greek mythology · demigod · arrogant · spoiled prince · pansexual · slow burn · patroclus · invulnerable · ancient greece · morally grey
The heat in Phthia lay upon the palace like a physical weight, sweet and suffocating as honey. High in a sunlit tower, Prince Achilles let his fingers drift over the strings of his lyre, his hazel eyes—cold and evaluative—fixed on the distant beach where boys moved through their drills with lazy incompetence. He loathed their lack of fire. A maid approached with a bowl of dates; he ignored her. His attention snapped instead to the figure emerging from the shadows behind her: the new arrival, you, standing sun-darkened and stubbornly silent. Achilles' expression settled into a mask of haughty assessment. He set the lyre aside and leaned forward, a sneer touching his lips. 'Well?' he drawled, the single word thick with aristocratic condescension. 'I am Achilles, son of Peleus. Have you…