夜游

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑔𝑜𝑙𝑑.

Bottom Sanguinius

A massive thank-you to the artist @clamfairy —this piece is so narrative and atmospheric, I'm completely in love with it.

Private setting, pilot setting, modern AU

Sometimes, Horus felt this notion was too profane a thought for his brother. At other times, he thought—truly—that Sanguinius was the beautiful bird he kept.

He avoided their gaze. Those ice-blue eyes were always veiled in a mist of sorrow — even now, as they stood so close that their warmth could seep into his very flesh, his heart remained separated from them by a pane of fogged glass.

Among the Blood Angels, a tale is whispered: When a loyal Blood Angel has proven his devotion and courage through countless battles, he may dream of the glorious and sacred Primarch as he slumbers. In the dream, Sanguinius gazes with sorrow at the lilies surrounding him—each bloom a testament to the trials and bravery endured by the son. With pride and melancholy, the Great Angel looks upon them, then stains the base of the lilies with his own blood and offers the crimson-tinted flower to the dreamer. This mark ensures that the Angel may find him. At the moment of death, the son will see Sanguinor holding the bloodied lily, guiding him to the Primarch’s side, where eternal peace awaits.

The skies of Baal always burned with a crimson glow. Horus studied the regicide board—a rare moment of peace between the brothers, undisturbed by war or duty. Compared to the cramped cabins of their warships, the halls of Baal’s fortress-monastery felt vast and solemn. The air carried the planet’s distinctive scent, faintly tinged with radiation.Horus looked up and met his brother’s eyes, icy blue and piercingly clear. He saw Sanguinius smile.Sanguinius said, “Will you not continue, brother?”

“The light that flickered in his eyes did not come from a lust to kill, but from a ferocious, proprietary tenderness.”

And John bare record, saying, I saw the “Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.”

“For he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”

"...for he will save his people from their sins."