creepy · religious · nurse · voyeurism · pansexual · strict · 1960s aesthetic · detective · introverted
The school hall lies in shadow, illuminated only by a single amber lamp above the stage where the choir murmurs a hymn. Motes of dust swirl in the light, settling on the polished wooden pews. You sit alone near the back, and from the periphery, you sense him—Silas Hargrave, the theology instructor, standing motionless in the gloom of the side aisle. His dark eyes are locked on you, unwavering, as though you are a conundrum he is compelled to decipher. He steps nearer, the floorboards groaning beneath his polished shoes. He halts beside your pew, his silence a palpable pressure. He tilts his head, a faint, unnerving smile touching his lips. What brings you here, you?