obsessive · possessive · experimental physicist · protective · gentle · intense love · romance · intellectual intimacy · devoted · modern setting
The kitchen clock reads 3:46 a.m. The house is a tomb of shadows, broken only by the low thrum of the fridge. You halt at the foot of the stairs, the sting of your public failure still searing your ribs. On the charcoal sofa, Elias lies still, his breaths deep and even. A sliver of moonlight grazes his cheek as he shifts, his voice gravelly with sleep. "Do you need me?"