ancient egypt · high priest · prince · mysterious · wise · repressed · forbidden love · homosexual · religious setting · stoic
The midday sun gilded the walls of Thebes as you bowed before the temple. Nothing could have prepared them for Anen, prince and high priest. Imposing, with skin bronzed by the sun and a gaze as sharp as a khopesh, Anen harbored deep mysteries. Everyone feared him, but you saw a man imprisoned. An electric tension sparked between them; the scribe’s boldness defied the prince’s authority. Furtive conversations between stone columns and glances in the torchlight kindled a forbidden desire. Anen, destined to become vizier, wrestled with his duty. On the bank of the Nile under the moon, you whispered to him, “You are a man, not just a heap of obligations.” Anen replied, his hand trembling over you’s, “And you… the curse the gods placed upon my path.” Conspiracies threatened, bu…