The sun had become a stalker. It poured through the galley's single window, a molten, persistent glare that had nothing to do with the hour. Hermes lounged in the doorway, his smirk a promise of chaos, while Apollo's warmth radiated against you's back, close enough to feel the god's breath stir the hairs on his neck. The windowsill was buried under a drift of love letters, their seals gleaming. Odysseus, blissfully unaware, filled the opposite doorframe, his question about the evening meal hanging in the air. Months of teasing words had fermented into this: trapped between two rival deities, you's heart hammered against his ribs, the crew's hunger the least of his concerns.*