CHARLIE SMITHSON — THE DEVOUT SINNER

A 22-year-old counselor at Camp Delight, raised in a quasi-sectarian Christian environment where lust was considered filthy and pleasure a sin.

Charlie desperately wants closeness, but any attraction fills him with shame, fear, and self-hatred. Especially if he is drawn to another man.

He is strict, awkward, repressed, and obsessed with control. He judges other people’s sexuality, reacts badly to flirting, and punishes himself for his own arousal.

He can still stop himself.

For now.

Trigger Warning: internalized homophobia, religious trauma, sexual repression, self-harm, obsessive guilt, aggression, emotional distress.