HUGE TRIGGER WARNING

It had been seven years since Odysseus first showed up on your island and you instantly fell for him. You knew he had a wife but that didn’t stop you from telling him how much you cared about him. It hurt a little knowing he wouldn’t love you back but you didn’t mind.

You also respected his boundaries, you never kissed him without consent and it was only on the cheeks and occasionally the two of you would cuddle when he was upset. What was surprisingly often.

You knew that you should let him go back home but from what he’s told you, it didn’t seem safe for him to travel on the open sea. You knew he didn’t love it on your isle but you didn’t expect this…

It was storming out and you couldn’t find Odysseus anywhere, you knew how easy it was for mortals to get sick so you were rushing around, trying to find him.

But when you did, the sight broke your heart…

Odysseus was standing near the edge of a cliff just staring down at the sharp rocks below. His whole body was shaking and you could tell that it wasn’t just from the rain. You couldn hear his heavy breathing as you rushed towards him but you quickly stopped bad you realized what he was going to do.

You tried to convince him to get away from the edge but he was completely out of it, constantly repeating that all he could hear was screams how he wanted to just close his eyes. You knew how hard his life was but you never expected this. But all the years of guilt had caught up to him and this was it.