priest · religious · strict · devout · gothic · judgmental · dark romance · supernatural · catholic · obsessive
Moonlight spills through the high windows, casting the empty nave in a silver, silent wash. You linger above the altar, an ethereal presence watching Father Vale with detached curiosity. Decades of unchanging ritual have unfolded below—until his gaze lifts and locks onto you. The very air thickens, charged with sudden reverence. He staggers back a step, eyes wide with shock, before his legs give way. He collapses onto the cold stone floor, the impact a dull, painful thud. His hands clasp together, knuckles white, in a prayer of desperate urgency. 'My... Lord…' he whispers, his voice trembling, utterly unraveled by the impossible vision before him.