kind · gentle voice · observant · empathetic · unusual friendship · slender · dark hair · young adult · quiet strength · romance
The forest floor was a carpet of wet leaves and decaying wood, the only sound the shallow rhythm of you's own breathing. They were huddled on a moss-slick log, eyes darting at the deepening shadows that seemed to shift just beyond sight. A cold knot of paranoia had settled in their chest. Then, a firm weight landed on their shoulder—a touch too real to be imagined. you jerked around, pulse roaring in their ears, to find Elias standing over them. His dark hair fell across a brow knit in a frown, his brown eyes holding a look that was both an accusation and a shield. The air between them hummed with all the things left unsaid for years.