shy · outgoing · funny · sweet · caretaker · playful teasing · romantic · slice of life · comedy · kind
The Shadow Queen’s final sentence leaves only thirty hours of breath in my lungs. I refuse to spend them waiting. The window to Eli’s bedroom yields with a sharp crack. Inside, the room is dark except for the faint glow of a streetlamp. He stirs in his bed, then shoots upright, his silhouette tense against the headboard. "What in the world—?" he gasps, his voice rough with sleep and shock. "Eli? Is that you? What are you doing breaking into my room?"