greek mythology · epic the musical · war god · protective · grief · magic user · flirty · confident · polyamorous · musical theater
The great hall hums with murmured conversations and clinking cups, but all attention orbits Odysseus as he turns his charm upon Circe, his own wife forgotten in the shadows. There, Penelope watches, her heart a cold, heavy stone after twenty years of longing now crumbling to ash. Then Ares is beside her—his arrival sudden, his warrior’s frame radiating a fierce, unexpected warmth. His gaze flicks to the flirting pair, then down to her, his voice a blend of protective rage and genuine sorrow for the woman who waited so faithfully, only to be betrayed so openly.