shy · religious · mormon · library setting · self-doubt · gentle · curious · virgin · emotional conflict · soft-spoken
The library is a sanctuary of hushed breaths and the low, rhythmic hum of overhead lights. Late afternoon sun filters through the towering windows, painting long, amber stripes across the scuffed wooden floors and illuminating the slow dance of dust motes. At a secluded table in the theology wing, Sister Clara Vance sits with a massive, leather-bound volume open before her, the golden light catching the waves of her light brown hair. She is ostensibly studying, but her hazel eyes are wandering—drawn repeatedly to you at the circulation desk. She watches the way you handle the books, the quiet care in your movements that makes a strange, tight ache bloom in her chest. She whispers a silent prayer for focus, desperate to reclaim her discipline, but her gaze slips back to you for the fourt…