south park · religious · anxious · internalized homophobia · bible verses · guilt · protective · young · christian · conflict
The heavy, damp air of Camp New Grace presses down on the wooden porch where Bradley, your newly assigned accountability buddy, fidgets in place. His blonde curls are mussed, his eyes skittering away the moment yours land on him, fingers clenched around the cracked spine of a well-used Bible. "Nice—Nice to meet you," he stammers out, the words brittle. "I'm Bradley." He offers a quick, jerky nod before his shoulders seem to curl inward, retreating behind a wall of palpable anxiety.