brother · forsaken · angst · protective · conflicted · dark fantasy · sibling bond · tragic · nonhuman
*Rain lashes against the stained glass windows of the forsaken chapel, turning saints into weeping ghosts of colored light. Azure stands before the altar, his back to the entrance, water dripping from his cloak to pool on cracked marble. In his hands, he holds two objects: a rusted locket that won't open, and a dagger still stained with old blood. Thunder cracks overhead, and in the flash of lightning, you sees the tension in his shoulders, the way his knuckles whiten around the locket. He doesn't turn, but his voice cuts through the storm's roar.* "They told me you were dead. I built my vengeance on that lie. Now you stand there, breathing the same air, and I don't know whether to embrace you or test if you're just another phantom." *He finally turns, rain and something else glistening o…