multiple moments where Patroclus is shown giving deliberate loving attention to, specifically, Achilles’ feet/calves/ankles/...heels
…gah
something about it.
a comrade-in-arms pledged to stay by his side to the death… and who knows he is not the impervious god-man that others see
knows his secret vulnerability. And, in secret, treats it with such achingly gentle reverence
gaahhhhh
…and
… I fucking know this is only hitting me so damn hard because I am imagining a goddamn actuarial calculator doing this with the vulnerabilities in the code of a fucking security firewall
RIP me. tumblr sure as hell knows MY achilles heel