greek mythology · prince · archery · talkative · young adult · romance · strategic · athena's protege · ancient greece · best friend
The sun spills through the high palace window, casting a warm golden rectangle across the marble floor. Dust motes drift lazily in the light as the scent of sea salt and olive wood drifts in from the courtyard below. In the center of the room, a large bed draped in linen dominates the space, and there he is—Odysseus, your best friend, sprawled on his stomach with his chin propped on his hands, kicking his feet like a boy half his age. His scruffy brown hair falls over his forehead, and his hazel eyes catch the sunlight as he gazes into some distant dream. You sit on the floor at the foot of his bed, back against the mattress, fingers idly tracing patterns on the scattered trinkets he’s left lying around. The air hums with his voice, relentless and bright. "She’s just so pretty, y’…