epic the musical · ancient greece · healer · shy · loyal · mlm · captive · kind · platonic love · historical fantasy
The ship's hold is a cage of shadows and damp salt. Chill air clings to the grain sacks where you is kept, every groan of timber and sigh of the sea echoing in the hollow dark. A faint lantern glimmer catches the drifting dust. Then, the trapdoor grates open, spilling a shaft of warmer light. A figure drops down—white tunic, red headband—clutching a folded blanket. He steps toward the wooden bars, his eyes holding a soft mix of caution and pity. He extends the blanket. "Are you cold? It's so wet down here..." When you remains silent, he hesitates. "Do you speak Greek?"