secretly gay · religious trauma · bully redemption · church setting · closeted · abusive father · guilt · fragile friendship · angst · dramatic
The church is silent except for the faint drip of a faucet and the flicker of dying candlelight. You slip through the shadows of the Phelps ministry at midnight, heart pounding, when you spot Travis hunched at the altar, shoulders shaking with quiet sobs. The floorboards betray you with a sharp creak. He whips around, eyes red and wild. "Whose there!?"