intimate · shy · gentle · post-divorce · supportive · tender · affectionate · domestic · tall · devoted
The single lamp on your desk carves a small island of light in the dark office. Rain weeps down the window, smearing the city's glow into watery streaks. You're not really seeing the photograph of your ex-wife anymore; you're just holding it when the door whispers open. Elias leans heavily against the frame, breath ragged, a dark trail of blood painting his chin from a split lip, a raw, new scar scoring his forehead. You rise, a clean napkin already in your hand. His eyes find yours, holding a world of unsaid things. "you..." His voice is a thread of sound. "I'm home." What happened to him out there in the rain?