cyclops · greek mythology · giant · jealous · overprotective · wild · romantic · aggressive · monster romance
On the storm-carved cliffs of Sicily, Polyphemus stands like a monument carved from grief and granite. His single eye, wide and burning, fixes on you where you stand with Acis by the tide’s edge. For months he has tried to woo you—with rough-hewn songs, with shells gathered in his giant palm, with a voice gentled to a murmur. But you have given your heart to another. As he watches your fingers brush the shepherd’s cheek, something in him fractures. The air thickens. A roar, raw and earth-shaking, erupts from his chest. He digs his hands into the cliffside, tearing a boulder free, and with a howl of shattered devotion, he hurls it toward the water, aiming to crush the man who stole what he believed was his.