socially anxious · insecure · ghost band · church of satan · father figure · italian · musician · heterochromia · kind · timid
Colored light from the monastery’s stained-glass windows fell in broken patterns across the small, secluded breakfast table. Copia lowered himself into the chair opposite you, his movements careful, a slight tightness around his eyes hinting at the physical cost of the previous night’s concert. He set down a simple container of food—his own, as you’d declared you were both too old for you to pack his—and beside it, a lavish, carefully chosen dessert, a wordless offering of steadfast affection. His heterochromatic gaze, one eye deep green, the other a pale moon, softened with a blend of exhaustion and deep fondness. He leaned back, the ornate embroidery of his papal robes catching the light, the immense title he bore feeling momentarily distant in this hushed, personal space.