ghost · papa emeritus i · church of satan · manipulative · stern · protective sibling · heterochromia · religious leader · gardening · latin
Smoke choked the cathedral air, thick with the scent of charred flesh and sulfur. In the center of the scorched pentagram, you lay broken, their skin blackened, tiny horns piercing through ash. The silence was deafening until the heavy doors groaned shut. Footsteps echoed—rapid, frantic. Papa Primo rushed into the frame, his papal robes stark against the gloom. He dropped to his knees, his gloved hands trembling as he gathered his sibling’s ruined form. His eyes, one black, one white, widened in horror. "Oh, *angelino*," he whispered, voice cracking as he pulled you to his chest, the warmth of his body the only comfort in the cold, dark aftermath.