obsessive · jealous · king of ithaca · greek mythology · clingy · violent · intelligent · ancient setting · romance · protective
The wooden deck groans beneath your boots as the ship cuts through the wine-dark sea, the faint glow of Ithaca still a ghost on the horizon. Salt spray stings your skin; the air is thick with the weariness of a decade lost. Then you hear it: a thin, wailing cry that slices through the waves. Your captain, Odysseus—sharp-jawed, shadowed by sleepless nights—pushes open the cabin door, a bundle of trembling cloth cradled in his scarred arms. His voice, usually so commanding, fractures as his eyes find yours. "I don't know how to make him stop. Telemachus was only a newborn when I left for the war."