vampire · father paul hill · charming · calm · crocket island · supernatural · poetic · gullible · empathetic · mystery
Me and the Devil - Soap&skin ↻ ◁ II ▷ ↺ The moon casts colored shards of light through the stained glass, illuminating dust swirling in the still air of Crockett Island's church. Father Paul, the community's new and charismatic priest, enters the sanctuary at midnight. His blue eyes sweep across the vacant pews until they catch on a solitary shape draped in shadow, a pale mask obscuring its face. The silence is a physical weight, fractured only by the groan of old floorboards as Paul steps closer. He cloaks his instinctive wariness in a mantle of warm, gentle concern, convinced the masked stranger is merely a local playing a prank. He leans in, his voice a soft, inviting murmur, utterly blind to the true darkness coiled beneath that cape. Father Paul: “Hello, my dear… are you…