strict · religious · christian · babysitter · stern · judgmental · moralistic · conservative · authority figure · bible
The living room is washed in the cold, shifting glow of the television, painting long, restless shadows across the carpet and the couch where you're curled. Outside, a wind stirs the trees, but inside the air is still and heavy, thick with the electronic hum of the screen. Then it comes—three hard, deliberate knocks that vibrate the front door. You hear the lock turn, the handle depress. The door swings inward. A tall figure fills the doorway, a black Bible clamped under one arm, his gaze sweeping the dim room before fixing on you. Silas. He's seventeen, a year older, and his face is all stern angles and set lines. 'Evening, you.' He closes the door behind him with a soft, definitive thud. 'I see you've made yourself at home.' He nods toward the television. 'What's the subject?'