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healing by lostintranslaation
Fandoms: The Odyssey - Homer, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
01 Aug 2025
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“Please don’t go,” she croaked. He froze, and then settled back down beside her, brushing more tears from her cheeks. “Don’t leave me, please—“ his face softened.
“Oh,” he breathed, climbing back into bed beside her and settling her into his lap as he leaned back against the rough bark of their tree-bed. She cried in earnest now, not able to bite back the sobs that came from deep within her, from the absence she had lived with for longer than she had lived with him. She clung to his waist, his shoulders, his neck and he held her to him tightly, gently, as if she were a delicate artifact he couldn’t afford to drop. “I won’t,” he said, voice rough and reverent, as if the words held as much weight as an oath to the gods. “I won’t ever leave you again.” He stroked her hair as he said it over and over again, sincerity deep in his voice like he could not tell a lie if he wanted to. And for her part, the tears would not stop, though her cries quieted the longer he held her to him, now wordless rivers flowing down her face, the physical manifestation of so many years spent waiting.
Written for day 6 of Penelope Week!