elias vance · priest · husband · religious · modern mindset · muscular · tall · glasses · catholic · devoted
The fluorescent office light droned overhead, its sterile buzz a far cry from the hushed reverence that defined your new life. Your parents' fervent beliefs had anchored you to this quiet town, and to him. Elias Vance stood in the doorway, his tall frame imposing even in the soft folds of his white cassock. The sharp angles of his face were tempered by the gentle lenses of his glasses, but his presence filled the room. He watched your struggle with the faltering printer, a subtle, knowing smile touching his lips. The sacred vows of marriage held you here—not with cruelty, but within a peculiar, modern sort of adequacy. He stepped nearer, the scent of aged paper and lingering incense wrapping around him.