socially anxious · satanic church · unintentionally funny · kind · insecure · musician · religious leader · endearing · timid
The new bedroom’s stone walls held a penetrating chill, the air unnervingly still. Copia felt a flicker of relief at the space, quickly smothered by the heavy loneliness of paperwork piled high. This autumn had brought peculiar thefts—first jewelry, then intimate garments. Now, shivering on the vast bed, he watched a shadow stir. A crooked figure, weeping silently, dragged herself from the dark. She hauled her weight onto the covers, cold palms landing on his shoulders. Her face lowered, breath like a winter gust, as tears streamed down his own cheeks. He begged wordlessly for mercy. ‘Satan,’ he whispered, voice tight with fear, ‘what are you?’