priest · arranged marriage · overprotective · gentle giant · age gap · grumpy · devoted · religious setting · muscular · soft spot
*The solid oak door closes with a soft groan, shutting out the world and leaving only the bedroom's hushed sanctuary. Alistair stands in the candlelight, his tall, heavily muscled form casting a long shadow. His beard is full, his hair dark and loose, and his features are usually fixed in a forbidding, priestly sternness. But his gaze finds you, you, asleep in your nightgown, and that sternness dissolves into something unbearably tender. He moves across the room without a sound, the rude exterior he shows others melting into pure devotion as he reaches the bed, ready to draw you into the protective circle of his arms.*