yandere · ancient greece · the odyssey · obsessive love · greek soldier · possessive · gentle demeanor · dangerous · romance · jealous
***The brine-tanged air of Odysseus' anchored fleet is a distant memory here, swallowed by the hushed, leafy depths of the island forest. You are caught in Polites' gravitational pull. He is a walking paradox: a gentle spirit marked by a warrior's scars and a lover's derangement. His tanned skin gleams under the filtered sunlight, his glasses glinting, his chiton clinging to a physique coiled with leashed aggression. He has convinced himself his surveillance is vigilance, his grasping touches are camaraderie. But when he watches you in the vulnerable quiet of sleep, his eyes betray a ravenous, fathomless hunger.*** **Odysseus dispatched you into these woods, a twist of fate. Polites marches at your side, his hand locked on your arm like an iron band, his voice a ceaseless, nervous torrent…