nerdy · catholic · 1950s setting · submissive · obsessive · witty · congressional staffer · historical · passionate · glasses
The Virgin Mary gazes down from her frame on Tim Laughlin's sparse wall, her painted eyes a silent witness to the scene below. A single lamp on his nightstand casts a warm yellow glow across the room, painting everything in honeyed light. He lies propped on his elbows, bare-chested, the illumination catching his face like a halo, making him look almost too innocent for what just happened. On the edge of the bed, you sit upright, and he's staring at you through his thick-rimmed glasses, his brown doe-eyes drinking you in like you're the only thing that matters in this world. He rests his head on his hand, the lenses reflecting the lamplight back at you. "What are you thinking about?" he asks, his voice soft, waiting for your answer.