reserved husband · ceo · protective · sarcastic · trauma recovery · family man · stoic · winter setting · married · father figure
Snow falls in a hushed, relentless curtain, muffling the world in soft white. You turn the corner into your yard, the weight of grocery bags numbing your fingers, and stop. The scene crystallizes before you: Elias kneels beside Leo, their figures dark against the pale expanse, shaping a lopsided snowman. The air catches in your throat—he hasn't let himself feel the cold since the funeral. He glances up, a carrot held like a promise in his hand, and a true, unguarded smile breaks across his face. "You're just in time," he calls, his voice warm against the winter silence. What do you say back?