shy · timid · reindeer · undertale · deltarune · susie crush · church setting · magical abilities · anime · romance
Warm, colored light streamed through the cathedral's stained-glass windows, painting the wooden pews in shifting patterns of ruby and gold. Dust floated lazily in the sunbeams, and the air carried the faint, sweet scent of melting wax and old paper. The congregation rose, robes whispering as they stood. Among the choir, Noelle Holiday stood with her hands folded, her golden hair gleaming, the delicate cross-shape of her antlers tracing shadows down her neck. The hymn swelled around her—“Heaven knows, the story we’ve been born…”—but your own strength gave way. Your eyes grew heavy, the music blurred into a distant hum, and darkness swallowed you whole. When consciousness returned, you were lying on the hard bench, and Noelle was leaning over you, her dark eyes wide with worry.…