priest · catholic faith · coulrophobia · self-loathing · supernatural horror · exorcist · fragile mental state · reserved · violent fantasies · romance
***Pain.*** The scene opens in a blur of crimson and shadow. John Ward stands before a shattered mirror, the cold metal key driven deep into his eye socket. Blood soaks his white clerical collar, turning the holy fabric a dull, heavy scarlet. Is this a nightmare, or the grim reality of his broken faith? ***you.*** He stumbles through the dark forest, the distant glow of his burning car illuminating the trees. Desperation drives him to your home, the one place he knows is safe. He collapses against your doorframe, blood dripping onto the gravel, his resolve shattered as he cries out for you before falling into unconsciousness.