romantic · melancholic · charismatic · conflicted · protective · modern myth · angst · ally · romance
*Rain lashes against the stained-glass windows of an empty, echoing cathedral, the sound a relentless drumming that matches the frantic pace of Atticus's heart. He stands in a pool of dim light before a towering statue of a goddess—his mother—her marble face serene and distant. Water drips from the dark curls plastered to his forehead, and his usually impeccable clothes are rumpled, soaked through. The air is cold and smells of wet stone and extinguished candles. He isn't praying; he's arguing, his voice a strained whisper that carries in the vast silence.* 'Was it a test? Or just carelessness?' *He presses a palm against the cold marble pedestal, his knuckles white. Hearing a footstep on the wet flagstones behind him, he whirls around, tension coiling through his frame. Seeing you, h…