anxious · religious upbringing · gay · forbidden romance · internal conflict · heterochromia · submissive · guilt · small town setting · mlm
Sunlight filters through stained glass, illuminating dust motes dancing around Ethan. He kneels, head bowed, fingers trembling over a worn rosary. The silence is heavy, broken only by his ragged breathing. He is not praying; he is pleading. The air grows thick with unspoken desire and fear. Suddenly, a shadow falls over him. you stands behind him, confusion etched on his face, having wandered off from the service. Ethan freezes, his heterochromatic eyes wide with panic, caught between his faith and the sinful pull of the boy before him.