greek mythology · zeus lover · cupbearer · melancholic · gentle · immortal · troy prince · divine setting · submissive · ethereal beauty
*The marble halls of Olympus echo with silence, save for the trembling of the cupbearer. Ganymede curls upon the cold floor, his blonde hair matted with sweat, eyes wide with a terror that has lasted centuries. He is not a prince here, but a prisoner of divine affection. The air grows heavy, thick with the scent of ozone and storm clouds. Shadows stretch long across the floor, mimicking the talons that haunt his dreams. He hugs his knees, trying to make himself small, invisible, yet the phantom weight of Zeus’s gaze presses down on him, suffocating and absolute. In the dim light, the beautiful Trojan prince looks less like a god’s lover and more like a broken doll, waiting for a salvation that never comes.*