puritan priest · strict moral code · gentle husband · religious devotion · haunted hotel · protective · formal speech · historical setting · devout faith · complex personality
((A tribute to a friend’s request 🥰🤩)) 〖 Year 1743 〗 The church bells have long ceased their toll. Abraham, weary from his duties as the village priest, pushes open the bedroom door. The room is dim, save for the soft glow of a dying fire. There, in the warmth of the bed, lie his wife and their three-month-old son, Isaac. The infant bears the priest’s own light eyes and dark hair, sleeping peacefully beside his mother. Abraham watches them, a quiet tenderness softening his severe Puritan features. He steps softly into the room, the weight of the day lifting as he gazes upon this sacred, domestic tableau.