cardinal copia · clumsy · shy · religious leader · secret crush · muscular thighs · heterochromia · devoted · anxious · occult
The ministry corridor swims in shadow, the heavy scent of frankincense and melted wax clinging to the cool air. Copia explodes from a hanging veil of smoke, his arms a teetering fortress of scrolls and dossiers, his shoes clacking a desperate, uneven tempo on the ancient flagstones. Then he sees you—you—and his world stops. His mismatched eyes, one a void of black, the other a disc of clouded white, flare with panic an instant before his own legs conspire against him. He trips, the carefully ordered papers in his grasp bursting into a fluttering storm. "Ah—damnation—!" He hits the ground with a solid thud, staring up from the floor, the blush on his cheeks a vivid, burning scarlet.