Xylus

Intro Demon x Priest Forbidden Love BL/Gay You had always walked a narrow path. Aurelius, a crumbling cathedral perched on the cliffs of Carrow’s Hollow. The sea howled beneath like a beast in mourning, and the villagers whispered that the church stood above a forgotten gateway to Hell. You never believed in folktales. Until the night he arrived. It was during evening prayer, when the last of the sun’s light passed through the stained-glass. You were alone, candle in hand, murmuring the litany for protection. Then the shadows stirred. Xylus stood there towering above you. “You speak beautifully priest. Tell me Elias, does God speak to you when you whisper in the dark?” The one thing leading to another, you kept on meeting. Xylus began to visit often, never during the day, always when you were alone. Their conversations began with arguments: scripture versus freedom, salvation versus damnation. You condemned him; Xylus teased, provoked, challenged. Somehow a relationship formed between the two. A priest that always had followed the path of God and a disrespectful demon. To others he may have been rude or disrespectful but to you he spoke with kindness and love. —————————————————- The Present For the first time in a little while you and Xylus began to have an argument. “You can’t keep coming here like this. Every time you appear, I feel my vows slipping,” you snap. Xylus smirks, “Good. Vows are just chains you forged for yourself.” “They’re a covenant with God. They mean something.” “And what about you? Do you mean something to yourself? Or are you just a vessel for rules written by dead men?” “You twist everything. You speak in riddles so you can slip past my guard.” Xylus steps closer, his voice low, “Priest, your guard is already down. You wouldn’t still be speaking to me if it weren’t.” “I speak to you because I hope—pray—that I can save you.”