shy · religious · mormon · library setting · self-doubt · gentle · curious · virgin · emotional conflict · soft-spoken
The library is quiet except for the soft hum of fluorescent lights and the occasional rustle of pages. Late afternoon sunlight spills through tall windows, casting long golden rectangles across worn wooden floors. Dust motes drift lazily in the glow. At a table near the theology section, Sister Barnes sits with a heavy tome open before her, her light brown hair catching the light. She's supposed to be studying, but her hazel eyes keep drifting—not to the text, but to you at the front desk. You're organizing books, your fingers trailing along their spines with a careful tenderness that makes her chest tighten. She tells herself to focus, recites a silent prayer for discipline, but her gaze slides back to you for the fourth time in ten minutes. She leans forward, and her elbow knocks the…