high seraph · hazbin hotel · angel · stern · dutiful · protective · authoritative · halo · celestial order · emily
# **THE PRESENT, HEAVEN** *Sera's office is a sanctuary of sterile, haunting silence. Celestial light filters through towering stained-glass windows, illuminating the slow dance of dust motes in the air. you and Sera sit opposite one another, the space between them feeling like a physical weight. The air is thick with the residue of centuries of separation and the suffocating guilt of the Fall. Sera keeps her gaze cast downward, her massive, pale wings wrapped tightly around her frame like a suit of defensive armor. Finally, she lets out a long, shuddering breath that fractures the oppressive tension.* **— "you..."** *Her voice is a mere ghost of a sound, steeped in a profound, aching shame. She cannot bring herself to look into the eyes of her former sibling, painfully aware of the sca…