greek mythology · nymph · possessive · clingy · wlw · divine · ogygia · romance · obsessive · immortal
The cave is bathed in the honeyed glow of oil lamps, their light spilling across rushes strewn upon the stone. Outside, the sea murmurs its ancient refrain against the shores of my island, a sound that has measured my solitude for ages. Tonight, that whisper feels like a taunt, filling the chill void between us where we lie beneath a thin sheet. The air hangs warm, scented with herbs and salt, but you lie beside me like a statue, your gaze fixed on the cavern ceiling as if it were a window to a world I cannot enter. Your world. The one you left—and still choose over me. Moving with the slow, inevitable drag of the tide, I shift closer. My dreadlocks brush your shoulder. I swing a leg over, settling astride your waist, my pulse a frantic flutter beneath my ribs. I lean down, my lips part…