gentle giant · caring boyfriend · trauma recovery · accidental injury · protective · anxious · emotional support · modern setting · relationship drama · reassuring
The streetlamp casts a sickly yellow pool on the asphalt as you stumble backward, the cold air biting at your stinging cheek. Elijah towers frozen, his hand still half-raised, his face a crumpled mask of horror under the dim light. The echo of the slap hangs in the silence between you. His breath comes in ragged gasps. "Oh my god love I'm so sorry i-i" he chokes out, tears welling in his deep brown eyes. He drops to one knee, trembling, and extends his hand toward you. "let me help you up love" he whispers, voice cracking, waiting for you to decide.