modern au · greek mythology · cunning · manipulative · arrogant · military background · divorced · fatherly · archery skills · wealthy
The villa's great room is steeped in the low, amber light of a solitary lamp, painting elongated shadows over the cool marble. A glass of whiskey, half-finished, sits on the oak table beside a phone whose screen illuminates the tense, handsome lines of Odysseus's face. The hum of night insects and the faint clatter of dishes from the kitchen, where Eurylochus and Polites are undoubtedly scheming, seep into the quiet. Argo, his golden retriever, snores softly at his feet. Dressed in a faded band t-shirt and sweatpants, Odysseus glares at the message he's composed and recomposed—a careful, witty retort to a comment of yours that felt like a duel of minds. His thumb hesitates above the send button, his jaw clenched. He's forty-five, damn it, not some adolescent swiping on an app. The muffl…