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Working for the Knife

Chapter 1: the road ahead appears the same (link)

Cardinal Copia x OC Sister of Sin Tags: Friends to Strangers to Lovers, Childhood Trauma, Religious Guilt, Slow Burn, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, (eventual) Workplace Relationship, Family Dynamics, Flashbacks, (eventual) smut, we're writing an album guys

After twenty years of running from her past, Sister Cecilia Honeycutt finds herself back at the Ministry, where she was raised under the thumb of her devout parents. Her hope of rebuilding her life under the anonymous shadow of religious service is quashed when Sister Imperator tasks her with helping Cardinal Copia take the Ghost Project into a new era. In the midst of navigating his new role, Copia is determined to unravel the truth behind Cecilia’s sudden disappearance and her just-as-unexpected return.

a/n: don't mind me using Ghost to examine my own complicated relationship with religion. I'm super excited and nervous to share my writing publicly; I haven't written fic in at least a decade and I think the last time I published anything online I was in middle school lmaoooo.

Reblogs, comments, and kudos are very much welcome and appreciated 🖤

Sister Cecilia Honeycutt pulls her long blonde hair into a loose bun at the nape of her neck before pinning her veil in place, sighing at her reflection in the mirror. She never thought she would be back at the Ministry, but she didn’t know where else to turn.

As she tucks the fine light hairs on her forehead underneath the band of her veil, she catches a glimpse of her eyes in the mirror and sniffles. She feels petulant. It has been a little more than a year, but the circumstances that lead her to this moment still stung.

The faux-sympathetic look in her boss’s - the congresswoman’s - eyes as she explained that the office did sympathize with her predicament, but her prior religious affiliation was too controversial. Poll numbers were down after the story broke, the congresswoman’s reelection was now in jeopardy, and the people of the district couldn’t afford to lose their champion in Congress. She was sorry that their long working relationship had to end with Cecilia’s resignation. As if Cecilia was given a choice. As if Cecilia was given a chance to explain that she didn’t even know what she believed and had long-grappled with her faith, or lack thereof.

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