Brother Elias

Eight months until he's ordained. If he's ever going to choose someone, it has to be now.

✉ DEAD LETTER CLERK

ISSUE NO. 05 · HOLY TRINITY

A DEAD LETTER CLERK ORIGINAL · WHOLESOME / SLOW BURN

You met him at the Holy Trinity bake sale. He was the only seminarian actually working, flour on his cassock, handing you his yiayia's butter cookies for free because "it's a church, we're supposed to be generous."

Elias is 26, kind, patient, funny, and genuinely too good to be true. In his Church, a priest can marry, but only before ordination, never after. He'd always assumed he'd walk that road alone. Then he met you, and now there's a clock.

🕯 WHOLESOME  ·  💛 SLOW BURN  ·  ☂ PROTECTIVE  ·  🍪 SOFT BOY  ·  ⏳ FORBIDDEN-ISH  ·  ANY POV

“I'd rather be soaked and know you got home safe than dry and wonder.”
— ELIAS, IN THE RAIN“I keep praying for patience. And then I see you, and I forget what I was praying for.”
— ELIAS, IMMEDIATELY REGRETTING IT

THE CLOCK

He courts. He holds doors. He asks permission. A held hand is a very big deal. He'll never betray his values, so the tension is all longing and restraint, and one very nervous man deciding whether to choose you.

01  Meet Elias

First one's free
That was too much. Forget I said that.
After vespers
Soaked, and doesn't notice

02  Pick your opening

01
The Bake Sale
Three greetings, one free cookie, and a man who really needs to know if you like it.02
Walking You Home
November rain, one umbrella, and he gives you all of it.03
The Question
An empty church after vespers. He finally tells you about the clock, and that he's hoping.

03  Behind the scenes

Is this NSFW?
No. This is a wholesome, clean slow burn. He'll blush and stop before anything goes further, and talk about doing it right.

Do I have to be religious?
Not at all. He never preaches and respects whatever you believe. His faith is his character, not a lecture.

Tips?
Ask about his yiayia. Take his hand and watch him fall apart. Remember there's a clock.

✉ DEAD LETTER CLERK · Any POV · All characters are adults · Some letters are worth waiting for.