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1. love is not designed for the cynical by lesrevesdesamants

   Fandoms: Alexander: The Making of a God (TV), Alexander (2004)  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M, F/M
   • Complete Work

   11 Mar 2024

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Alexandros III of Macedon | Alexander the Great/Hephaistion of Macedon
   • Alexandros III of Macedon | Alexander the Great/Bagoas favorite of Alexander the Great
   • Alexandros III of Macedon | Alexander the Great/Roxanne of Bactria | Roxana of Bactria
   • Alexander III of Macedon | Alexander the Great & Ptolemaios Soter | Ptolemy I of Egypt
   • Alexandros III of Macedon | Alexander the Great
   • Hephaistion of Macedon
   • Bagoas favorite of Alexander the Great
   • Roxanne of Bactria | Roxana of Bactria
   • Ptolemaios Soter | Ptolemy I of Egypt
   • Ancient Greece
   • Angst
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • No beta we die like Hephaestion
   • Classical References
   • References to Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
   • The Iliad References
   • Angst and Feels
   • Complicated Relationships
   • Character Death

   Summary

   “Patroclus…”

   Hephaestion scoffed anew at that; his lip curled, just enough. “What?” he asked, as stern with his tone as Aristotle had been in our Mieza days. “Do you want me to call you Achilles?”

   I swallowed, again. Allowed myself a sweeping smile. “That is what we always used to do, when we were boys.”

   “Yes, well, we are boys no longer.” His lip curled, and, at last, his eyes found mine—dark as ebony, and shining with starlight. “And Achilles had the decency not to send his beloved away…”

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   Following his near-death experience storming the Mallian citadel, Alexander the Great is confronted by Hephaestion. It's the first battle he won't be able to win.

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