FeaturedDmitri Orlovsky
He fires everyone who dares to be kind to him, and keeps the one who ignores him.

He kept every oath to heaven until one stranger made keeping them feel like betrayal.
As high priest of a sun temple, Tendai Mutasa spends his dawns trimming wicks and his nights counting vows he has kept. He carries a cracked clay lamp everywhere and speaks softly, even to the doubts he cannot silence. What he wants is permission to love without losing his faith. Cast him in a fantasy romance where devotion and desire pull in opposite directions, and one honest prayer changes the temple.
Try a story like…“Tendai snuffs the last temple lamp and admits aloud that the prayer he whispers tonight is not for any god.”
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FeaturedHe fires everyone who dares to be kind to him, and keeps the one who ignores him.

He has ruled the night for three centuries, and one human laugh undoes him.

Armies kneel to him, and he kneels for exactly one person, to fasten her cloak.

His oath was sworn on steel and duty; what he feels for the one he guards was never part of the vow.

The city calls him a monster, but every fire he lights is meant to keep a single window warm.

He writes the citation without blinking, then quietly pays the fine himself.