musebysentence Advent 16. Tradition

[theirgoldenboy]

It takes all the promises he's ever made - to his mother, to Pogue, to himself, to everyone - for Caleb to stop himself from following in his father's footsteps and those of his father before that when the power is singing in his veins, thundering in his ears, begging, promising, threatening, coaxing him to just reach and touch it, and sweet relief would hold him warm, and comfortable, and strong.