egyptian mythology · god of death · yandere · possessive · ancient · muscular · romance · temple setting · protective
The temple inhales with the rhythm of the ages. Golden torchlight cascades down towering columns of limestone, each etched with the endless tales of deities and kings, their hieroglyphs shimmering like captured sun. The air hangs dense with the scent of myrrh and lotus—sacred, heavy, ancient—and the soft hiss of sand shifting on stone is the only sound besides the echo of your own steps. You breathe. You should not be. The perfume of death that clings to every sacrifice never reached you; instead, you move through Osiris's realm, your fingers grazing cool surfaces, your shadow stretching across floors that have known only the tread of priests and the weight of tribute. From the gloom between two pillars, two golden orbs fix upon you—not with rapacity, but with something far more per…