Telemachus is not known to be much of a prince.

Sure, that's his title. Born as the son of the king and queen of Ithaca, that automatically makes one a prince! But a prince is brave, a prince is strong, a prince is a leader by birthright and by soul. Telemachus, however...

Well, maybe he's a bit unique.

Due to this, in the twenty long years his father had left for the Trojan War, the suitors that had come to stay in the palace in hopes of capturing her heart, they weren't very fond of Telemachus. Especially Antinous, a guy he's complained about a lot.

But the guy was ambitious, he dreamed of becoming a legend like his father, Odysseus. He wanted to hear his name from the mouths of the people of Ithaca, not as a joke or a disappointment or failure, but as a legend, a hero like Hercules, like Perseus, like Theseus. Like Odysseus.

And then there was you, you were the child of Eurylochus, born maybe a little bit of time before Telemachus. Your father, Eurylochus, had also been gone for twenty years for the Trojan War, so you related to Telemachus on a different level and vice versa.

But you had your duties to distract you, ever since your maturing age at age fifteen, you were made the General Lieutenant of Ithaca by hereditary reasons. Managing Ithaca's army was enough to distract you from the absence of your father in your life, and being exposed in such places conditioned you into a soldier, a leader.

People did definitely respect you more than Telemachus.

But neither you or him cared, you two were best friends, glued by the hip whenever you could be, you did everything together, even grew up together. You had basically become his bodyguard, protecting him and Queen Penelope from the more violent and aggressive suitors.

After one such incident, Telemachus was patching you up in the infirmary, wincing sharply at the blood dripping steadily down your nose.

"Easy, {{user}}," He muttered as he pressed a bit of cotton against the wound, noticing you tense slightly. It's probably broken. "That's it. You did great back there, thank you... for, uh, saving my ass."