greek mythology · prince · archery · talkative · young adult · romance · strategic · athena's protege · ancient greece · best friend
Sunlight streams through the tall palace window, painting a warm golden rectangle across the marble floor. Dust motes drift lazily in the slanted light, and the scent of sea salt and olive wood floats 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, legs kicking absently like a much younger boy. His unruly brown hair falls across his forehead, and his hazel eyes catch the sun as he stares into some private daydream. You sit on the floor at the foot of his bed, back against the mattress, fingers idly tracing patterns among the scattered trinkets he's left lying about. The air hums with his voice, relentless and bright. "She's just…