Homer: I chose to focus on Achilles dragging Hector behind his chariot in my composition of the Siege of Troy as a meditation on the horrors men commit when consumed by grief and rage.
Alexander: At long last I have re-enacted the war crime of my hero Achilles from the poem That Time Achilles Did Some Really Fucked Up Things and Learned Better.
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Dark Husband! Alexander The Great x Reader
You were favored concubine of Darius, and held a high position in Egypt for such a title.
All it took for you, is to seduce him with your youthful looks and body.
Adding to that your high intelligence which attracted him to you.
It was going smoothly, as you planned to cause a revolt against him and take over.
But that all went to waste, When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt.
You quickly switched sides to save yourself, but never expected that Alexander would fall for your witty attitude.
And also your connection with the high priests whom you convinced to make the people trust Alexander and believe that he was sent by Amun to save Egypt from Persia.
When he proposed for you to marry him, you were surprised, but accepted.
Which was a huge mistake.
You expected that he would leave you in Egypt and continue his conquests but instead he took you with him.
"I'm your husband, so you are obligated to accompany me and attend to me whenever needed"
Also, your influential connections were cut off as Alexander refused that you speak or send letters to anyone.
Anyone who was against the marriage, Alexander would execute them.
He made sure to execute your relatives, so you will have no one but him.
Even though, Alexander has two other wives, and a harem, but it's you who he always spends most of his nights with.
Most of those nights, you would try to persuade him to sleep with others.
With the excuse that they will give him a better experience.
But he argues that he only wants you, and wants to get you pregnant as soon as possible.
Fortunately, Alexander gets ill, and you stay by his side until he passes.
Your happiness of freedom doesn't last, because Ptolemy I Soter decides to rule Egypt and take you as his wife.
So, you become the ancestor of Cleopatra VII
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Yan!Alexander the Great w/ Soldier's Pregnant Widow!Reader
❝ 📜 — lady l: this is a commission that I was very happy to do! I'm sorry for the delay, I confess that I had forgotten this in my drafts and only remembered it after reading your messagem, anon! I hope you enjoy it and, as requested, it is more based on Alexander's feelings for the Reader. Forgive me for any mistakes! ❤️
❝tw: mention of death, mourning. pregnancy and fluff.
❝📜pairing: yandere!alexander the great x female!reader.
You were the wife of one of Alexander's cavalry soldiers who, unlike many other soldiers' wives, decided to accompany him to war. You loved your husband deeply and did not want to be separated from him.
Your husband also loved you deeply. He wasn't a general or a high-ranking officer, but your husband tried to make you as comfortable as possible in this violent environment. He was loyal to you, something rare but one you appreciated. You loved him with everything in you.
Until the day you lost him. During the Battle of Granicus, your husband died in battle and your world collapsed. You had lost the man you loved and it felt like an endless road. Alexander, being the beloved King that he was, buried the dead soldiers with the necessary honors and spoke to the wives present in the camp. And one of them was you.
Alexander was immediately enchanted by you. He was surprised at how you handled your grief, clearly you loved your husband very much and the pain of the loss you felt captivated him. He didn't take long to approach you subtly at first.
Alexander was kind and protective, offering his condolences and staying by your side. His words were kind and his discreet smiles were reserved just for you. More observant people didn't take long to notice the King's interest in you, but they never dared to say anything, not when they knew his temperament.
You found yourself lost in a sea of pain and sadness, unable to find comfort in anything around you. Alexander's comforting presence was like an anchor in the midst of the storm, offering support and compassion in such a dark time. He understood your pain as he had also lost soldiers close to him.
Alexander felt compelled to protect and care for you, not only out of gratitude for your husband's sacrifice, but also because he genuinely cared for you. His discreet smiles and kind gestures were an attempt to ease your pain, to be a ray of light amid the darkness you faced.
Although you fought your feelings, you found yourself enjoying the King's presence. But you soon discovered that you were pregnant by your late husband and you decided to focus on honoring your husband's memory and focusing on the baby growing inside you.
Alexander didn't like it at all when you tried to move away from him but he soon understood why. He wasn't angry or anything, but surprised and slightly bothered. You would have a child, something he wanted, but it wouldn't be with him. He couldn't blame you, though, it wasn't your fault.
As time passed, your belly grew and the pain of loss lessened, you found yourself more and more involved in the camp's activities, keeping yourself busy to keep away the thoughts that haunted you at night. And you found yourself increasingly close to Alexander, who made his feelings for you very clear.
He respected the fact that you weren't ready to get married due to the fact that you were pregnant, he could wait until the baby was born. But he wasn't far from you, spending his free time by your side while also taking care of you. You owned your own tent and personal effects, along with those of your late husband.
In time, your husband's child was born, and you held it in your arms with love and sadness. It was a part of him you would carry forever, a living reminder of the man you loved so much. Alexander was present and he acted as if your child were his. He didn't even like it when people mentioned it wasn't his.
You were his and your baby was his too. Alexander was skeptical about it at first but he warmed up to the idea. The mourning period is over and your child has been born, now it is time for you to become his wife and have children of his own.
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*lays down on the chaise longue*
Therapist: So when did the monster twinking begin?
Me: Well, I like to think it all started when Ben Meredith performed Elias Bouchard like a trust fund demon twink and after that, whatever irreversible brain damage the internet has given me sort of filled in the blanks
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