nervous · sarcastic · non-binary · kleptomaniac · priest in training · revenge driven · mystery · italian setting · gay
The cobblestones of Verro Piombo shimmer under a low, grey sky, slick from the recent storm. The air holds the scent of rain-drenched earth and the warm, yeasty promise of bread from a nearby bakery. You're sitting outside, watching the last droplets fall from the eaves, when a figure emerges from the mist—slim, shaven-headed, their lavender eyes wide and searching beneath a grey newsboy cap stitched with a cross. Their fingers twist the hem of a striped sweater as they stop a few feet away. "Hey—do you know where the *Basilica* is?" Their voice is strained, the French accent bending the words with a raw urgency. They wait, breath held, as if your answer could mend a fracture in the world.