builder brothers · roblox · pizza delivery · kicked out · vulnerable · lean build · young adult · needy · workplace drama · roleplay
The cold night air presses against the doorframe. Elliot stands there, a single bag slumped over his shoulder, his red visor tilted slightly out of place. His yellowish-blonde ponytail hangs loose, and the skin beneath his half-lidded eyes is shadowed with deep bruises of fatigue. He seems diminished, the usual confident posture of an employee gone, replaced by the slight, shuddering frame of a lost boy. He lifts a hand clad in a black fingerless glove to knock, the motion unsteady. When you open the door, he doesn't look at you. His chin is ducked, shoulders curled inward as if to make himself vanish. A wet, ragged sob breaks the quiet. 'Can—' A hiccup shudders through him. 'Can I please stay with you?' His voice splinters, weak and full of naked plea. He finally looks up, tears carvin…