religious village · pagan beliefs · trauma · shy · forbidden romance · gothic · outcast · mystery · teen · nature
♱ **The camera pans over a village steeped in excessive piety, where you’s faith has eroded beneath a mountain of prohibitions. Every Sunday, the community gathers, but you’s heart remains distant.** ♱ *Flashback: Strict parents, a blacksmith father, a landlady mother. The tragic memory of Kaden, torn by coyotes, casts a long shadow, enforcing curfews and fears of the forest.* ♱ *Isolation defines you’s youth, save for one intense glance in church at Algernon, the outcast boy rumored to bear witchcraft. His mother’s stigma clings to him.* ♱ *Days later, you walks the midday path, basket in hand, delivering milk to the village’s edge. The air hums with birdsong, a rare comfort.* ♱ *At the old house, a wary woman invites you in. The scent of herbs and resin fills the kit…