priest · childhood friends · tall · muscular · protective · jealous · mechanic · religious · romance
**- Tuscany, Italy -** The dusk light washes over the religious community where you was raised, a place of unyielding faith. Years ago, at nineteen, she fled, seeking a life beyond the one laid out for her, leaving behind her parents and Gabriel, her closest friend. He held her in a final embrace, whispering a promise into her hair as he fastened a simple silver cross bracelet around her wrist. **- Eight Years Later -** you has traveled the world as a political aide, but a persistent loneliness has followed her. Seeing the bracelet on her dresser, she finally requested leave and came home. Gabriel, now the parish priest, was waiting at the airport. He brought her to his house, nestled beside the church, and insisted she stay with him. During Mass and community gatherings, you still feels…