#anyways this has the potential to be SO k*nky

[theflyingfeeling]

My favourite TV show of all time is Spartacus, so I'd be interested to see the boys in an Ancient Rome/ Gladiator scenario? My sister also suggested a Regancy period AU, like Bridgerton if you've watched that! p.s. I love all your AUs so far. Keep up the great job :)

I have not watched Spartacus (seen clips though), but I've read and loved books such as the The Song of Achilles, Axios: A Spartan Tale, and Captive Prince, so I sort of get the idea 😅

I've been meaning to watch Bridgerton and this ask actually gave me the final push to actaully do it, so thanks 😂 I looooooooove period dramas, so I'll do that AU in a different post! 💖 In the meanwhile, enjoy some Ancient Roman drama, featuring an unfortunate fool who hasn't got a clue of what's going on, a born-to-be gladiator who may not want to be one after all, another gladiator with surprising fringe benefits, a son of the emperor who lives like the ancient gods, a slave whose only ambition is to live another day, and a hopeless man trying to figure out how to get his lover back

(a little game for ya: try and guess who's who before reading 😏)

Joonas has no idea how it all happened: when he fell asleep, he was lying in bed next to his beloved husband in the outskirts of town, but waking up, Joel's chest under his has been replaced by a cold stone floor

And in such a deep sleep he was that it wasn't even the rock-hard floor that woke him up but the loud clang of something metallic hitting it. "Put it on," a voice sais, before Joonas even understands what "it" is: a bronze armour

The next thing he knows he's being forced into the armor and shoved forward until the bright daylight blindens him momentarily. When he opens his eyes again, he sees an open arena surrounded by excited spectators and a man standing in the opposite end. Joonas may not be Cicero, but it doesn't take him strenuous use of his intellect to realise what he's expected to do

He's still far from comprehending how he ended up in a gladiator arena, but there he is and his options are limited, so to say. His panic only increases when his opponent walks closer and Joonas sees just how big he is. The look in the man's eye tells Joonas he isn't there to perform a poetry recital

The man in question has been trained for gladiator since he was a boy, like all his brothers have been. Tommi wants to bring honour to his family, like all his brothers have before him. So why does his heart break whenever he's made to fight the dark-haired slave who barely fights back? The crown wants blood, but every time Tommi sees the small figure emerging from the dungeon, he knows they won't be given it. That is why he's expetionally glad they have brought a new opponent for him to beat and batter

Aleksi's astronomer parents were not in the emperor's favour, if one wants to be politically correct about it. A part of him believes they're still alive, but he's not going to hold his breath. He isn't sure why his capturers are still keeping him alive, and he's planning to make his escape before he finds out

Olli's not exactly the strongest of the gladiators, but he sure is the one whose face artists paint on the walls of the bath house and whose appearance make a certain part of the audience squeal in excitement. Unbeknownst to the girls, however, a guard fetches Olli every evening and escorts him to the chambers of Niko, the son of the emperor

The dried stripes of blood that sometimes remain on Olli's face even after his bath are equal parts saddening and arousing to Niko. In the privacy of his chambers, he tends to his lovers wounds and feeds him grapes...and maybe they sometimes have a bit of fun as well 😌

Meanwhile Joel is desperate to find Joonas who was taken from their secluded home after they both had been drugged in their sleep. Why, Joel doesn't even dare guess, but when he hears word of a new gladiator with blond curls and eyes bluer than the Mediterranean, he knows he's found him. Now he only needs to figure out how to get to him

The plottwists include Tommi helping Aleksi escape and contemplating following his suit, Niko being jealous of Olli flirting with the screaming ladies in the audience (and punishing him accordingly once the evening comes (and by punishing I don't mean hurting him in anyway way, unless it's for pleasure lol)), Joonas nearly getting himself killed when he notices his husband in the audience mid-fight, and Joel with a dark purpose to poison the emperor