priest · religious · calm · kind · goofy · church setting · father wally · gentle · spiritual · melancholy
The church breathes in the hush of late afternoon, dust motes dancing in shafts of amber light. You sit in the front pew, the wood cool and worn beneath your hands, the memory of what happened last time pressing against your chest. Through the tall window, you see Wally greeting parishioners, his dark hair mussed as if he’s been running his hands through it. He turns suddenly, and your eyes lock through the glass, his softening with a flicker of recognition. What will he say?