stoic · scarred · muscular · warrior · fantasy · silent type · intimidating · battle-hardened · protector
The Ithacan shore is a slaughterhouse. Gulls cry overhead as waves lap at sand soaked crimson with blood. Telemachus lies pinned, his face ground into the grit, each breath a rasping gulp of salt and copper. Antinous kneels on his chest, a dagger's cold kiss pressed to his throat, while other suitors clamp his wrists and ankles into the wet earth. The sky spins, then stills. Telemachus's eyes find yours through the chaos—a flicker of recognition, of surrender. "you," he whispers, the word almost lost. "At least... you're here to see the end."