Patrochilles Week 2022
Third edition of Patrochilles Week
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you're a walking disaster, and yet— by Johaerys
Fandoms: The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, Hades (Video Game 2018), The Iliad - Homer
18 Feb 2024
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—I'll follow in your wake.
"You'll meet my son, Achilles, soon," Mr Pelides told Patroclus on their drive there. "You two will get along just fine. He's as wild as they come, though." The indulgent pride with which he said the words made them sound almost like a compliment. "Don’t let him talk you into anything."
Patroclus blushed as he swore, with strong conviction, that he would absolutely not do that. No sir.
He knows better than that.
Or: Achilles is a threat and a menace. As they grow up together, Patroclus falls for him anyway.
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- Part 25 of This and This and This: Achilles & Patroclus
- Part 1 of Disasters AU
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Twin Flames by Johaerys
Fandoms: The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, Hades (Video Game 2018), The Iliad - Homer
09 Apr 2023
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Phthia is the land of hail and snow, and this is what they all know, but on Mount Pelion it's always spring. It's like Achilles belongs there. 'The Flame of the North' they call him, for his fire-gold hair; once he goes, Patroclus thinks, all things swift and beautiful and bright will be gone with him.
Perhaps in another life, if Patroclus fell to his knees and begged, Achilles would take pity on him and stay, or ask him to come with him. But this is not this life. In this life, Patroclus hasn't the power to change... anything.
Or: Achilles is the young Prince of Phthia, Patroclus is his squire, in a story where they come together, come apart, then find each other all over again.
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- Part 21 of This and This and This: Achilles & Patroclus
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Small drabbles focused around Achilles and Patroclus.
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Battle Tactics by Johaerys for Baejax
Fandoms: The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, Hades (Video Game 2018), The Iliad - Homer
25 Sep 2022
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"The fort is far too strong.” Achilles sighed and shook his head. “The walls are fifteen paces high and three paces thick. There are men on every watchtower, and there isn’t an inch of battlement that’s left unguarded. It's… what are you doing?” Achilles asked when a playful hand drifted down between them, trailing the inside of his thigh.
“I am listening.”
“No, you aren’t.”
“How can you tell?” Patroclus smiled sweetly as deft fingers disappeared beneath Achilles’ tunic. “Do go on.”
Or: Achilles is trying to work, but Patroclus is being particularly distracting.
For Patrochilles Week 2022!
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- Part 10 of This and This and This: Achilles & Patroclus
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in the coolness of your shadow by Johaerys
Fandoms: The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, The Iliad - Homer
20 Sep 2022
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“Guess what I’m thinking about,” Achilles said.
This, I told him. The scrape of the waves against the rock. The sun glittering on the water like gold dust scattered with the wind. The seagulls that drifted aimlessly overhead. The stone I had shown him how to skip that morning, sending it hopping far into the sea. This, and this and this.
Achilles smiled his secret smile and shook his head, like he had so many times that day.
“You have to tell me,” I finally said. “I’m never going to guess.”
For Patrochilles Week 2022!
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The Lament of Patroclus by D (feministlarxene)
Fandoms: The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
25 Apr 2021
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take my heart and i'll lay down my weapon / break my shackles to set me free
A complete retelling of The Song of Achilles from Achilles' point of view.
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You came as foster child of my fathers. You came as an orphan, rights and names stripped from you by your father himself. The servants had told me that you had killed a man. They said that you killed him in cold blood because he took your toys.
You scuffed your feet, and the sound made me realise that I was not alone anymore. I looked at you and you saw me.
You looked younger than me, even though our age was the same. That must have been due to my mother’s blood, which was mixed with mine. You were beautiful in a way that others were not. The deep, endless dark of your eyes, the swirls of your curls as they fell into your eyes, the defiant way you held your body. Part of your beauty lay in the fact that you plainly did not know how beautiful you were. There was something in your eyes that I could not decipher. It was a sparkle of wild feelings, which burned in your insides.I yawned; I had not slept since the night before. I was tired from training, speaking with my mother and not feeling like I was living in my own skin. “What is your name?”
“Patroclus,” you said.
This is a retelling of The Song of Achilles from Achilles' POV
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- Part 1 of A Hero's Epic
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I don't like it when books leave things to open interpretations, so here.
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They parted with a breath, lips still close.
“We’re here now. And it wasn’t luck. It’s all thanks to you, Patroclus. You were the one who didn’t give up, on convincing my mother, convincing the gods that we were meant to be together. I will spend eternity reminding you of that. Reminding you of my gratitude. Of my adoration. Of my love. You needn’t worry anymore my dear. Let me take care of you.”
Or,
A complete bafoon tries to attack Pat. You can guess what happens next.