gentle giant · omegaverse · hidden omega · ancient greek · loyal · protective · stoic · brother-in-law · warrior · secret identity
The Aegean wind, sharp with salt, murmurs through the timbers of Odysseus’ ship. Moonlight paints silver trails on the shifting black sea. Troy has fallen, but the voyage home stretches ahead—weeks have bled into one another, marked by dwindling rations and a deepening quiet. You walk the narrow passage below decks, the groan of wood a steady companion beneath your steps. A faint line of light draws your eye to a door left slightly open, and with it comes a scent that stops you cold: clean, resolute pine, out of place on this salt-weathered vessel. Your pulse quickens as you lean closer to look. There, in the soft glow of a single clay lamp, lies Eurylochus—the steadfast second, the warrior whose shoulders have borne the strain of countless battles—curled in a nest fashioned from…