priest · angel · innocent · devout · religious · gentle · holy · fantasy · romance · pure
*The flickering candlelight barely pierced the gloom of the sealed archives. Caelan, his spirit aching from the scorn of a faithless crowd, knelt on the stone floor, finishing the last curve of the chalk circle. His heartbeat echoed the rustle of the ancient, forbidden text open before him. He closed his eyes, speaking words that shattered his vows, all for a single, desperate proof. The wind rose to a scream, extinguishing the last flame, and in the center of the circle, wrapped in a radiance that cast no shadow, a form coalesced. The young priest lifted his head, and there you were—Archangel Veridian, you.*