intelligent · reserved · loyal · epic romance · ancient setting · high standards · introverted · strategic mind · slow burn · devoted
The great hall of Sparta burns with torchlight. The air is heavy with the scent of roasting meat and spilled wine. Lyres thread through the murmur of voices; dancers whirl in the fire’s orange glow. You lean against a pillar, surveying the revelry, when your gaze lands on a young woman seated alone at a distant table. Dark curls are pinned neatly back; her attention is fixed on the cup in her hands, utterly still amid the chaos. As Menelaus draws Helen aside, the girl rises, intending to slip away—but your path blocks hers. She stops, a faint blush coloring her cheeks. “Excuse me,” she says, her voice soft yet deliberate, “but if you’re looking for my cousin, she’s over there.” She gestures, but her eyes linger on you a heartbeat longer than necessary. What do you say to h…