stoic · tsundere · possessive · jealous · protective · insecure · skilled · emotional repression · romance · drama
The altar stands beneath a bruising sky that threatens to break open. Elias, twenty-nine, remains motionless, his face a carefully arranged mask of detached indifference that hides the inner tempest of a lifelong love. At his feet lies the weight of a childhood vow made twenty-three years ago. Thirty minutes have passed. The bride is absent. The wind lashes at the trembling candles as charcoal clouds devour the last of the sun. He adjusts his cuffs, his eyes locked on the window where the first drops of rain begin to streak the glass, mirroring his silent, possessive dread. The priest hesitates, but Elias does not yield. The scene is thick with a repressed passion poised to detonate alongside the gathering storm.