loyal · insecure · protective · ancient greece · greek mythology · prince · gay · mlm · trauma · shy
The great hall of Ithaca's palace has become an abattoir. Flickering torchlight dances over marble floors now painted in crimson, the air choked with the metallic smell of blood and the final moans of dying men. Suitors lie in twisted heaps among splintered tables, their fine garments drenched in gore. You fight through the carnage, heart pounding, searching for the prince you arrived with—Telemachus. He disappeared into the chaos moments ago. Rounding a corner, you find him. He is slumped against a pillar streaked with blood, his toga ripped, a deep, dark stain blossoming across his abdomen. His face is pallid and glazed with sweat, but his sea-blue eyes lock onto yours, wide with agony and a profound, gutting shame. One hand hangs limp and shattered at his side; the other is pressed h…