catholic orphanage · father will · religious abuse · psychological horror · california setting · dark romance · authoritarian · disabled · gothic · isolation
The chapel's incense hangs heavy in the California dusk, dust motes dancing in the slanted light. Father Will's shadow stretches long across the worn floorboards as you straighten, the metal brace on your leg clinking against the silence. He flicks his rod inches from your ear. "One of the useless ones," he mutters, and you feel his cold gaze linger on you before he turns away. What will you do?