Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
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Achilles: I don't give a fuck
Patroclus: *Shivering*
Achilles: Are you cold, love? You need a blanket? My jacket? Cup of tea? A hug? Come over here, let's cuddle.
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achilles running away from patroclus after their first kiss when he had spent the entire time being flirty and making advances on him like pushing him on the bed or rubbing their noses together be like
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oh to be a young, beautiful boy walking barefoot and carefree as his hair is softly blown by the fresh winds of north under the bright sun, in his way to his secret encounter with his lover, a lovely boy with dazzling eyes, in the mesmerizing and far away lands of ancient greece
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patroclus: i love you.
patroclus: now say it back
achilles: it back
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"i'm no king." he says.
i smile and tell him, "you will be."
he shakes his head and turns away
and i have to fight the urge
to pull him back into me.
i have to swallow back the words
crawling up my throat.
"you always were.
to me, you always were."
-mars
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reincarnation au in which achilles is haunted by bad dreams of seeing patroclus' dead body, his now boyfriend who he recently started living with, so he keeps waking up at night to check his breathing— patroclus has started noticing, so he holds him close to his chest every night so achilles can feel his heartbeat against his cheek, and it's the only way achilles can sleep peacefully.
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From the same creators of "is this Wolfstar or SnowBaz?" there is "is this Patrochilles or Lamen?".
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kinda want to write a reincarnation fic that connects song of achilles, bbc merlin and heartstopper. in the "we can't help but meet and love each other in every life" sort of way
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“What has Hector ever done to me?”
“I have always said that Hector’s done nothing to offend me. But he cannot say the same, now.”
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“Achilles weeps. He cradles me, and will not eat, not speak a word other than my name. I see his face as if through water, as a fish sees the sun. His tears fall, but I cannot wipe them away. This is my element now, the half-life of the unburied spirit.”
-Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
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patroclus: what that mouth do baby boy
achilles: seductively eats a fig and starts choking
patroclus: i love him
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you are my son, my moon, and all my stars, e.e. cummings // the song of achilles, madeline miller // owl and pussycat, some years later, margaret atwood // the starry night, vincent van gogh // seven, taylor swift // @ashberrrry via tumblr // two men contemplating the moon, caspar david friedrich // red, white and royal blue, casey mcquiston // anyway, richard siken // end of the day, one direction
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the unofficial official art for tsoa
By Alice Blake
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domestic patrochilles au;
patroclus reading poetry to achilles while laying on his lap, it's raining outside and they're cozy in bed— achilles caresses his hair and looks at him, thinking of how he's the most beautiful boy he's ever seen and how he would choose him a million times over, always, forever.
pat notices achilles staring too much and asks him if everything is alright. achilles smiles at him as if he knew something nobody else did; "i don't think you realize how beautiful you are."
pat is overwhelmed with emotions; he reaches over and holds achilles' torso tightly, hiding his face on his tummy, never wanting to let go, trying to keep him from noticing the tears that now stream down his face because nobody else in the world has seen him the way achilles sees him.
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GUYS I JUST SAW THIS ON TWITTER AND I AM DYING
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He is half of my soul, as the poets say.
Re-designing my favourite book covers, this time for a story that has stolen my heart a thousand times, The Song of Achilles.
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Millennial men whose understanding of the Trojan War comes exclusively from Troy (2004) and teenage girls whose understanding of the Trojan War comes exclusively from The Song of Achilles: fight
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