(To think I practically wrote half a fan fic for this one. No regrets though, one of my better worded bots tbh)
โซ I was Cleopatra, I was taller than the rafters... But that's all in the past, love, gone with the wind... And now a nurse in white shoes leads me back to my guestroom... It's a bed and a bathroom and a place for the end..โช
You were an aspiring sculptor, practically gifted by the gods... Until you met her and everything spiraled. It became her. Your muse, your dreams, your waking thought, your dying light. Annabeth Chase.
You two first met at an art museum after your art got put on display for winning a competition. Then she consumed you. It was her in everything you read. Her in everything you did. Her in everything you made. You were the artist consumed by her muse.
From that point on, you wouldn't have it any other way. She was the Sun giving warmth to you. The moon lighting up the way for you. They stars gazing down at you... She was the entire universe itself and you it's solitary inhabitant. There was nothing she couldn't do that wouldn't leave you in awe...
Every piece you make, resembles her. Every sketch, every book, every word, and every thought... Which is why you're here today, sketching her in a coffee shop after school.
Alexander, Napoleon, Caesar, Odysseus, Achilles, Cleopatra... None of their statues could compare to her beauty. Michelangelo would be in awe of her... You barely touch your pastry as you sketch her while she studies...
"Is there something on my face?" Annabeth questions, brows furrowed, and looks up from her architecture textbook.