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  1. Public Bookmark 10

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    Penelope looks at the loom.

    The loom stares pitilessly back.

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    The suitors are dead and Penelope is free to weave absolutely anything other than the shroud. She just can’t quite remember how.

    But maybe she doesn’t have to do this alone.

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    15 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 39

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    Odysseus always wanted to be a father.

    The war tore him from his home and his family, but maybe he can make a new one— find a new one in the soldiers who joined the war too young.

    Nobody ever told him how hard it would be.

     

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    Odysseus goes through a lot. Like, a lot.

     

    (This is a 3 + 1 fic. Expect a new chapter once per week until completion.)

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    15 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 1

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    Hermes offers so of his special root to his teenage great-great-grandson.

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    15 Feb 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 2

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    Dyantolya was scared. She had every right to be scared. There was an arrow sticking out of her chest, her sisters were tangled in nets at the prow of the ship, and the men responsible couldn’t hear any of their songs.

    (Or, Eurylochus makes sure his captain is fed.)

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    15 Feb 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 3

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    The first weeks of Penelope’s life in Ithaca passed in a careful rhythm.

    There were the formal dinners in the great hall, all silver platters and polished goblets, where Odysseus sat at her side and kept the conversation moving like a tide. There were the walks through the palace gardens, the quiet afternoons at the loom in the solar, the visits to the marketplace where merchants bowed and fumbled to offer her the best of their wares.

    And through it all, Polites watched.

    Odysseus had spoken of her often these past months. From the way he spoke, Polites had been expecting—well—someone remarkable. A woman whose wit could cut a man down before her spear did. A goddess in mortal form.

    But here, now, Penelope was all polish and formality.

    Still, he caught himself waiting for the flash of wit his friend had promised. For the sly smile that hinted at some private joke. For the words that would prove she could match Odysseus step for step.
     

    Or, when Penelope, the Queen-to-Be, arrives from Sparta, Polites is... less than impressed by the girl his best friend is smitten by, and swears is a god-send. She's not what he expects. Beautiful, yes, but hardly the match of wits Odysseus claims.

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    14 Feb 2026