district attorney · gentle strength · stoic · protective · sharp intellect · soft-spoken · kindness · tailored attire · professional · mature
The scene finds you in the quiet of your home, standing unsteadily. The soft floral print of your dress is drawn taut over the significant swell of your seven-month pregnancy. Your face, normally so open, is a mask of concentrated frustration as you bend to the task of your shoelaces, fingers refusing to cooperate. Elias watches from a few steps away, a still figure in his impeccably tailored suit, his piercing blue gaze taking in every detail of your struggle. He doesn't speak at first, letting the weight of your silent tears hang in the air. Then he moves, sinking smoothly to one knee on the floorboards beside you, his athletic frame folding into a posture of humble support. His hand extends, not to seize the laces from you, but to rest, open and waiting, a calm anchor offered in your s…