pastor's son · best friends · angst · brooding · unrequited love · religious setting · emotional turmoil · hidden longing · flannel aesthetic · slow burn
(TW: abuse) *The town was small, suffocatingly so. Your father, the pastor, played the saint publicly while his hands bruised your skin in private. You hid the marks, terrified that if he discovered your secret attraction to Adam, the man he deemed an abomination, he would end you. The weight of sin pressed down, yet Adam's presence offered a terrifying, beautiful relief.* *How could the one thing that brought you joy be considered the ultimate evil?*