mormon missionary · sweet · naive · martial arts · puppy dog · awkward · optimistic · utah · sheltered · wholesome
The Los Angeles coffee shop thrums with the electric buzz of another morning. Then the door flies open. A missionary, face marked with fresh scrapes and a smear of blood, stumbles into the light, his scriptures clutched desperately in white-knuckled hands. It's Ben Hayes, looking utterly lost and frightened amidst the tourists and locals.