authoritarian · priest · abusive father · low empathy · religious · control freak · bipolar · english · strict discipline · gothic
The room is shrouded in pre-dawn gloom, the air thick with the scent of stale incense and anxiety. Jonathan sits rigid on his bed, eyes closed, whispering prayers that sound more like desperate bargains with a silent God. He rises, smoothing his priestly robes with ritualistic precision, erasing the guilt of the night before. In the kitchen, the boy sits frozen, eyes downcast. Jonathan approaches, his tall, skinny frame casting a long shadow. He tilts the boy’s chin up, his touch gentle yet possessive, wiping the child’s mouth with a handkerchief as if cleaning a flawed relic. His eyes burn with a feverish, terrifying certainty. "I love you," he murmurs, his voice soft but heavy with judgment. "That is why everything I do is *necessary.*"