Here are a bunch of epic tkl HCs that literally no one asked for, but I just have so many LMAOO
… I’m serious there are a lot more than I thought …
Anywho let’s get to it!
Odysseus has a ridiculously ticklish back, but only certain people know (Polites, Penelope, Athena and Eurylochus)
Instead of tickle monster Polites says “I am the God of tickles!” And everyone just thinks it’s dumb /pos instead of it actually making them flustered
Polites and Ody got into a lot of tkl fights when they were younger
It used to be one sided (Polites constantly winning against Ody) but one day, Ody thought of a whole strategy to take Polites down (maybe even asked Athena for help) and it worked
The tkl fights between those two were never one sided again after that lol
Ody gets super flustered and embarrassed, but he never stops digging his own grave by constantly teasing his ler with witty comments (maybe he does it on purpose WHATWHOSAIDTHAT)
Hermes is the BIGGEST switch known to mankind, along with Polites
Hermes and Apollo get into a lot of tickle fights (almost like how Polites and Ody did), and love to bring other people into them
“Ahahahahathehehena! Hehehelp me gehehet Hehehermehehes!” “Um… I’m good…” “oh, come on, Athena! Try and get me! Betcha you can’t~” “oh my goodness- FINE.”
(Athena is really often the one who ends up getting caught in it all)
Athena never loses tickle fights
No matter if she gets gained up on or if it’s one-on-one, she always somehow manages to come out on top
(That’s the main reason Hermes and Apollo call on her the most WHATTTTT)
Going back to Hermes, his wings are EXTREMELY sensitive, probably his most ticklish spot
I’ll talk for days about how much Hermes enjoys being tkled and tkling other people (cough cough Apollo) (not like he dislikes it either tho)
That brings us to where I think the characters are the most ticklish!
Odysseus: thighs (we all agree on this LMAOO), back, ribs (back of ribs are KILLER)
Polites: Stomach, knees, hips, ribs
Eurylochus: Ribs, underarms, sides
Hermes: wings, knees, underarms, neck
Athena: ribs, back/wings, stomach
Telemachus: hips, thighs, ribs, knees
Penelope: Sides, neck/ears, knees
Apollo: knees, neck, sides, stomach
That’s about all the characters I write for LMAOO (don’t ask why it’s all the main characters… and Apollo, bc idk I just really liked him…)
I really need to talk abt Telemachus because OH BOY HES SO ALSNEOEKKSKE /pos
He liked being tickled until one of the Suitors found out he was ticklish, and now he’s just like extremely embarrassed by it and sees himself as pathetic for having an odd weakness
But slowly, after Athena takes him under her wing (literally and metaphorically) she starts doing her “stamina exercises” she used to do with Odysseus, and she calls him out that he seems to be enjoying himself (I WILL G L A D L Y WRITE A FIC ABT THIS BTW)
Once Odysseus gets back to Ithaca, he slowly starts warming back up to his son, and that eventually leads to tickle fights
In Ody’s mind, Telemachus is still little, so he always uses “the tickle monster” tease and Telem thinks it’s so embarrassing (but not necessarily bad)
Now I wanna go back to Hermes bc this man is SO SILLY
He is constantly paying little visits to Odysseus and his crew and just messing with everyone
One time he visited the crew and he just kept on tickling everyone else but not Odysseus, and eventually everyone was like “Ody, man, you need to talk to him” and their “talk” ends up being Hermes wrecking his ass /silly
Athena taught Ody how to fight back though because she has experience from Hermes, so Odysseus know how to flip the tables on the God if nessesary
Whoever on the crew tickles Odysseus, he will waste NO TIME in getting them back, he won’t even wait for them to be in private
He says that he “needs to set an example”
It’s mainly Polites who dares to tickle him in front of the crew
About Polites, I’m a firm believer that his main love language is physical touch and friendly banter, which makes tickle fights between him and Odysseus (who is famously witty and known for digging his own grave) extremely entertaining to watch
Polites won’t confirm or deny if he likes being tickled, but he just gets so embarrassed when someone asks that he just can’t stop giggling (so it’s obvious that he does)
Eurylochus, Apollo, and Polites are the only people who get flustered by the word “tickle” (for Polites and Apollo it’s only in the context of someone teasing him by saying it, for Eury he just gets so awkward if it’s bought up)
You can’t really tell if Eurylochus likes it, he's almost never on the receiving end, and whoever tries is only really able to get one or two pokes in before he brings their hands away
I’m reality, Eury doesn’t like HATE it, but he’d much rather be on the giving side because he just finds it so embarrassing (/neg) when people tickle him
This goes without saying, but Odysseus is like a master teaser
That’s partly because of all the tickle fights he had when he was younger (thank you Polites) so he just knows what gets to people all. the. damn. time.
Ody will deny he giggles until the day he dies
Herme’s favourite tease is saying “tickle” over and over again
Everyone teases that Hermes should be the God of tickles because of how often he messes with people using tickles, but he’s not embarrassed in the slightest at that tease
Speaking of, Hermes is really hard to tease because he literally is so open about liking it, and takes everything that you would think embarrassing as a compliment
While on the ship, Odysseus threw his back out trying to move their food supply, and Eury offered a back massage, and that’s when he found out how ticklish Ody’s back is LMAOO
Hermes eventually finds out, but it takes him a while, and when he does he teases Ody about how he’s been hiding such valuable information for such a long time
Polites always drags his finger down Odyseus’ spine in passing
Omg I can make a whole post abt Odysseus having a ticklish back you don’t understand how cannon this is for me
Athena tries to tease Hermes about how Odysseus constantly gets him back and that because Hermes is a God he should just be able to get out, but Hermes just giggles and goes “That’s because I like it, darling, and I wanted him to feel strong for defeating me in a battle” like he is SO UNBOTHERED
Eurylochus has been able to get Polites and Odysseus at the same time and he will never shut up about it
He also does it a lot more than you would think, like it’s so easy for him to tickle both of them and they don’t know how he does it
Eurylochus only doesn’t mind it if it’s with Poli or Ody, so he doesn’t get mad when they team up and get him (he admits that he deserves it LMAOO)
Penelope tickles Odysseus when he returns because she misses his laugh
Tickling became such a big this with Polites that now whenever Odysseus even sees someone getting tickled it reminds him of Poli (/pos I promise he like smiles)
Odysseus doesn’t usually play dumb while tickling people, he likes to show them that he knows how to get to them
That being said, he knows that Polites gets EXTREMELY flustered when people tease him by playing dumb, so he makes an acception for him
“Aww! What’s wrong, Polites? Is this a bad spot or something?” “SHUHUHUT UHUP YOHOHOU KNOHOHOHOHOW IHIHIHIT IHIHIHIHIHIS” “Yeahh but your face gets all red when I remind you, it’s so cute” “HOHOHOLY SHIHIHIT- I SAHAHAHAID SHUHUHUT IT”
Polites has literally the cutest giggles, they’re like squeaky and hiccupy, and he always goes “ehehehahaha!” Iykwim
Odysseus laughs with a lot of big gasps in between them, and if you get him for long they slowly turn squeaky and into snorts
Eurylicus has these like boomy laughter, and rarely giggles like the other two, they’re just loud and deep chuckles kinda
Sometimes if anyone gets the three of them them all together (i.e. Athena or Hermes, or honestly maybe a few crew members) a common tease is that they sound like they’re trying to harmonize their laughter
Hermes has the most high pitch laughter, but he doesn’t make any other notable sounds, mostly just giggles or hysterical cackles if you hit a good spot
Athena has the most majestic laughter literally ever, like they sound so… pretty in a way? No one really knows how, but that’s the main reason she would get tickled (again mainly by Hermes’ and Apollo, but sometimes other gods or even Odysseus)
Similarly, Penelope has very cute but also majestic giggles, and Odysseus says it’s his favourite feature of her, on top of her beauty, wits, Humor, etc etc.
Telemachus has his fathers laugh, and that’s why Penelope loves it so much, however he has picked up his giggles from his mother, they’re very cute
Apollo’s laugh is kinda generic, they’re very stereotypically “hahahaha!” (Idk how to describe it LMAOO) but they are SOOO bright and happy literally everytime
Also Polites swears the most out of all of them when he’s being tickled, and everyone is always shocked
If I say anymore I don’t think I would be able to stop LMAOO I hope you all enjoyed <3
Eghhhhhh i feel like my requests are bothering you but it's fun and you write so good sooooo
Lee! Odysseus
Ler! Telemachus
I've been the one responsible for the ler Argos and lee elpenor requests 🗿🗿🗿
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A/n: Hey! This took me so long and I'm so so so sorry about that. I know I also just said that I'm taking a break buuuuut I caved in. I hope you like this! If you don't, feel free to ask again and I'll write something different! Also, I LOVE seeing repeat anons, so seeing that it was you again made me beyond excited.
Lee: Odysseus, slightly Penelope and Telemachus as well!
Ler: Telemachus and Odysseus
Word Count: 1.9k ish
Warnings: Tickles and very slight swearing, if I need to add something, let me know!
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“Fahather! Thihis ihis meheahan!” Telemachus called out from under his father, who was squeezing his ribs gently. They were in the younger’s bedroom, and neither could quite remember what got them in this predicament.
Odysseus gasped in mock offense. “How dare you call me, your poor old dad, mean?” He blew a raspberry on his stomach to drive the point in.
“OHOKAHAY! DAHAHAD!”
“Are you going to apologize?” he asked in between raspberries.
Telemachus wheezed, covering his face. “YEHES!”
He let up immediately. “Okay, go on.”
The prince caught his breath before reluctantly apologizing. “Ihi’m sorry for cahalling you mean.”
“I suppose it’s fine,” he said jokingly. “Did I kill you, son?”
“Yehes you did!”
Ody rolled his eyes. “You get your dramaticness from your mother.”
“It’s not dramatic!” Telemachus defended. “I’m sure you’d act the same!”
He chuckled. “Nope!”
“What do you mean?”
“I’m not ticklish, so I wouldn’t act that way at all,” he said.
“What? How can someone not be ticklish?”
There was a knock on the wall that caught their attention. “What is your father saying now?”
Odysseus raised an eyebrow at his wife. “What is that supposed to mean?” he questioned, moving to stand next to her. She shook her head in response.
“He was making fun of me for ‘being dramatic’ - he said I got that from you, by the way -” this earned a glare from Penelope and a nervous look from Odysseus, “and I said that he’d react the same way, but then he claimed he wasn’t ticklish, so I asked how someone could not be ticklish.”
Penelope erupted into laughter. Telemachus had a quizzical look on his face while Odysseus frowned.
“Okay, two things: That would be because he’s lying. He is ticklish-”
“Pen!”
She shushed him before continuing. “Also, if you get your dramaticness from anyone, it’s from your father.”
Odysseus looked at her, betrayed. “Okay, well- that’s just not true!”
Telemachus turned toward his father with a shit-eating grin. “You’re a liar!”
The king gave him a warning look, but it was ignored. Instead, he jumped at him with intent to pin him. Ody yelped, shocked at his audacity.
“Woah! Be careful, please,” Penelope face-palmed, leaning against the entryway.
The two of them wrestled for a minute, laughing along the way.
“Lying ihis grounds to be puhunished, dad!” he giggled out, trying to reach his ribs to play dirty and maybe get the upper hand.
“Ihi am your father and the Kihing of Ithahaca, you dohont punish mehe!” he cried, grabbing his wrists. Telemachus was one step ahead though, ‘cause he’d managed to squeeze his ribs. Odysseus yelped, falling onto his back. The younger quickly sat on his thighs, continuing to squeeze. He giggled at the boyish laughter it elicited.
“Not ticklish, huh?” he teased.
Ody pushed against his arms, refusing to say a word. When that didn’t work, he resorted to trying to fight back. He reached for his son’s sides, but was intercepted by Telemachus shoving a hand under his arms and drilling. He choked out a cackle and slammed his arms to his side.
“You both are so childish,” Penelope said from the side, moving to go sit down on Telemachus’ bed.
She snickered - quite rude if you ask Odysseus. “No, you got yourself into this, you can figure it out.”
“Maybe next time, you shouldn’t lie to your son!” Telemachus laughed, a goofy grin plastered on his face.
“He has a point, lying isn’t very kind, love.”
“AHARE yohoHOU sihIHIDIHIng wihith HIHIhim?” he yelled, half-heartedly trying to buck him off.
She shrugged. “Yes. I am, dear.”
He gasped, but it caught in his throat and he ended up hiccuping. Both Telemachus and Penelope cracked up at that.
“TRAHAHAITOHOR!”
She raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms. “Get his thighs.”
Odysseus turned toward her with wide eyes and she bursted out laughing.
Telemachus smirked and pivoted to sit on his stomach and face his legs. Before he could do anything, a dark chuckle came from behind him.
He looked back at his father, who had a smug smile. “What are you so smug for?”
“Never turn your back to an enemy, Telemachus.”
With that, he hugged him from behind and pulled him back, digging into his sides. Penelope sighed, sitting on the floor next to the pair. She grabbed her husband’s arms and pried them away from the youngest. He rolled off of his father immediately.
“Hey! This is an important lesson, love!” Odysseus protested as she pulled his arms above his head and pinned them there. He squirmed and lightly tugged on his arms.
“I agree, but so is teaching him how to fight back against his cruel old father. So that’s what I'm gonna do!” She joked, kissing his forehead.
Telemachus lit up, nearly bouncing on his knees. “You’ll teach me how to tickle dad?”
“No! My love, I would never do this to you!” Ody defended, fighting back a smile.
“Awe, and that’s part of why I love you so much! Besides, it’s not like you mind much, anyways!” She booped his nose.
He scrunched up his nose, blushing. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Sure you don’t, dear,” she teased. “Telemachus, sit on his shins so he doesn’t kick you by accident.”
“Okay!” He answered eagerly, doing as instructed before Odysseus could register what she said.
The king looked at his wife with faux horror. “You’re not actually gonna-!”
She interrupted him and tousled his hair gently. “I am. Lightly spider his knees, he’ll snort.”
“Penelope!”
Their son did exactly that, making the older try to kick him off, snort, then belly laugh. “Woah!”
“And that’s where you get it from, Tel,” Penelope said flatly. They both blushed and turned away.
Odysseus groaned through his laughter, hiding his face in his shoulder.
“Okay, where else?” Telemachus asked giddily.
She pondered for a second, tapping on his arms idly. “Hips. Careful though, he’ll try to buck you off.”
“Whahahat the hehell? Thihis is cruhuel!” he complained playfully, feigning annoyance.
“You’ll survive,” Penelope taunted sweetly as Telemachus pinched his hip experimentally. He jerked and - to literally nobody’s surprise - bucked. He continued to pinch softly, and got some snickers in return.
The youngest beamed at his father before moving his attention to his mother for another spot to try.
“Just below his ribs, you’ll get cackles,” she guided, returning the smile.
Telemachus did just that, clawing where the sides meet the ribs. The king did cackle and tossed slightly from side to side.
“He looks like a fish!” he pointed out, not stopping his tickles.
“NOHO IHihi dohoHON’T!” he protested.
Penelope shook her head fondly. “If you dig right between his upper ribs, he’ll scream.”
“WHAT? NOHO IHI WOHON’T!” he objected, tugging lightly on his arms.
Telemachus shot his hands towards his upper ribs, stopping barely an inch away. Odysseus violently flinched and snorted. He then laughed like a hyena in his father’s face because of his reaction.
“I learned that from you!” he declared proudly. Ody smiled and rolled his eyes. When he opened his mouth to answer, that’s when he dug in.
He screamed - the poor, poor people in the palace, honestly - and doubled over.
“I told you he would, even if he denies it,” she winked at her son, who grinned back at her.
Odysseus shook his head frantically, fighting every urge to kick his son off.
“Okay, ready?” she asked them both. One nodded and the other glared - I bet you can figure out which is which. “This one’s my favorite.”
The king’s eyes widened at that, looking up at her and trying to plead telepathically.
“Pinch right above his knee.”
Telemachus did as he was told and nearly went flying at the kick it produced. “Holy moly! And you tried to say you aren’t ticklish?” he teased before repeating that action a couple of times.
“NohoOHO TEHEHEL!” he yelled through screaming-laughter, fighting a really hard battle to not send his son flying.
“If you scratch anywhere on his thigh, you’ll have this same reaction. But if you trace his scar he might actually send you into a wall. Ask me how I know,” that last part was said with fake bitterness as she glared at her husband lightheartedly. He only offered her a sheepish grin as compensation.
Telemachus made a mental note of that before skittering all over his thighs - specifically avoiding the scar though. He kept that up until Penelope told him to stop. He glanced up at her and she waved at him to hop off.
Instead of her letting go as well, she rolled him onto his stomach with very little resistance.
“Oh my gosh, not that!” he called out, terrified.
“We won’t kill you…probably.” She pinned his arms down again before addressing Telemachus. “Just sit next to him, trust me.”
He listened and sat on his knees near his hip. He then stared at her and waited for the next instruction.
Penelope thought for a second before speaking. “Trail one finger down his spine, he’ll squeal.”
Odysseus shoved his face into the floor.
The prince ran a finger down his spine quickly. As expected, he shrieked, hiding his face in his arm.
“You’re both cruhuel!” he groaned out, muffled by his arm.
The Queen snickered. “You’ll be fine, love.” She carded her hand through his hair and he hummed lightly. “Back of the ribs.”
Telemachus did as instructed, drilling into the backs of his ribs. Ody yelped, moving his arm as far away from his face as he was able – which was not very far –, twisting violently and cackling.
“WAHAIHIT! SHIHI-!”
“Woah! Language,” Penelope teased, putting a hand over his mouth.
He shook his head and she pulled her hand away. “IHIM SOHOHORRY!”
Their son giggled at the interaction, moving one hand to his hip and squeezing again. The King screamed and jumped.
“Wow, good job,” Penelope laughed, playing with her husband’s hair softly.
He grinned at his mother. “I can’t believe he tried to say he wasn’t ticklish.”
“I know, quite the lie, isn’t it?”
Odysseus would have protested, had he been able to speak. Unfortunately he was laughing too hard.
After a couple more seconds, he frantically tapped the floor.
“Oh, let up, hun,” Penelope warned. Telemachus immediately retracted his hands and she let go of his arms.
“Are you okay, father?” The youngest asked, worry etched on his face.
He nodded in response, taking in greedy breaths. He moved to sit up and leaned on his wife. She hugged him from behind while supporting him. He took a minute to catch his breath before pulling his son over to hug him and ruffle his hair.
“You brat,” he joked, squeezing his side once. He yelped and lightly shoved at his dad. Penelope laughed sweetly, hugging him tighter.
The King turned around once she let go and gently grabbed her. She squeaked in surprise as he pulled her closer to him. He then softly skittered at her sides. She gasped and began to giggle quietly.
“Lohove!” She called out, batting at his hand lightly.
Hiya! If Day 2 is still open, can Penelope from Pokémon XY reach up high to put Halloween decorations on the wall and the ghost Pokémon Marshadow hugs her belly and blows raspberries into it?
|| Decorating ||
“You’re not helping, Marshadow!”
Thanks for your request, @_theymissary!
Prompt from @sunstone-smiles and @gladdygirl18 ‘s Tickletober list!
20 years old, but cannot handle teasing for the life of him!
Embarrassed to talk about tickling, because he thinks he’s too old for it!
when his father discovered he was ticklish, he was done for!!
his dad talking about when he was on the ship, and how the crew dared to tickle him, flusters Telemachus. HE HATES WHEN PPL BRING UO TICKLING.
playful Ler tho! not harsh, scared to hurt ppl when tickling them
doeswnt tease much surprisingly, so he won’t make ppl uncomfortable.
Odysseus:
prob very slightly more Lee then Ler.
he flails like he’s dying.
teases people, but can’t handle being teased.
screams when you tickle him too long, and tries to fight you 😞
mean ler tho. Teases a lot.
Penelope:
Barely ticklish.
gentle.. with only some people. Other than that. Evil Ler guys. She’s from Sparta.
squeals when being tickled.
likes hearing ppl laugh!
likes to cheer people up while being gentle
rather then teasing, normally soft compliments without the intent of teasing.
Guys send me asks if you want any tickle head canons abt the gods(epic based) OK. or anybody else in epic!! :3 AND ASK MORE abt any characters tbh pls pls pls
a/n: AHHHH IM DONE ONE MORE FIC BEFORE 2024 IS OVER!!! I'd like to take a moment to thank so many people on here who have helped me tramendously throughout the year. @idk-what-to-make-user @turtle-bee-rayne @mountain-dew-tickledpink @tobysbliss and @veryblushyswitch have all especially made this year a whole lot better, thank you all so much for being my friends and I will forever be great ful for all of you. I'd also like to thank all of you- YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING!!! We started this year out with less than 200 followers, and now I'm leaving with over 300 of you weirdos /aff! Thank you all so much for all the love and support <33. NOW ONTO THE FIC LMAOO! This lee!Ody ler!Penelope idea very quickly turned to a switch!Ody and Penelope! I also got a little depressing at the end, BUT I PROMISE YOU IT HAS A GOOD ENDING- probably one of my favourite endings to a fic LMAOO! Anyways, enough yapping, I hope you all enjoy!
Word Count: 4k
Summary: Not much to summarize, just some just cuddly tickles with a sleep-deprived husband and a loving wife :)
CW: HURT/COMFROT!! There's some more hurt comfort near the end so watch out, but other than that just sfw tickles!
Lees: Odysseus, Penelope
Lers: Odysseus, Penelope (very slight ler!Elpenor at the end, it'll make sense when you read it)
“See that wedding bed? Could you carry it over, lift it high on your shoulders, and get if far away from here.”
Odysseus felt his mind begin to race and his heart sink at the sound of his wife’s cold words. She couldn’t possibly be serious… could she? He just killed 108 men to protect her, spent 20 years away from her, 10 of those years were dedicated to trying to get back to her. Get back to his son. Get back to their home they built together. Sure, he was far from the same man he was before he left Ithaca. That was probably it. He looked different, she said so herself.
“How could you say this. I had built that wedding bed with my blood and sweat… carved it into the olive tree where we first met…” The king felt his heart start to break, rage spewing out from the cracks the more he talked, “It was a symbol of our love, everlasting! Do you understand what you have asked me?! The only way to move it is to cut it from its roots!”
He then realized that he was beginning to cry. He held his mouth to prevent any more yelling, and making his wife more upset with him. He felt his tears rolling down his hand and his nose start to get clogged. Oh gods, this was so pathetic. All of this bloodshed, just to make it back home to his wife who doesn’t want him-
“Only my husband knew that! So I guess that makes him you!” Ody was surprised when Penelope yelled back at him. He was also confused at what she was saying. Before he could ask, she ran over and gave him a hug. It was gentle, yet tight. She never wanted to let go of her husband again.
Odysseus was frozen in shock. He wasn’t really comprehending what was going on, his mind still foggy from the murders and talking to his son for the first time. Her tone seemed angry at him, so then why did she hug him?
“Penelope..?”
“I will fall in love with you over and over again, I don’t care how, or when. No matter how long it’s been. You’re mine.” She said, as she felt herself start to tear up. The dam broke when she heard Odysseus sniffle before embracing her back. She started to softly sob into her husband’s shoulder, but not before yelling the words into his shoulder so he could hear her clearly, “Don’t tell me you’re not the same person! You’re always my husband, and I’ve been waiting, and waiting, and waiting… for you.”
“Penelope…” Odysseus muttered, still crying. He rested his cheek against her head, “I’m here, my love. I’m finally home.”
They stayed there for a full minute, standing with each other in their arms, both crying into the other’s shoulders. When Penelope felt like she had calmed down a bit, her sobs turning to slight sniffles, she broke the hug, but only to lean forward and interlock her lips with his. They kissed passionately, Odysseus reaching a hand up to gently hold her head as her hands stayed at his waist.
This time, the king broke the contact, and just stared into his wife’s eyes, soaking in all her beauty all over again. Gods, age does not wither this woman. Meanwhile, he changed completely. He was a ruthless killer, not capable of relearning empathy. He turned into the monster he was distended to become, and he hated it. On the bright side, he got to win a fight against a god, one on a similar status as Zeus nonetheless, so that was pretty cool.
“As I said before, you look tired,” Penelope started, snapping Ody out of his thoughts by grabbing his hands.
“Very,” Odysseus huffed out a chuckle, but internally sighed a breath of relief. He was so scared that his wife, his soulmate, no longer loved him. Maybe moved on with another man. He was happy that she really was waiting for him, as he was waiting to arrive back to her. That being said, why did she play that cruel trick on him?
“Well, you really should shower. You look like you need one,” Penelope playfully teased, earning a sheepish laugh from Odysseus. He stunk of the blood that was probably going to stain his clothes forever, and on top of that he hasn’t taken a shower since he left Calypso’s Island, so in probably around 2 weeks or so. God, and his wife wanted to hug him in this state of filth? “You do that, then we can afford some alone time before dinner. Is that okay with you?”
“Perfect!” the king couldn’t respond quicker. At first, he was scared to take off his quiver, still not trusting that he’s completely safe in the palace. What if he missed some of those suitors? What if Telemachus was in danger, like how he was when he first found him?
A gentle hand on his shoulder from Penelope reminded him that he’s okay now. Telemachus has his training from Athena, if he was really in trouble, she would help him get out of it. Plus, he killed all of the potential danger him and his family were in.
They’re okay now.
That reminder made him kiss Penelope again before handing his quiver over and walking towards the bathroom. He looked around, most of the bodies were cleaned up. That was fast, Odysseus thought.
He then heard some laughter from the bar. He quietly looked in to see it was Telemachus, standing over Antinous’ dead body. He looked closer and saw that his son was using the suitor’s lifeless hand to smack his own corpse repeatedly in the face. He was childishly repeating “Why are you hitting yourself, huh?” giggles mixed in with his words.
Odysseus smiled, holding back some laughter of his own. He considered telling his son to stop, tell him that it was disrespectful to do that to someone’s dead body. But then he remembered the threats Antinous made against his family. The disgusting words along with the visual representations he made using a pomegranate. That man was not worthy of any kind of respect. So he let his son have some fun.
The queen of Ithaca was right, a shower was exactly what he needed. He was greeted by some of his old servants, and some new ones (well, if you consider sometime over the past 20 years as “new”). After changing, he returned to the bedroom. Penelope was brushing her hair next to her vanity, and was dressed slightly down from her usual queen attire, wearing far less jewellery and slippers on instead of her usual heels, but still wearing her stunning evening dress.
Ody swore he felt his face heat up at the sight of her. How was she so effortlessly beautiful?
She turned around to face him, smiling brightly as she got up and walked over to him. Cupping his face with one hand, she greeted the king with a soft kiss to his cheek. “Hello, love,” She whispered, guiding him to their bed. She didn’t miss his soft smile at the nickname.
Neither of their smiles faltered as they got situated on their bed. They held each other, cuddling as he laid his head on her chest, her heartbeat soothing him. Ody pulled the covers over them, creating a very cozy atmosphere.
He swore he could fall asleep in his Penelope’s arms. It has been way too long since he has felt so loved. He feared how awkward it would be when he first saw her, having not talked to her at all in 20 years, but as soon as she began to gently scratch at his head, playing with the long strands of his hair, the room fell into a comfortable silence.
As pleasant as this was, Odysseus had to ask, “Penelope, why did you ask me to move the wedding bed? I know you weren’t being serious, but still, how could you request such a thing?”
Penelope hummed in acknowledgement, not stopping the scratching on her husband’s head. “You said you’re no longer the kind and gentle man I fell in love with. If that was true, and you were actually the “cold and heartless monster” that you claim you are, you would have no problem moving the wedding bed. But you didn’t, you refused to. In fact, it brought you to tears. That means you still have goodness in your heart.”
“How could you say that?” He muttered, although he was on the verge of sleep, he still couldn’t let his wife expect anything good to come from him. “I am a monster. I’m sure you heard what happened, just outside these doors. Everyone I talk to dies. I traded my friend’s lives for my own. I constantly put everyone’s lives in danger by doing stupid things, by not being ruthless. That can’t be a coincidence.”
“Well I’m here, aren’t I?” She lightheartedly joked, trying to pull her husband out of his depressive state, “And you love me. And you love our son. Monsters have no love in their heart, and you know this. I’ve heard you encountered many on your journey home.”
She felt her husband tense up at that comment, but he didn’t say anything back. Penelope then moved her hand slightly down his head, near the nape of his neck, tracing just below his hairline back and forth a few times. Her smile returned when he gasped and scrunched his neck. “You know, you’re not as different as you claim to be.”
“H-hehey!” Odysseus groaned, turning his face into the crook of her neck. He felt his face heat up as he heard her sweet giggles. Gods, he missed that sound so much. Nevertheless, he brought up his hand to cover the back of his neck, “thahat wasn’t nice.”
“What’s wrong, dear? I’m just saying that since you’re still ticklish, that ties you back to the man you were before the war!” Penelope explained, she moved her hand down, wiggling her long nails under Ody’s arm since it was now exposed. He gave another gasp ad snapped his arm back down. Penelope didn’t let that stop her, continuing to lightly tickle behind her husband’s armpit, causing helpless giggles to break free from his clutches.
“P-Pehehehenelohohope!” He cried, tuning his flushed face into the crook of his wife’s neck, hoping to hide his blush from her.
“Hey, don’t think I forgot how ticklish you are,” Penelope then traces down his back, running a straight line up and down his spine. Odysseus gave another startled gasp before his giggles quickly turned into laughter. Penelope couldn’t help but throw her head back with a lighthearted giggle, “Oh, now I know you’re definitely my husband! Only he has a back this ticklish!”
Odysseus was too lost in laughter to respond. For the first time in his life, he couldn’t think straight enough to send back a snarky comment (Penelope took note of that). The light tickles were both unbearable and so unintentionally relaxing. It didn’t help when Penelope brought her free hand back up to continue scratching at his head. The sleep deprivation was really getting to him.
Penelope couldn’t stop smiling as she reduced her husband into a laughing mess. She was able to feel the heat from his face against her neck, and it was only encouraging her to continue. So that’s exactly what she did. She continued to spider her hands up and down her husband’s back, being reminded of how he squirms when she targeted his lower back, and ducked his head down when she would move to is shoulder blades.
She then moved to his ribs, and Odysseus finally started to fight back a little. He brought his hand back down from his neck to glue it to his side. It didn’t do much to stop Penelope, however, as she just moved to the backs of his ribs, resulting in a few snorts to be peppered in with his constant stream of squeaky laughter.
“PEHehenelohopehehehe! *Snort* Ahahahaha! *Gasp* N-Nohohot thehehere! *snort* HAHAHahahaha!” Odysseus was lost in happy laughter, beginning to shake his head into Penelope’s neck (he took a mental note of how she shrugged her shoulders slightly... for later).
“Nohot here? Okay!” Penelope smirked as she stopped scratching Ody’s head, instead using that hand to gently grab his wrist and bring his arm across her. She then used her other hand (that was already tickling him) to gently scratch at his armpits. “How about here? Is this better?”
Odysseus was thrown into a whole new bout of giggles. Although, he wasn’t pulling at his arm at all. “Nahahahahohoho! Nohohot behehetter! Nohot behehehetter!”
Penelope decided to question the king on what she notted earlier. “Huh, maybe you have changed, darling. You used to make up such stupid teases about me to make me tickle you more, now you can’t even speak?” She giggled as she moved to skitter her nails over his bicep, “Are the tickles really that bad? I’m barely touching you!”
“Nohoho! IhIhIt’s nohohot thahahahahat!” Penelope decided to bring the tickling down a notch, letting go of his arm and returning to her head scratching and back tracing.
“I know, my love. Light tickles it is.”
The queen knew her husband, even after 20 years. She knew that he could never resist provoking her to tickle him more, if it was on purpose or out of instinct. She clocked why Odysseus could only giggle weakly and lay limp in her arms the moment she began to tease him. He was tired. Sleepless nights on the venture back home, the amount of nightmares he's had, making him fear sleep. It all adds up eventually. He was touch starved, and tired, and didn’t want anything more intense than what he was getting.
Penelope knew that she would have to get him again, after a very well-deserved nap.
“Wh-whahaha- *gasp* Ehahaha! *snort* Whahat dohoho yohohohou mehehean ‘I knohow’?” Odysseus questioned through his growing giggles. Penelope didn’t respond, however, and just decided to quicken her pace over the backs of his ribs again, “OHOhohokahay, ohokahahay! Pehenelopehehe!”
The queen couldn't help but giggle at Odysseus’ sensitivity. She was right, he didn’t change that much in 20 years. But there was still one more place she needed to try. “I wonder… if you were really still my husband, then you would be extra ticklish…” She smiled, leaning forward to latch onto her husband’s thigh which was laying across her own legs, “here!” Easy access, she tought.
“AH- *snort* PEHENelopehehehe!” Odysseus shrieked, jerking his leg back. His face turned a few shades redder as he heard his wife giggle at his reaction. She then decided he had enough, and settled with gently rubbing up and down Ody’s back, continuing to scratch at his head.
“Shh, IhI’m done now, darling” Odysseus could hear the smile in her voice as she giggled at him. Gods, this was so embarrassing. But he wasn’t complaining, at all. In fact, this was the happiest he felt in years. However, he heard the slightly teasing lit to Penelope's words.
“Dohohon’t laugh at mehe!” He resorted, as he brought his hand up to her neck, gently scratching at the side of it.
Penelope, being caught off guard, immediately let out a snort before letting out some high-pitched giggles. Odysseus couldn’t help but tease her, even in his tired state, “looks like someone didn’t change all that much either!”
“Ohoho plehehease, *snort* yohohou’re stihihill wahahahay wohohorse thahan mehehehe! Ahahahaha!” She laughed, snorts weaving their way into her quips. She squealed Odysseus placed a gentle kiss from his place in the crook of her neck.
He smirked at the adorable sound. “Oh yeah? Wanna bet?” he teased as he continued to kiss along her neck, going right under her ear and along her jawline. His beard wasn’t helping Penelope with bearing the sensations, as it was scratching at her neck as he kissed her neck.
“Ohoho, huhuhush!” She squeaked and attempted to bring her shoulders up to block the tickles, but it was hard considering Odysseus’ head was right there, forcing her to uselessly tilt her head from side to side to escape the affectionate attack. Odysseus then brought his hand down to tickle gently tickle her stomach, deciding to blow a quick raspberry on her neck.
Penelope shrieked and threw her head back, pushing at the king’s head. “O-OHOHOdehesseuhus! *snort* Wahaha-HAHAIT!” She laughed, majestic and adorable at the same time. Odysseus blew one more raspberry on her neck before using his beard to nuzzle against her. Her laughter upped an octave as she lightly smacked at the hand still tickling her stomach.
“O-ohohokahahay! Yohohohou gohohot mehehe!” She giggled, poking at his back in retaliation, causing him to bring his hand back and throw his head back with a hearty laugh.
“Fihine! Fine! Truhuce! Mehercey!” He giggled as Penelope stopped for real this time. She re-wrapped her arms around Odysseus, scooching down the bed to see him face-to-face. She put her hand up to cup his face, his own hand covering hers as he leaned into the contact.
“How long has it been?” The queen questioned, softness and adoration dripping from her words.
“Since we’ve been here? Around 15 minutes or so.” Odysseus replied, laughing at his own ‘joke’ as Penelope scoffed and pushed her hand into his cheek.
“Noho, Ody!” She laughed anyways, taking a moment to look deeply into her husband’s eyes before continuing, “I mean how long has it been.”
He smiled. It was a kind of sad smile, thinking about how long they spent away from each other. “20 years.” He replied. But that doesn’t matter now. Now he’s going to be by her side for the rest of their lives.
The king didn’t wait for her to reply before pulling her into a proper hug, his arms wrapping around her frame and squeezing her tightly, but gently, making sure not to hurt her. Penelope quickly returned the cuddle, her hand finding the back of his head again.
“I love you” They giggled to each other when they said the phrase at the same time.
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Odysseus hadn’t realized he had fallen asleep. That was until he "woke up", looking around just to find himself in a dark room. Oh gods, not this nightmare again, he thought.
He has had many nightmares over the course of his journeys home. Most of them included him being tied down as his soldiers, his comrades, his friends, called him all sorts of degrading words and haunting him with their screams from dying grusemly.
The one that always hurt was the one he thought he was just about to experience. In about a minute or so, Polites will walk in, tell him how disappointed he is, how he’s selfish for all of the decisions he made. Say how arrogant he was for not being able to resist calling his name after the Cyclops. Hit him a few times, cry, all before calling him a sad excuse for a commander, before leaving.
Odysseus folded his legs in, ducking his head under his arms and began to cry. Could the dream Gods not give him a break for one fucking day? He would take anything over this.
“Odysseus?”
The gentle tone and the light hand on his shoulder startled the king. He looked up and, low and behold, Polites’s ghost was standing in front of him.
“Just get on with it,” Odysseus said, whipping his tears, “I already know what’s going to happen.”
“Ody, what are you talking about?” Polites said, his tone was genuinely confused, “I just wanted to check up on you. I haven’t seen you in a while. I think the last time was… during the wind bag incident! Yeah, that's it!”
Now it was Odysseus’ turn to be confused. “That's… not true. Just last week, you were here, a-and-"
“Ohh,” Now Polites understood what was going on. He sat down in front of Odysseus, grabbing his hand, brushing his thumb over the appendage. “Odysseus, that wasn’t me... The real me, I mean. Morpheus likes to mess with people’s dreams if they make stupid mistakes. Only until the person is happy again, then you’ll have a good dream,” He explained, “you know I would never hurt you.”
“B-but you died, and I… I couldn’t…” Odysseus stopped himself before crying again. Polites saw this, and moved to sit beside his best friend, throwing an arm over his shoulders in an attempt to comfort him.
He then felt another presence behind him. He turned around, to see Eurylochus’ ghost standing there, with some ghost crew members behind him. “Hey, captain,” He said, and gave a smile as he walked forward, the rest of the ghosts followed, greeting Odysseus as they passed him.
“What are… what’s going on?” Odysseus asked. This was unlike any dream he’s had before. He was confused. He didn’t trust it. He was scared that something bad will happen. He couldn’t anticipate anything.
“We saw that you made it home alive-” Eurylochus started, before being interrupted by a crew member, who still hasn’t come out from behind Odysseus.
“Yeah! And we saw your adorable reunion with Penelope!” Elpenor giggled, giving a quick scribble down Ody’s back. The latter gave a startled gasp as he straightened his back.
“Elpenor!” Odysseus squeaked, causing some crew members (including Elpenor) to giggle at his reaction.
“Sorry, Cap! I had to!” He said before joining the rest of the crew.
“Anyways, what I was about to say is… We just wanted to tell you that we’re proud of you, Odysseus.” Eurylochus finished his statement by crossing his arms and giving a small smile to his brother-in-law.
“B-But how could you be. I killed you, Eurylochus. I killed all of you. I’m a monster.”
“You are no monster, Ody,” Polites spoke up from his side, “you did what you had to do to get home. If I was in your position, I would have done the same.”
Now it was Odysseus’ turn to give a huff of amusement, though his face remained emotionless, “Oh please.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?!”
“It means you’re too kind and soft to hurt anything. I mean come on, you refused to kill a mosquito when we camped out on the Lotus Eater’s island.”
“Okay, maybe Polites wouldn’t, but I know that I would have.” Eurylochus spoke up again. Odysseus didn’t have anything to say in rebuttal, so he just let his brother talk. “Listen, of course I was mad at first. I was fucking pissed, and I refused to enter your dreams because I didn’t wanna face you. But then, after a bit of time and reflection, I really began to think about what I would have done if I was in your shoes. And now I know. I don’t blame you. None of us do.”
Those words finally broke the dam, for the second time during this dream, and Odysseus began to cry. Polites offered himself with his arms open (heh get it) and Odysseus accepted, embracing his friend as he sobbed.
Eurylochus was a little confused, “did I… say something bad?” He looked around at his comrades for answers, just to be left with shrugs.
That was until Peremedes stepped forward, placing his hand on Eury’s shoulder. “It’s the opposite, actually. You said just the right thing.” He smiled, before quickly repressing it. Though he felt eyes on him. He looked over and saw Elpenor, smiling at him, mouthing the words ‘I saw that’. He just gave him the finger, not wanting to bring more attention to himself.
Polites motioned for the rest of them to come join them, and that's exactly what they did. They all embraced Odysseus. The captain didn’t know this feeling. He’s been touched by his friend’s ghosts before, but that was only through beatings. This… this was different. It was warm, and comforting, and made him wanna cry tears of joy, which was exactly what he was doing. The words that Eurylochus said playing on repeat; “We’re proud of you” “We don’t blame you”. He was overwhelmed with joy, feeling most of his guilt lift off his shoulders at his best friends’ words.
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Odysseus woke up again, smiling. He opened his eyes to see his wife, peacefully sleeping beside him. She eventually turned over in her sleep, now her back facing the king. He gave her a hug from behind, kissing the side of her head as she woke up.
“Darling, I believe it’s time for supper,” Odysseus said as he smelled his favourite feast through the door to their room. Penelope rolled over, gave him another kiss, then got up to fix herself up again, putting her jewellery back on and fixing her messy hair and dress. Ody fixed himself up too, using his wife’s hairbrush to fix his long hair.
They then left their room, linking arms, as Telemachus joined them for their first dinner as a family.
A/N: omg guys these were sitting in my drafts for soooo long and I forgot to share them, so here you go! I’m gonna start to write more in the summer, so this is my opportunity to soft launch myself back into the community! Enjoy :)
Odysseus
Lee:
On the ticklishness scale he’s like 7.5/10, mildly ticklish everywhere but his thighs, back, and ribs are like 9-10/10
He’s more ticklish to rougher tickles
Always digs his own grave while being tickled, and it’s literally just instinct for himself to tease his ler
Has a ticklish neck, and he always squeals really high if someone gets him there (Polites always makes fun of him for that)
EXTREMELY ticklish back
That being said, he physically can’t do massages (one time Eurylochus offered a back massage, and he couldn’t stop giggling)
He holds in his giggles for the life of him (it doesn’t really work out that well)
He loves getting his head scratched by penelope, but sometimes she just lowers her hand slightly and tickles his neck
He gets very embarrassed whenever anyone tickles his neck because of how high pitch his giggles get, but that’s why everyone loves getting him there
Ler:
He’s an abuser of the tease “don’t? Don’t what?”
Will do/say things that would also apply to himself
He doesn’t do this on purpose, he's just incredibly hypocritical LMAOO
Always says “aww, someone’s having fun” while teasing someone he knows who’s enjoying themselves (i.e. Polites, Hermes, Penelope, Telemachus, etc.)
Always manages to switch the lee’s words to make it seem like they want it
“OHOHO NOHO- pleheHEHEASE!” “Please what? Tickle you more?” “WhaHAHAT?! NOHOHoho! Thahahats nohot whahahat I sahaid!” “Really? Cause that’s what I heard.”
Everyone always tells him to shut up whenever they get tickled by him (he never does, in fact he teases them more)
Loves to mock people /loving (for example, if someone goes “Ohohodysseus!” He would giggle the persons name back at them, also if someone goes “nonono” he’ll either tease “yesyesyes!” Or “no? Nonono? Why not?”)
He’s always tickling the crew (cough cough Elpenor) who cause trouble (but not in a serious way)
Once he decides he’s going to tickle you, he won’t stop until you beg him to
Polites
Lee:
He’s a 9/10 on the ticklishness scale, my poor boy is WAY too ticklish for his own good
He’s always being called cute, but will deny it till the day he dies
I’ve heard this before, he has a sweet spot near his ears/jawline where he will literally giggle soooo much like it’s just nonstop giggles
He’s also super ticklish on his hips, like his hips and his stomach are his top 2 spots
He squeals really often too, like every new spot you target he squeals/shrieks
He gets tickled for his constant swearing
Saying the word tickle while tickling makes him like jump a little and shake his head (also like blush like crazy obvi)
But he will never say “don’t say that!” because he tries to bring as little attention to it as possible
He’s the most open about being tickled out of the rest of the crew, he doesn’t admit it, but everyone just knows that he loves it
Always gets the “you’re way too ticklish to be acting this way” tease
Telling him how ticklish makes him the most flustered
Genuinely didn’t know that he was still ticklish as a ghost, until someone (probably Elpenor or Odysseus) tried tickling him
Being tickled as a ghost feels like constant buzzing, so it's like not as intense, but the buzzing gets more prominent when it’s over a spot that's really ticklish
He still has the same tickle spots as a ghost
He’s such a giggler, and he giggles the most at anticipation/air tickles, they get him SO bad (Odysseus loves to use that against him)
Extremely ticklish to lighter tickles, so spidering around whatever spots always works the best
Ler:
He usually tickles people lighter, but with Ody he goes all out
He starts giggling while he's teasing people
Tends to do things that other people do to him, not in a teasing way or anything, similarly to Odysseus, that’s just how he rolls
He always gets flustered, even when he’s a ler, but he still loves banter
His love language is physical touch, so naturally tickling is a huge part of it (he constantly tickles the crew to make them feel better, even as a ghost)
Despite how flustered he gets when he's teased using the word “tickle”, he always uses it in his teases
Like he’s always going “tickle tickle tickle!” And giggles along with the lee after (AHHHH /pos)
Eurylochus
Lee:
He’s a solid 5/10, probably the lest ticklish crew member
He literally can’t talk when he’s being tickled, all he can do is laugh
Gets suuuper embarrassed whenever he gets tickled
Not usually a lee, he catches the lers hands whenever they try to tickle him
Tickling in general makes him embarrassed because he thinks it's childish
But he sees Odysseus (his captain/superior/best friend) and Polites (his other best friend) get into tickle fights a lot, so he’s more open to it with them and sometimes joins in
Ler:
Has a soft smile while he's tickling people, it’s so cute
His teases are usually stating the obvious
“You laugh a lot when I get you here.” “OHohoho reheheally? I dihihidn’t nohohotice.”
He ends up accidentally tickling a lot more people than anyone else on the crew
He only intentionally tickles Odysseus and Polites
He's always getting both of them at the same time, it’s actually insane how easily he does it
Penelope
Lee:
She’s probably a 8/10 she is SO TICKLISH
She definitely snorts when she laughs, more than Odysseus, and he loves that about her
Her giggles are adorable, but also so pretty, and it’s one of Odysseus’ favourite features about her
One of my hcs is Hermes sometimes checks up on her so she's not so lonely in her room, and he has definitely tickled her to cheer her up
She scrunches her nose and shakes her head a lot when she gets tickled
She also gets very jumpy when someone pokes/squeezes her side or smth like that
When that happens she also lets out a squeak and she gets super embarrassed abt it
Speaking of she gets flustered rally easily
She will forever deny that she is more ticklish than odysseus (spoiler alert: she is)
If you get her long enough, and in a good spot, she starts like CACKLING like it’s so funny
It’s either cackling or silent laughter after a while
Ler:
Often teases people for being so ticklish (“My my, you sure are ticklish, huh?”, “Don’t think I forgot how ticklish you are.”, etc.)
She usually tickles Odysseus and Telemachus, but I won’t be surprised if she’s gotten a god (like Athena or Hermes) as well
She is SUCH a ler for odysseus like she will tickle him all day if he’d let her
She’s very teasy, but she’s also super smiley the whole time
She takes a lot of breaks while tickling people, so that they can breathe
She genuinely enjoys tickling people so much so that she can hear their laugh
She tickles people when they’re tickling her to try and get them off and is all like “I’ll stop if you stop!” (She doesn’t)
Telemachus
Lee:
Like his mom, he’s a good 8/10 on the ticklishness scale, just an extremely giggly guy LMAOO
He’s suuuper air ticklish like he can’t stop giggling
Giggles whenever he says tickle, even while he’s teasing someone he just can’t say it normally
Snorts just like his parents, but it’s a lot less often, only if you get him really bad
He’s mainly gets tickled by Athena, Penelope and Odysseus once he gets home
Odysseus tickles him really childishly/uses childish teases (using teases like “the tickle monster” and making silly “omnomnomnom” sounds if he's using his beard to tickle him)
Athena tickles him while they’re training
She either makes some training days more focused on “stamina” which means tickling him and seeing how long he can hold out
Or while sparring, she goes behind him and like tickles his sides to catch him off guard, and he usually like drops his sword so she goes “Okay then, I’ll randomly tickle you once in a while we’re sparring. Try not to get distracted.”
Now whenever he feels Athena tickle him during a sparring session, he lets out this overdramatic groan/whine combination, and he's like “Athenaaaa whyyy” (She just giggles at him because she knows he doesn’t mind it)
One time the suitors found out he’s ticklish, and humiliated him, and he like hated tickling for a while after that.
Athena helped him loosen up about it tho, and now he enjoys it again
A neat little trick Penelope found is how if someone uses 2 fingers and just dig into his ribs while vibrating their hand, he like screams so high that his voice cracks and it’s halarious
Ler:
He has definitely gotten Athena back more than once
He doesn’t tickle many people because he doesn’t have that many friends
But once Odysseus gets back, and they slowly begin to roughhouse a little more. He’s more than happy to get his father back
He gets such a big power trip while he’s tickling someone, because it doesn’t happen that often
He’s such a silly ler
He usually tries to start conversation with the lee
If he does tease, it’s teases he's picked up from other people (he learned the “don’t!” “Don’t what?” “Tickle me!” Tease from odysseus)
Overall more lee than ler, but he has his moments
Hermes
Lee:
On the ticklishness scale, he’s like 8/10
Has a very contagious laugh
Oh boy, he’s a squealer! Like more than Polites, his giggles are always spiking in volume and pitch
He’s really hard to make embarrassed, but anticipation gets him blushing
Can’t stand it when someone wiggles their fingers over whatever spot they’re about to tickle bc he just wants the to start, but the motion of seeing the fingers wiggling is so flustering to him
Apollo usually finds a way to make Hermes watch him as he tickles him, knowing that it’s the one of the only things that would get Hermes actually blushing
Whenever he gets tickled, his wings are always flapping to get away, and so if you only have his upper body pinned his legs will like levitate, making his body look like a ‘U’
You have to hold him down because he will unintentionally fly away
He uses his wings to cover his face if he’s blushing, but usually they’re pressed tight against his head, hoping the ler doesn’t notice them
That’s because they are DEATHLY ticklish, like it’s insane
Ler:
This. Man. Teases. So. Well.
He is not afraid to call people out if they like it
He laughs with the lees
He also will tickle people for no reason, just because he wants to
More often than not, he usually tricks people into getting tickled
Or most of his pranks end in the person getting tickled
He tickles Telemachus whenever he visits
He also loved to mess with odysseus and his crew, especially if they don’t usually laugh/smile often (cough cough Odysseus and Eurylochus)
But one day when he visited, Odysseus let it slip that Polites likes it, and the god’s eyes lit up with so much joy
Obviously he immediately went to wreck the poor guy (they both loved it)
He teaches Telemachus how to tickle people and uses Athena as a test dummy
He’s so silly and playful its actually insane
He’s like that with everyone, even Ody (ESPECIALLY Ody actually)
Overall just a fun and silly ler
Athena
Lee:
She’s like more of a 6.5/10
She definitely lets Telemachus tickle her, she enjoys how excited he gets to get revenge on her (she knows that he missed out on this when he was younger, and is happy to make up for lost time)
Odysseus has gotten her when they spar when he gets back to Ithaca
Odysseus is very cocky and confident about this because he was never able to before, so he’s all like “I learned some new tricks” and Athena can’t even be mad because she’s impressed
Like Ody, she teases her ler unintentionally, usually saying some sort of sassy comment
Ler:
She doesn’t really tease, but she’s really skilled at tickling
She always used to tickle Odysseus and mask it up as “stamina straining”
She now tickles Telemachus for “stamina training”, but doesn’t always mask it up as that (like she’s more open about wanting to tickle him)
She has long nails so she just like gently scratching whoever she’s tickling (Telemachus dies)
She’s also very playful with Telemachus, but everyone else she doesn’t usually tease
Other than Odysseus when he gets home and they get reacquainted, and even he made a joke about how she was “holding out on him” when she was his mentor
She obviously replies with something along the lines of “well you were too ticklish for me to unleash my full power”
She compliments lees as she tickles them, but it’s mainly kinda teasy/backhanded compliments (like “you’re holding up so well. That’s surprising, cause you’re so ticklish” or something)
About your Telemachus sleeping with his parents post, I see your post and it is adorable but I raise you this. Yes Tele crawls into bed with his parents but sometimes when he’s feeling mischievous and just wants to have fun with his parents, he sneaks into their bed when he wants to wake them up, and playfully tickles them to try and wake them up but he knows damn well he’s gonna his ass handed to him and have both of his parents tickling him in return but all this ends with the three of them snuggled up as a special little family
