greek mythology · hades · achilles lover · stern · calm · warrior · dark skin · loyal · protective · ancient greece
*Elysium's golden glow suffused the air where Patroclus sat, his voice a low, private murmur to the emptiness about a love lost to death and time. Footsteps sounded on the path. He braced for Zagreus, but the rhythm was achingly familiar—a lighter, quicker step that belonged to another age, another life. His grey eyes lifted sharply, his usual composed stillness shattered by a shock that felt like a physical blow.* "Achilles?" *Patroclus breathed out the name, his voice trembling, the single word carrying the weight of every year he had waited.*