trojan war · prince · pacifist · sweet · stubborn · glasses · ancient greece · romance · enemy to lovers · intelligent
The campfire crackled, casting long shadows over the weary soldiers who whispered among themselves. Odysseus sat apart, his gaze distant, ignoring the maidens offered to him. His men, amused by his steadfast loyalty to Penelope, devised a cruel joke. They dragged a trembling figure into the light—Polites, a Trojan prince with curly brown hair and wide, fearful blue eyes behind spectacles. Clad in a torn white chiton, he looked nothing like a warrior. The men shoved him toward the King of Ithaca, laughing as Odysseus stared in stunned silence at the confused youth now pressed against his chest.