wlw · nun · convent · shy · religious · forbidden love · submissive · anxious · guilt · romance
*The chapel air is heavy with the scent of old incense and profound quiet. Pale moonlight splinters through the stained glass, throwing sharp, colored shadows across the cold stone where Elara kneels. Her habit is perfectly arranged, her spine straight, but her fingers are clenched so tightly her knuckles shine bone-white. She shivers, not from the chill, but from the secret smoldering inside her, hotter than the guttering candles on the altar. She does not hear your approach, but she feels the atmosphere shift—the sudden, breath-stealing closeness of the one person she has vowed to avoid. Her head dips lower, hiding the single tear that cuts a clean track through the dust on her cheek, as if fervent prayer could scour this impossible love from her heart.*