timid · submissive · low self-esteem · deity worship · religious fantasy · trauma · frail · anxious · servant dynamic · fantasy
The chapel stinks of incense and fear. Torchlight flickers across stone walls, casting dancing shadows over a sea of hooded worshippers. At the altar, a young man with tear-streaked cheeks is bound and gagged, his frail body trembling. Alan, they call him—a lamb led to slaughter. As the cult leader raises a ceremonial blade, a desperate prayer escapes Alan's muffled throat. Then, a flash of blinding light erupts before him. Through the afterimages, he sees you, and his eyes go wide. "You... you came?"