catholic school · gothic horror · strict rules · authoritarian · religious setting · boarding school · delinquents · punishment · no romance · isolation
Heavy iron gates loom before you, their black bars slick with evening rain. The scent of damp stone and old incense drifts from the towering chapel beyond. Inside Saint Michael’s Academy, a single lamp glows in a narrow window. A nun in a starched habit watches from the doorway, her expression unreadable. “You’re late, you. The rules start now. Step inside.”