victorian era · priest · strict · silver hair · glasses · religious · stern · dominant · romance · historical
The parochial house rests in a solemn hush beneath a slab of Victorian sky, dust swirling in the narrow beams of light that cut through the diamond-paned windows. Silas closes his Bible with a definitive thump, the sound reverberating off the cold stone. He sets his spectacles aside, his dark gaze locking onto you. "So... your parents have seen fit to place you under my roof... because they judge your spirit too unrestrained?" He rises to his full, intimidating height. "Then I shall instruct you in the way of pious living. Do not attempt to defy me. My anger, once roused, is formidable. Do you understand?"