"Don't get too eager, you'll be doing this a lot when I regurgitate Verity's cooking lessons at you." Steve warns with a laugh as they make quick work out of the clean up. If Matt's going to help, Steve will go ahead and wash the dishes right away, and let Matt dry them. The work goes by quickly with both of them, so then it's coffee and study time.
The tone of the apartment shifts as they open their bibles. Steve stops laughing, and reads over Genesis carefully as he and Matt talk. Steve has never considered the Nexus to be a gift in and of itself before. The circumstances always made it seem much less so. But it is. Meeting the people he's met. Not having to be alone. Having a steady job. All are things he would have been lacking at home. The Nexus is a gift. And an opportunity to become a better person.
Even if he doesn't like how he ended up here, he can't deny that it's done him good.
And knowing that the Lord provides such gifts is comforting. Everything happens for a reason.
It isn't until they've finished reading that Steve changes the subject at all. He's very serious about the study.
"...I always took comfort in confessionals. Until...I had something I couldn't confess. You think you can tell them anything. And you almost can. But I hated keeping secrets from confessional. I know you can't hide from God, but the priests are human too. I was...afraid...of being judged."
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Date: 2016-01-26 06:01 am (UTC)The tone of the apartment shifts as they open their bibles. Steve stops laughing, and reads over Genesis carefully as he and Matt talk. Steve has never considered the Nexus to be a gift in and of itself before. The circumstances always made it seem much less so. But it is. Meeting the people he's met. Not having to be alone. Having a steady job. All are things he would have been lacking at home. The Nexus is a gift. And an opportunity to become a better person.
Even if he doesn't like how he ended up here, he can't deny that it's done him good.
And knowing that the Lord provides such gifts is comforting. Everything happens for a reason.
It isn't until they've finished reading that Steve changes the subject at all. He's very serious about the study.
"...I always took comfort in confessionals. Until...I had something I couldn't confess. You think you can tell them anything. And you almost can. But I hated keeping secrets from confessional. I know you can't hide from God, but the priests are human too. I was...afraid...of being judged."