Title: Sun Was Setting
Author: Elandae
Pairing: Odysseus/Diomedes
Rating: G
Disclaimer: They belong to themselves and arguably Homer, but certainly not to me. Much as I’d like that, think I came into the picture about 3, 000 years (give or take a few hundred *g*) too late to even have a go at that.
Warning: Some violence, but it’s not graphically detailed.
Author’s Notes: This was done in an attempt the get the creative juices flowing as my Muses aren’t speaking to me. I took a few randomly selected phrases from ‘The Odyssey’ and incorporated each into a drabble. There are others but this is the only one that's at least moderately satisfactory.
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(‘sun was setting’)
The darkened sea was painted the shade of wine as the sun was setting across its restless expanse. I exhaled slowly, feeling the dull ache in my ribs where a blow dealt during battle today has darkened the skin, even sheltered as I was by my armor.
Odysseus looked over at me and I know those sorcerer’s green eyes must read my every thought.
“Tomorrow is another day,” he said easily, taking a slow drink.
I looked at him, firelight gently playing over his features. “I am in no hurry when the night has such promise yet.”
He smiled then.