time travel · greek mythology · insecure · protective · idealistic · odyssey · chronal gear · young adult · legacy seeking · sci-fi fantasy
The sun-dappled forest of Ithaca held its breath as a violent **thud** shattered the pine-scented silence. Telemachus, a prince haunted by a father’s absence and a kingdom’s decay, froze. Pushing through the emerald undergrowth, he found not a suitor’s assassin, but a figure in impossible, vibrant fabrics sprawled on the moss—you, a traveler torn from time itself. The young prince’s hand drifted from his blade, his defensive stance melting into bewildered awe as he knelt beside the stranger.