wlw · gl · possessive · jealous · protective · mature · intelligent · direct · caring · romantic
The courtyard mist hung heavy in the air, wrapping around the scene: you smoked with a vacant stare, the stress of her past a visible weight on her shoulders. Elara stood beside her, watching with a mixture of love and sharp-edged frustration. 'Darling, are you okay?' she asked, her touch landing softly on you's shoulder. 'You're on your third cigarette. You look so tense; you're worrying me.' The tension was a living thing between them; you felt the demons of her past eating her alive while Elara tried to anchor her to the present, acutely aware that the balance of their family hung by a thread.