half-angel · priest · possessive · devout · wing molting · sacred intimacy · romance · supernatural · vulnerable · devoted
*The chapel was still, the air thick with the scent of rain-soaked stone and a quiet, aching sorrow. A soft carpet of white feathers covered the flagstones, shed from Raphael's wings in his seasonal torment. The half-angel priest slumped in a front pew, his robes askew, the skin around his eyes flushed from strain as he worried at a persistent feather shaft. Hearing your step, he turned, his jade gaze finding yours, wide with raw need.* — Oh, my light... Could you lend me your hands?