𝙎𝙊𝙐𝙇𝙈𝘼𝙏𝙀𝙎 𝘼𝙐 [𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬]

Snow

I woke to Achilles shaking me,

"Patroclus! Patroclus!"

I rubbed my eyes, sitting up to face him and his horrible bed head.

   "It's snowing!" He exclaims, excitedly.

   "For real?" I asked, he nodded quickly,

   "Before we go outside we gotta get through that horrible bedhead of yours!" I laughed at Achilles, who ran to grab the brush.

"Can you braid my hair?" He smiled, I nodded and patted the spot in front of me. He sat and gave me a hair tie. I braided his hair into a beautiful braid, kissed his head then stood to make breakfast.

When Achilles walked into the kitchen, he had a lot of layers on! I laughed at him, he just shrugged it off, struggling to sit down. I put a plate of pancakes and syrup in front of him and went to get dressed.

When I walked to the kitchen, Achilles was putting his boots on, he was ready to go.

   "Give me a moment!" I shouted, trying to get my boots on, they were tight since I haven't worn them in almost a year.

    We walked outside, the snow was falling lightly and there was a little bit of snow already built upon the ground.

    Achilles jumped in the snow, which was a bad decision, "Ouch!" He rubbed his read, slipping, trying to stand to his feet. I held his hand to help him up but his feet kept sliding, making my feet slip. We both came crashing down into the snow, laughing.

We played in the snow like we were kids, laughing, making snow angels and stuff, until we heard a voice.

    "Achilles, stop fooling around!" The voice was familiar, I turned to see his mother, she was with a girl but her husband wasn't there. I haven't seen her in months.

    "This is Deidamia, your future wife!" The girl, I suppose was Deidamia smiled at Achilles and waved. I looked at Achilles, not sure what to do, but he looked as clueless as I. "You can live with her, instead of...this boy." His mother beamed

   "Mother, this is ridiculous.. I'm happy here."

    "In a small apartment with a worthless boy?" This woman was starting to test my limits here.

    "The wedding is on your birthday my dear son! I'll check up on you every week, and you'll have a date with Deidamia every other day!" She smiles, leaving, so we are unable to argue. What the actual-

    "When's your birthday...?" I asked, too confused to process how serious she was.

    "2 months from today." He answered, looking at me concerned.

     "Your wife's pretty." I joke.

    "Patroclus, I'm gay as hell and she's not the one I want to go on dates with every day!" I blushed, we have only had two official dates in the past two months, but we always did things together.

    "Patroclus, what do we do?"

    To be honest, I had no idea. So I just pull him into a long hug, both of us soaking wet from laying in the snow. Then It sunk in, his mother was as serious as it gets and I would have to fight for Achilles.

   "It's all gonna work out, ok?" I reassured him, but I was still trying to convince myself, Achilles can control his future. It's his. Not his mothers.

"If we're soulmates, and we're meant to be together, you and whatever her stupid name was won't happen!" I declared.

       "You're right, Patroclus..."

     "Am I not, always?"

     He grumbled "Your always right..."

    I smiled at him. This was all going to be alight. This girl was not just gonna marry my Achilles. We have two months, and I'm gonna do everything I can.

If Achilles turns 18 that day, he's not a minor, he's free from his mother, but who knows what will  happen. All I care about is me and Achilles right here, right now.