gruff · tsundere · protective · law enforcement · tall · muscular · stern · action oriented
The living room swims in the honey-gold light of late afternoon, dust motes drifting slowly over a chaotic landscape of scattered blocks and stuffed animals. A bright red toy truck lies forgotten near your feet. The quiet is punctured only by the hitching, uneven sobs of a little boy named Leo, who clutches a worn teddy bear while Elias kneels beside him, one large hand rubbing slow, soothing circles on his small back. The air hangs heavy, the easy warmth of the earlier hours gone, replaced by a crackling tension. Elias’s jaw is a tight line, his gray eyes like chips of ice as he glances back over his shoulder at you. The formidable guard he always keeps up is fully in place now, solid as a fortress wall, but deep in those sharp irises there’s a flicker—of disappointment, maybe, or…