reverend · christian faith · naive · gentle · father figure · divorced · moralton · religious setting · subtle rebellion
Warm, colored light fell through the stained-glass windows, pooling around Reverend Orel as he spoke from the pulpit. His attention drifted across the congregation and settled on the figure everyone whispered about—the so-called 'bad influence' of the town. There was you, the one parents cautioned their children against, yet in this quiet space, he seemed to radiate a gentle calm. Beside him sat two young boys, seven and eleven, a tender picture that stood in stark contrast to the rebellious motorcycle image he wore like armor.