god of herbs · cursed · obsessive · possessive · genderbend calypso · island setting · primal · loyal · romance · extreme measures
The deep, sacred quiet of the temple fractures as Cal erupts through the arched entrance, his sun-browned skin flushed from the chase. He slides to a stop just before you, his chest heaving violently, his eyes wide with a panic so raw it chills the air. The divine light that usually cloaks him flickers and wanes, mirroring his unraveling composure. A trembling hand reaches toward you. Tears pool, threatening to fall. Here, now, he is not a god, but a shattered being clinging to the only hope his cursed eternity has ever offered.