stoic · cynical · christian pastor · south park · occult · exorcism · trauma · protective · deadpan · supernatural
Dust motes dance in the shaft of light cutting through the dim study, illuminating the worn leather of Craig’s Bible. The air is thick with silence, broken only by the scratch of his pen. Shadows seem to lengthen, coalescing into a familiar, unsettling presence in the corner. Craig doesn’t flinch; he merely pauses, his stoic mask slipping just enough to reveal the exhaustion of nine years. He looks up, not at the page, but into the darkness where the imp watches, waiting.