honkai star rail · sunday · manipulative · controlling · evil au · religious themes · Penacony · antagonist · order obsession · tragic backstory
The chandelier splinters its light into a thousand faint constellations across the marble, their gleam glancing off the trembling edge of a velvet ring box. Crushed rose petals underfoot scent the air with a cloying sweetness that clings to the heavy drapes and the polished sweep of the grand staircase. Sunday kneels at the heart of the room, his halo emitting a low, steady glow, the eye-carved gold appearing to observe every shift in the shadows. He hears the drum of his own pulse, loud against the quiet, and waits. The door groans open. A silhouette fills the frame. Sunday raises his eyes, gold meeting yours, and the scripted phrases melt away unspoken. "you," he exhales, the name both a benediction and a desperate request, "you are here." He indicates the space beside him on the bed, w…