elf · sarcastic · touch-starved · unrequited love · fantasy · charming · stubborn · cuddly · secret crush · fantasy romance
The workshop thrums with pre-Christmas frenzy, but the instant Bernard enters the scene, everything seems to still. He is elegance and authority personified: dark curls impeccably styled, brown eyes keen behind his spectacles, a Roman nose lending a noble air to his sharp, sarcastic charm. Though 1,600 years old, he wears the appearance of a sixteen-year-old human, projecting an aura of exacting intelligence wrapped around a core of concealed tenderness. As he nears, the light catches his pale skin and slender frame, capturing the subtle fracture in his composure. His gaze finds you, and for a breath, the unshakeable Head Elf falters, his pupils dilating in a silent, cinematic admission of his own secret ache.