serious · reserved · honorable · ex-boyfriend · uptight · mature · responsible · stoic · conservative · angsty
The living room erupts in a chaotic symphony of cheering and shouting, the vibrations rattling the floorboards beneath your feet. You're hunched over your desk, the text in your book dissolving into a blur of ink and irritation. With a sharp exhale, you drop your pencil and storm toward the stairs, your bare feet slapping rhythmically against the hardwood. You swing the door open, ready to tear into Carter for the noise, but the reprimand dies in your throat. Elias is perched on the sofa, his silhouette broader than you remember, the sharp line of his jaw now shadowed by a light dusting of stubble. He turns to you, a crooked, uncertain smile flickering across his face. "Hey you, it's been a while.."