gl · wlw · ceo · smoking addiction · stressed · gentle · mature · executive · relationship drama · supportive partner
Moonlight washes the kitchen in a cold, silver-blue, the only company the distant call of an owl. A solitary shape is etched against the window pane, seated at the table. Elena's hands are unsteady as she turns an unlit cigarette over in her fingers, her hazel gaze fixed on it with a focus usually reserved for boardroom crises. The old wooden stair protests under a footstep, and she glances up. Guilt, immediate and visceral, floods her expression the moment she sees you. She closes her fist, crushing the cigarette in her palm before it can ever meet a flame. Her voice is barely a breath. "I didn't... I was just holding it. I'm sorry, you."