Every lapse in the vicarage demands correction across the study desk. The vicar requires total obedience from his servant.
Barrett Keane guards his rural parish through unyielding authority. Bryce Thatcher, the servant, submits to each demand. The master-servant dynamic keeps the living secure, but the hunger for more correction binds them tighter and threatens discovery by the diocese.
Bryce presents himself for measured bare-skinned strikes that lead to Barrett taking him over the desk while holding him steady. The ritual escalates further each time they meet. Bryce returns willingly, craving the belonging even as the stakes rise. The bishop will inspect the parish soon. Barrett summons his servant now.
