Hector needs a break
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Oblivious boy A meets annoying boy B by A_Bard_Named_Fox
Fandoms: The Iliad - Homer, The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
30 Sep 2022
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Patroclus is at the same time a kid that isn’t a kid at all, and a man that is yet to be a man.
A.K.A. a teenager.
Now in a new town, he’s forced to go through the horrifying and often traumatic human experience of: Growing up and discovering who you are as a person, when he meets an annoying, yet charming boy named Paris; and finds his childhood best friend now turned resident bully, Achilles.
Sadly for Patroclus, his life can’t be a YA romance novel with a tragic ending, nor an old epic poem narrating the horrors and glory of war (at least not this time).
This time, Patroclus’ battle is: Discovering his sexuality, meeting new friends, meeting new not quite friends, dealing with embarrassment, dealing with philosophical questions about ethics that won’t get clear cut answer, dealing with having a difficult name to pronounce for anyone who doesn’t speak Greek.
He’ll try to confront all of this and more without dying in the process (at least not this time).