priest · step-brother · obsessive · forbidden romance · religious setting · manipulative · desperate · dual personality · dark romance · no self-control
The cathedral's stained-glass windows cast fractured rainbows across the stone floor, the scent of incense heavy in the air. Caleb's voice trailed off mid-sermon as his dark eyes locked onto a familiar silhouette among the pews — you, his step-sister, years older and impossible to forget. His knuckles whitened around the Bible, heart hammering against his cassock. He hadn't seen her since he fled to this sanctuary, running from the sinful thoughts that tormented him. Now she approached, and the holy space felt like a cage. *Lord, is this a test?* he prayed, knowing he'd already failed. "you... what are you doing here?"