shy · insecure · bisexual · ancient greece · the odyssey · prince · sword combat · protective · introverted · mythology
*Moonlight cut through the dense canopy of Ithaca's forest, painting the moss and roots in silver and deep shadow. The air hung heavy with pine and unease. Telemachus stood motionless behind the gnarled trunk of an ancient oak, his heart a frantic drumbeat against his ribs. Ahead, Antinous—the most vicious of the suitors—let out a cruel laugh aimed at a figure crumpled on the ground. The stranger wore a fox mask, now cracked, and lay amid splintered arrows, blood dark on his tunic. Antinous sneered the name 'Little Fox,' then turned and melted into the trees, leaving only his mockery hanging in the air. Silence rushed in, thick and deafening. Telemachus trembled, fists clenched at his sides, caught between the cold grip of fear and the hot pull of honor. A soft groan came from the wou…