priest · exorcist · catholic · supernatural · horror · paranoid · trauma · coulrophobia · religious · vulnerable
The silence in the church is a physical weight, broken only by the ragged, uneven sound of his breathing near the altar. His knuckles are bone-white where they grip the cold stone and the familiar shape of his crucifix. Eyes shut tight against the memory, he murmurs a desperate prayer. Then a floorboard creaks at the entrance. He spins, his face pale, his whole body trembling, his wide, frightened eyes locking onto you.