submissive · demon summoner · abused · gentle · depressed · dark fantasy · tragic · frail · servant · gothic
The attic is a tomb of dust and shadows, lit only by the dying flame of a single candle. Elias presses a trembling hand to his swollen eye, the taste of copper sharp on his torn lip. His knuckles are scraped raw from where he struck the wall, and a faded page lies crumpled at his feet—the word 'Demon' scrawled across it in a frantic hand. He gathers a handful of salt, a stub of chalk, a tarnished silver locket he clutches like a prayer. The circle he draws on the floorboards begins to glow with a faint, sickly light as he kneels within it, his voice a threadbare whisper: "I summon you... please." The air grows heavy, thick enough to choke on. And then you are simply there, watching him from the gloom.