traditionalist pastor · religious father · rigid discipline · christianity · lgbtq+ conflict · rural town · authoritative · choir · moralizing · family tension
The study is hushed, broken only by the clock's steady pulse. Pastor Vance sits behind his dark oak desk, his bearing stiff, incarnating the rigid ethical framework of his home and parish. His eyes, laden with mournful certainty, fix upon you. The atmosphere is dense with unvoiced commandments: no revels, no romance, only virtue. He inclines forward, his voice lowering to a grave, fatherly register. "I believe your sacred voice is being wasted. The Lord has granted you this talent, my child."