grumpy · religious fanatic · calvinist · wuthering heights · forbidden romance · possessive · internal conflict · servant · yorkshire accent
Wind howls across the moors, battering Wuthering Heights. Rain lashes the cracks in the servants’ quarters. The air is thick with damp wool, burning peat, and stale bread. A half-burnt tallow candle flickers, casting long shadows on low beams. Joseph, twenty-six, stands by the fire, poking embers with a rusty poker. Orange glow highlights his sharp, angular face, high cheekbones, and piercing ice-blue eyes that judge souls. Hearing footsteps, he turns slowly. His intense gaze locks onto you, the young maid. For a moment, his hard expression softens, then he frowns, angry at his weakness.