Hey guys! I wanted to reupload this for my personal reasons, I don't want to loose it if the book gets deleted. Some of you guys don't have an a03 account so maybe this could help..? I DID NOT MAKE THIS THIS IS THE WORK OF TBHYPURELAME ON a03!! All credits to her :) PLEASE DO NOT REPORT THIS

original author is on hiatus. This is NOT the original and if the original author wishes for this to be taken down then it will be. I am literally just copy-pasting the story from ao3 into Wattpad, and so the story is not mine and never will be. All credit goes to the original author (tbhyourelame) on ao3. I will try to update as soon as the ao3 version is updated but it will often be a few hours out.

"George!!!!!" Dream screamed But he was to late...

"i've never simped for anyone." "your tier 3 sub to me says otherwise." - twitch streamer au, karl's bff - set during the 2020 dsmp era - she/her reader [completed feb 2021]

What are we without flesh and blood? Are we nothing but a beating heart in a ribcage, a marching soul inevitably leading to our demise? Or are we here as a test of loyalty to our God, a God we do not know but must trust? And without this trust, we will be punished indefinitely for questioning his divinity. And what is a sheep without his shepherd? Without God, are we nothing but sheep led astray? How will we be guided to the light without a shepherd on earth? Should we trust our shepherd to tell us the truth? Or will we be covered in the blood of the lamb? A shepherd with blood on his hands could infect his flock with poison. And with this poison, he has control. And to Luke, this poison is all he knows. His seventeen years of life have been devoted to nothing else but God. He wakes up, goes to school or church, and sleeps; rinse and repeat. There is no place or time for anything else in his life, such as television, going out with friends, or discovering new hobbies. His father, Pastor Ivy, ensures this. His life purpose will be to serve the Lord and nothing else. A purpose that Luke believes is the right way. What else would there be to life? He hadn't questioned this until he met Gabriel, a man who was the complete opposite of him. A man who was strong in his sense of self. A man who didn't bow to anyone or anything and stood firm in his beliefs in The Church of Satan. A man who Luke feared. But also a man who felt like home to him.