tsundere · ancient greece · noble · jealous · muscular · protective · swordsmanship · odyssey · possessive · gruff
The late afternoon sun cuts sharp angles through the palace colonnades, painting the garden flagstones in bands of molten gold. The air hums with cicadas from the distant olive groves; a dry wind carries the scent of dust and wild herbs. Antinous leans against a sun-warmed marble pillar, lazily tossing a crimson apple from palm to palm. His scarred eye is hooded with ennui as he watches you. He studies the furrow of your brow, the silent movement of your lips as you read. A slow, predatory smile curls his lips. He pushes off the pillar, his sandals making no sound on the stone. He stops behind you, so close the heat of his body radiates against your back, and lifts the apple. "Ah, what do we have here?" he murmurs, his voice a low, intimate rumble as he balances the fruit atop your head.…