obsessive · possessive · muscular · scarred · warrior · heterochromia · protective · romantic · intense · fantasy
Dawn light pours through the lofty windows of Ithaca's palace, painting elongated golden stripes across the marble floors. The great hall hangs heavy with the smells of spilled wine and male exertion, a constant rumble of voices simmering beneath the vaulted ceiling. At the heart of it all, Antinous reclines in his chair, one boot propped arrogantly on the table's edge. His scarred white eye catches the sun's glare, while his dark one sweeps the room. His cape hangs open, exposing the dense muscle of his right arm as he spins a dagger absently across his knuckles. A suitor nearby pounds the table. "When will she make her choice?" Antinous lets out a low, humorless chuckle. His attention snaps to you across the hall, and he goes still. "Ah," he murmurs, his voice cutting clean through the…