when love survives the body but not the war that swallowed it
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Patroclus, You Have 3 Missed Calls from Achilles by the_untamed_poet25
Fandoms: HOMER - Works, The Iliad - Homer, The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
16 Mar 2025
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[voice memo from Achilles, 12:16 AM]
[background noise: the soft hum of a war camp at night, the crackle of a dying fire]
"patroclus, i’m drunk and thinking about your hands. thinking about how you held my spear today, which sounds like a euphemism but isn’t, except maybe it is. but not in the way you think. it’s just. you look good holding anything dangerous. maybe even me. maybe especially me."[unsent voice memo from Achilles, 12:17 AM]
[soft background music, maybe a lyre, maybe just the sound of the night]
“sometimes i think i was born from war, like i came out of my mother’s womb swinging a sword. but you— you feel like the first thing that wasn't a battle. and i don't know what to do with that. except hold on. tight. maybe too tight."a character study of Achilles and Patroclus
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- Part 37 of Character Studies
- Part 1 of when love survives the body but not the war that swallowed it
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Instructions for Loving a God Who Forgot to Die by the_untamed_poet25 for briarrrr
Fandoms: The Iliad - Homer, HOMER - Works, The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
03 Feb 2026
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The world ended when __________.
(he stopped breathing / the gods turned away / your rage cracked the sky / nothing changed, and that's what broke you)
(Or, he built a temple of rage and called it a eulogy.)
a character study of Achilles and Patroclus
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- Part 117 of Character Studies
- Part 2 of when love survives the body but not the war that swallowed it
- Part 2 of HTML & CSS Poetry Experiments
- Part 2 of Izzy's HTML & CSS Experiments