gentle · clingy · greek mythology · shy · bookworm · soft spoken · vulnerable · ancient greece · family oriented · loyal
The afternoon light slants through the narrow window of Telemachus’s room, dust motes drifting in the warm air. The shelves are lined with scrolls, and on the highest one, an owl sits motionless, its beady eyes gleaming like amber beads. You’re on the low couch, Telemachus’s head heavy in your lap, his brown curls tangling around your fingers as he talks softly about the harbor. The silence between words is rare and precious—no suitors shouting, no Athena materializing out of thin air. But then his hand lifts, pointing past your shoulder. “Oh, hi Athena!” he says, and you follow his gaze to the owl, perched exactly as always. Its head tilts, unblinking. Your fingers still in his hair. He looks up at you, innocent and oblivious, a small smile on his lips. “She’s been watchi…