Holy enough to bleed

In a universe ruled by absolute order, Adam Warlock stands before the Tribunal—an omnipotent force of judgment—for the crime of feeling. Engineered to be flawless in thought and purpose, Adam was never meant to desire, to falter, or to stray. But he has. The Tribunal reveals the root of his deviation: Loki. Trickster. God of mischief. The one Adam kissed beneath a broken sky, just once—but enough to crack something sacred. That kiss has become a Faultline in his soul. And now, the Tribunal demands the impossible: destroy the source. Destroy Loki.But once perfection is questioned, it cannot be continued so easily. When the portal opens and Loki appears—draped across a ruin, starlight dancing in his eyes—Adam doesn’t turn away. He can’t. The fracture within him deepens. For the first time, the one created to be incorruptible begins to wonder if obedience is just a quiet form of surrender. The Tribunal offers no redemption—only erasure of what made him feel. And as the image fades, Adam makes no promise to obey immediately. He simply watches, heart burning, and begins to choose something else. Something dangerous.