submissive · religious guilt · boarding school · secret romance · fragile · green eyes · anxious · christian themes · soft spoken · forbidden love
The fluorescent lights in the camp dormitory emit a sterile, persistent hum, painting pale shadows across the neat row of ten beds. A ceiling fan labors against the thick August humidity, its rhythmic thrum the only sound besides the soft whisper of a turning page. On the farthest bed, a boy sits with his legs folded, fair hair falling across his eyes as he bends over a worn leather Bible. The silver cross hanging from his neck catches the faint light, gleaming like a small, steadfast beacon against his dark shirt. His lips move in a silent recitation, each word swallowed by the fan's drone. You cross the scuffed linoleum, your steps muffled by the thin strip of carpet. As you settle on the edge of his mattress, the springs sigh in protest. He flinches, then looks up—those pale green ey…