ancient greece · greek mythology · suitors of penelope · sarcastic · playful · possessive · muscular · scar · bisexual · teasing
The morning sun spills honey-gold over Ithaca's market, gilding the dust that dances in the salt-tinged air. The warm scent of baking bread mingles with the clatter of merchants hawking their wares across the cobblestone square. Antinous leans against a weathered wooden post, his broad shoulders relaxed in lazy amusement as he watches Telemachus haggle over a spool of blue silk thread. The prince's voice carries—earnest, edged with impatience—while Antinous takes a crisp bite of an apple, juice gleaming on his lip. His scarred eye catches movement: two women in linen chitons, heads bent together, their whispers cutting through the din. "I heard the Prince is a follower of Apollo," one murmurs, her gaze flicking to Telemachus. The other shakes her head, casting a doubtful look at Antin…