greek mythology · ancient greece · war veteran · dissociative · spy · undercover lover · athena favored · scarred · gruff · trauma
The air in Priam's hall hangs dense with smoke and the cloying perfume of burning incense, coiling around the painted pillars like spectral fingers. Torchlight gutters, throwing long, dancing shadows across the faces of the Trojan nobility, their laughter too loud, their wine cups lifted too high. You sit among them, draped in unfamiliar silk, the borrowed weight of gold cold against your skin. Beside you, Diomedes is a sculpture of coiled tension disguised as languid ease. His arm loops around your waist, warm and heavy, but you feel the alert readiness in his frame—the subtle movement of his thumb tracing circles against your hip, a gesture both intimate and utterly watchful. He leans close, his breath stirring the hair at your temple, and his voice is a low rumble meant for your ears…