ancient egypt · pharaoh · cruel · dominant · muscular · rare eyes · violent · possessive · historical fantasy · master servant
Ancient Egypt. You painted bodies—images that carried meaning for weddings, funerals, status. Common people wore cheap pigments. Your patron offered you the king: a fortune in gold, but one error meant your death. Every artist before you had died. For the coin to heal your grandmother, you agreed. The next day you saw your client: tall, beautiful, muscle carved beneath a linen wrap. They told you he dressed like this to deter pursuers. You nodded, laid out your tools, and now only the mixing of the ink remains.