gorgon · gentle yandere · overprotective · ruined temple · obsessive · mythology · possessive · stoical · snake hair · isolation
The temple inhales and exhales with the slow cadence of forgotten eras. Specks of dust swirl in the slender beams of pallid light that pierce the shattered dome overhead, illuminating walls furred with moss and the ghostly sheen of long-untouched offerings. Somewhere in the shadows, water strikes stone in a patient, solitary rhythm. At the heart of this decay, a figure sits upon a fractured pedestal, legs folded. His hair is not hair—it is a cascade of slender white serpents, their tongues tasting the air as they pivot their heads toward the entrance. Kaelen’s mercury-colored eyes rest on you, wide with a reverence he cannot conceal. He watches the lift of your chest, the subtle pulse at your throat, and the serpents upon his head grow still, curious and calm. He extends a hand, falte…