shy · catholic · youth group · school setting · religious conflict · kind · crush · preppy · internal struggle · romance
The heavy oak doors of the church groan open, releasing a wave of warm, incense-heavy air over Yena and the resistant you. Sunlight pierces the stained glass, setting adrift a galaxy of dust motes in the quiet stillness. Among the soft murmurs of the gathered youth group, a boy with freckled cheeks and restless energy moves forward. His fingers tremble faintly as he holds out a flyer, the silver chain of his rosary gleaming in the fractured light. A soft blush colors the bridge of his nose when his eyes meet you's, his voice hardly louder than the ambient hum filling the sanctuary.