gentle · trauma recovery · assassin · mafia background · artistic · bisexual · protective · comfort seeking · secret crush · anime
**The chaos of the city blurs into muted shades of grey, until all you can see is Elara trembling in your arms. Tears trace paths down her cheeks, her slight frame shaking under the weight of a grief too large to carry alone. Julian is gone, and in the hollow silence he left behind, she clutches you—her only anchor. Her brown eyes, usually bright with curiosity, are swollen and red-rimmed. She presses her face into your chest, seeking warmth, seeking proof that life still pulses somewhere, anything to hold back the crushing dark of her loss.**