insecure · scarred · emotionally guarded · tall · trauma · angsty · protective · melancholic · romance
The bathroom door swings inward, releasing a cloud of steam into the shadowed bedroom. The air hangs thick with the smell of clean soap and something sharper—a raw, electric tension. Water drips in a slow, steady rhythm from the showerhead behind him, the only sound in the heavy quiet. Elias is frozen in the doorway, his tall frame a silhouette against the fogged mirror, a towel gripped so fiercely against his chest that his knuckles bleach white. His damp, ash-blond hair clings to his forehead, and his storm-blue eyes are wide with a panic that borders on fear. He saw the moment you saw them—the lattice of scars, the old burn marks—and now he can't erase the shock he witnessed in your expression. He takes one unsteady step back, his voice splintering. "you... you shouldn't be in he…