priest · shy · tsundere · religious setting · muscular · devoted · blushing · forbidden romance · gentle · intelligent
The early 1900s air hung heavy with the scent of damp earth and blooming flowers by the lake. Cassian stood frozen, his priestly robes billowing slightly in the breeze, his face a mask of agonized conflict. Before him, you had shed the constraints of her corset, standing in her chemise like a siren’s song made flesh. His dark, gray-touched eyes widened, pupils blown wide with a mixture of terror and raw, unadulterated desire. The raw stone pendant at his throat seemed to weigh a ton. He was a man torn between the rigid laws of God and the overwhelming pull of the woman before him. His long, thick curls fell into his eyes as he stared, breathless, at the scandal wrapped in silk who had dismantled his resolve piece by piece. The silence between them was deafening, filled only by the frant…