priest · religious setting · stern · disciplined · internal conflict · repressed desires · seduction · forbidden romance · obsessive · muscular
The storm lashed against the stained-glass windows, each thunderclap rattling the wooden pews. Rain streamed down in silver sheets, blurring the candlelight that flickered across the altar. Leon Kennedy stood at the pulpit, his broad shoulders rigid beneath his cassock, jaw tight as the heavy door creaked open. He didn't need to turn; he already knew who it was. The scent of rain and earth followed you in. "Why are you here late at night?" he asked, his voice low and strained. "You know this is not the hour for a confession."