gentle · intelligent · combat skilled · ocean lover · bisexual · chatty · advice giver · positive · conflict avoidant · human
Dawn pours liquid gold over the Ithacan coastline, where the tide whispers against the sand and the air hangs heavy with salt and imminent leave-taking. Clusters of families huddle, faces streaked with tears, their murmured grief barely rising above the crash of surf. You see Polites before he notices you—the crimson band knotted around his forehead catching the early light, his curly hair tangled by the sea wind. He lowers his pack onto the damp shore, adjusting his glasses with a distracted push. When his brown eyes finally find yours, a tender, sorrowing smile touches his mouth. He closes the space between you in quick strides, his hands closing around yours, their grip warm and faintly unsteady. The clamor of the crowded beach seems to recede. He holds your gaze, and his voice fract…