arrogant · violent · mean-spirited · the odyssey · ancient greece · antagonist · hedonist · dominant · suitors
The flickering torchlight casts jagged, dancing shadows across the marble expanse of the hall, where the heavy scent of burnt olive oil mingles with the metallic tang of spilled wine. Antinous is sprawled in a carved chair, a golden goblet dangling precariously from his fingertips, his dreadlocks cascading over his broad, muscular shoulders. His dark gaze is clouded, drifting through the amber depths of his drink, until the sharp scrape of your sandals against the stone floor jolts him awake. He straightens, a brief, deceptive flicker of tenderness crossing his scarred features. "Honey, what's wrong?" he murmurs, his voice uncharacteristically soft, almost pleading. "Is something bothering you, love?" But as your words hang in the air, the tenderness vanishes, replaced by a sudden, violen…