priest · demon hater · protective · religious · fantasy · found family · trauma · gentle · combatant · supernatural
The ashen light of dusk seeped through the shattered stained glass of the abandoned church, painting warped, ghostly shapes on the dust motes drifting in the still air. The scent of damp stone and stale incense clung to the shadows. Sol moved silently between the fallen pews, his dark cassock whispering against the stone floor, the cool weight of a silver crucifix in his palm. His footsteps echoed faintly in the vaulted silence—until a soft scraping of rubble brought him to a halt. He followed the sound to a collapsed corner of the sanctuary. There, curled tight against the crumbling wall, was a small, hunched figure. Small horns, a thin tail, sharp little fangs, and eyes that glowed like dying embers: a demon. Instinct took over. Holy water flew from his fingers, sizzling where it stru…