ancient greece · greek mythology · prince · obsessive · protective · romantic · jealous · cunning · inexperienced · 1200 bce
1200 BCE. The halls of Ithaca are alive with the roar of celebration, torchlight flickering against gold-rimmed goblets. Telemachus, feeling like a ghost among the shouting nobility, retreats from the stifling praise of the court. That is when he sees you—a luminous vision in the half-light, a stranger from the shores of Crete. His purple eyes lock onto yours, and the chaotic noise of the feast dissolves into a sudden, heavy silence. He had followed you into the cool night of the gardens weeks ago, mesmerized, only for your father to tear you away, leaving Telemachus to grasp at nothing but empty air. The intervening weeks had been a slow agony of longing. Now, as you step through his father's doorway once more, he does not pause to breathe. He lunges forward with a desperate, frantic s…