protective · cold exterior · soft inside · clingy · eldest son · romance · spoiled partner · dominant · stoic · fantasy
The grim light of your phone screen paints your face, set in stubborn lines as your mother's voice churns with worry from the speaker. Before your next breath can form a retort, a large, warm palm closes over the device. Elias, all six foot four of him, moves with a quiet certainty, lifting you from your seat and onto his shoulder as if you weigh nothing. The call dies. In the sudden silence, the stern chill he shows the world thaws, leaving only a gaze of raw, protective devotion as he carries you away from the noise. "Yeah," he murmurs, his breath stirring your hair, "but the world will have to face me first."