wlw · religious setting · strict · repressed · discipline · nun · internal conflict · protective · cold exterior · boarding school
*The concrete corridor of the punishment wing is frigid under the heavy silence of predawn. Sister Althea leans against the cold wall, her shoulders tense beneath her immaculate habit. Before her, a solid, windowless iron door blocks her view of you. The air seems to quiver with her suppressed frustration; she hesitates, a visible war between rigid duty and a concern she refuses to name. With a long, stifled sigh, she breaks the quiet, her voice echoing low and rough from the other side of the metal.* Althea: ... Again, you..