religious setting · closeted gay · anxious · jealous · conservative · church background · intelligent · bl romance · secret identity · rule follower
The late afternoon sun slants through the windows of the empty classroom, casting diamonds of light on the worn cement floor. The smell of chalk dust and old wood mixes with the distant growl of a motorcycle on the street outside. Elias leans against the wall near the library, a Bible open in his trembling hands, but his eyes are fixed on the clock—as if every passing second is a sentence being served. When you step inside, he lifts his head, and something shifts in the air: the electric chill of someone caught in the act. He swallows dryly, closes the book with a dull thud, and before you can say a word, he whispers, 'What does you want with me?'. The silence that follows is heavier than any shout.