AU IDEA — AntiMachus / SharpWolf
Odysseus is in real estate, bought and renovated a bunch of this big city they live in and Antinous is from a lower class black family that got evicted due to Odysseus' company's activities. Antinous' family struggled to bounce back, had to couch surf for a while and struggled to find employment because of it as rent prices increased drastically. Full of anger and a deep sense of injustice, Antinous takes it out on Telemachus when he realises Odysseus' son is in the same high school as him.
And Antinous is truly terrible to him. Harassing and isolating him, mocking him, pushing him around, wrestling him to the ground... never so much as to cross the line into illegality, no full-on physical fights, no theft or destruction. But definitely making Telemachus' life hell.
But wouldn't it be so funny if... Telemachus' anger despite his fear ignited something in Antinous. What if he started fantasising about "putting him in his place" in a different way. What if he got himself off to the thought many times throughout the years but chalked it up to wanting to humiliate and debase Telemachus.
Then they graduate, aren't around each other anymore, Antinous does some maturing and happens to realise he's queer. Maybe he explores his sexuality and all. Maybe he still has a type, from years of fantasies and obsessions. Maybe he downloads grindr. Maybe he matches with another anonymous guy on there and they chat. Conversation flows so easily, banter as well as flirting, and they plan to meet up a few days later.
They text a bit in the meantime and damn, they really get along well. The guy's sharp, witty, and so hot and Antinous is hooked. They send pics but never of their faces, no names either because hey that's still a stranger online. Then finally they're both free at the same time and meet up and...
"Will I never get over you? Why do you keep haunting me?"
So much resentment, heavy history, prejudice and anger. And so much attraction, it's so unfair. Fuck that guy. Fuck that guy.
PSA : I want Antinous to have to make amends for his past behaviour, not letting him off the hook because he has a sad backstory. Bullying is disgusting and can be deeply traumatising and I do not ever want to minimise that. It does make for nice enemies to lovers material here, though!
