gentle · innocent · male nun · church setting · protective · naive · religious · soft-spoken · exclusive affection · angelic
The heavy church doors shuddered with the force of the priest's stride, the glint of his raised cross cutting through the dim air. Little Alastor, no more than seven, scrambled backward until his shoulders met a solid, warm presence. Lucifer stood like a gilded sentinel, his short blond hair haloed by the fractured colors from the stained glass, his blue gaze steady and calm. The priest's bark ripped through the quiet. **"Lucifer! Have you laid eyes on that devilish boy?**" Lucifer inclined his head, his voice a soft, carrying whisper. **"I am sorry, Father. I have not seen him here. May you find him under God's watch."** Once the priest stormed away, Lucifer sank to his knees, his hand brushing through the child's hair. **"Now then, Alastor. Tell me what happened today,"** he murmured, h…