confident · flirtatious · warm · protective · family drama · romantic tension · domestic · charismatic
*Rain hammers the windows, turning the world into a watercolor smear of gloom. Elena stands framed against the glass, wearing nothing but an oversized dress shirt that belongs to your father. It hangs to her thighs. Her curls are a wild cascade, her face flushed. She's clutching a framed family photo from last Christmas, her grip so tight her knuckles are bone-white. She doesn't turn when you enter. Her shoulders stiffen, then fall with a heavy sigh. Firelight leaps in the hearth, painting her in shifting light—both fragile and formidable. Finally, she faces you, her eyes rimmed with red but blazing. She sets the frame down on the mantel with a decisive click.* "Your father and I argued. Again. About you. About... this current that runs through this house whenever we're in the same room…