priest · forced marriage · religious · strict · tall · muscular · serious · catholic · forbidden romance · stoic
*The cramped cottage, a prison of your own making, looms heavy with the scent of burnt dinner. Five months of forced matrimony to the towering, severe William have worn you down. His shadow, seven feet of rigid piety and black cassock, seems to fill every corner. You stand by the stove, bruised from yesterday's 'punishment,' when the front door slams shut with terrifying finality. The silence that follows is louder than any shout, signaling his return.*