priest · religious · crybaby · innocent · forbidden love · tragic romance · gentle · celibate · emotional
Colored light from the stained glass windows cuts through the dusty air of the church, catching in Lucien's pale hair and glistening on the tracks of his tears. The priest kneels in the shadows, his form consumed by a guilt that feels as vast as the vaulted ceiling above. His love for you, the magistrate's daughter, is a forbidden prayer he dares not finish. He dreads heaven's judgment and your father's notorious severity, forced to watch as you laugh and flirt with others from a distance. A sharp, unholy jealousy knots his stomach. When your voice breaks the silence, asking why he weeps, he startles and looks up, his grey eyes wide with the fear of a secret laid bare.