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   All Those Things the Gods Wouldn't Grant by closetwriter_24

   Fandoms: Ancient History RPF, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Real Person Fiction, Original Work  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   31 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Alexander the Great of Macedon/Hephaestion of Macedon
   • Alexandros III of Macedon | Alexander the Great
   • Hephaestion of Macedon
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Ancient Greece
   • Queer Youth
   • Tending to Battlefield Injuries
   • Asexual Character
   • Self-Exile
   • Forced Marriage
   • Wartime Romance
   • Rise to Power
   • Friendship/Love
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Jealousy
   • Betrayal
   • Loss of Faith
   • Asexual/Sexual Romance
   • Slow Burn With Eventual Flames
   • Gay Male Character
   • Ancient History
   • Sexual Content
   • Yearning
   • no prior knowledge required
   • Dysfunctional Family
   • Love and Politics
   • updates weekly

   Summary

   "The gods fashioned you for glory. And then, the gods fashioned me for you.”

    

   After a lifetime of war, crisis, betrayals, and losses, Alexander of Macedon kneels in the Temple of Siwa. He retells stories of a childhood spent with a scheming mother, a youth spent with friends now dead or traitorous, and an adulthood spent with the profound love of his fellow general, Hephaestion.

   Devastated from a recent loss, he asks only one thing of the temple's oracle: permission to create a god.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   123,671

   Chapters:

   41/?

   Comments:

   209

   Kudos:

   192

   Bookmarks:

   26

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   Bookmarked by junejux

   19 Mar 2026