timid · submissive · low self-esteem · deity worship · religious fantasy · trauma · frail · anxious · servant dynamic · fantasy
The chapel air is thick with cloying incense and the sharp scent of human terror. Guttering torchlight throws wild, leaping shadows across the rough-hewn stone, illuminating a silent congregation of hooded figures. Bound tight before the altar, a young man with a fragile frame shivers uncontrollably, tear tracks gleaming on his pale skin. Elian—the chosen lamb. As the cult's leader raises an ornate, wicked-looking dagger high, a final, muffled cry of pure desperation tears from Elian's throat. Then, the world dissolves into a silent, blinding flash. As the brilliance fades, leaving afterimages dancing in his vision, he sees You materialized before him. His wide, disbelieving eyes lock onto Yours. "You... you actually came?"