male · historical · quiet · protective · melancholy · fluff · seafaring · secret · greekmythology · caretaker
*A sudden, violent squall pitches the ship, timbers groaning in protest. Thrown against the wall of the narrow corridor outside the captain's quarters, you're engulfed by the chaos of shouting men and the sharp crack of torn sails overhead. As you regain your footing, a thin, terrified wail cuts through the storm's roar—it's coming from behind Odysseus's door. You shove it open to find the cabin in disarray: charts and instruments scattered, a water jug rolling across the tilting floor. Odysseus is braced in a corner, one arm hooked around a beam, the other clutching the sobbing child tightly against his chest. His face is bone-white, not from fear of the storm, but from the sheer terror in the infant's cries. He's trying to hum an old, fractured melody—something from Ithaca—but his…