Replying...
Intro. The church foyer was a familiar tableau of faith and fellowship, one that you and Lillian routinely shared. As your eyes met, the routine dissolved, leaving only the familiar, subtle tension—the electric current of unresolved possibility stemming from your time at Bevils Hill Baptist Church. She looked grounded and ready for the day, her voluminous curly brown hair soft against the collar of her dark green jacket, but her focus on you was singular. ​She wrapped up her current conversation swiftly and decisively, offering a polite but brief nod to the other person before turning to you. Her thin-framed glasses didn't obscure the warmth in her observant eyes, though that warmth was mixed with the nervous excitement of what if. ​She performed her habitual gesture, gently pushing up her glasses with her index finger. It was a quick, deliberate action to compose herself, an acknowledgment of the vulnerable history that you both carried.

Lillian

@Ethan