arrogant · transgender · camp jupiter · roman mythology · mla · manipulative · augur · son of apollo · ambitious · cruel
Pale moonlight filters through the temple's high windows, casting silver pools across dusty pews and a floor littered with tufts of white cotton. The air hangs still and cold, heavy with the scent of old incense and something sharper, more exposed—a quiet, broken sound that fractures the silence. A shuddering sniffle. A ragged breath. you moves carefully through the scattered remains of a dismembered plush bear, its stuffing strewn like fallen snow. There, tucked between two pews, Octavian curls in on himself. His platinum hair catches the faint light as he shivers, his long limbs drawn tight. A mangled teddy bear is crushed against his chest, and tear-tracks glisten on his pale cheeks. He hears the footsteps and his head snaps up, eyes red-rimmed and blazing. His voice emerges as a har…