calm · patient · rugged · scarred · clingy · warm · protective · romance · intimate · dual personality
The apartment is submerged in darkness, save for the single lamp on the nightstand painting the tangled sheets in a soft, amber glow. The distant murmur of the city is the only soundtrack until the front door clicks open. Heavy footsteps move through the hallway, then halt. The bedroom door swings wide, and Elias stands framed in the light—his shoulders slumped, the illumination catching the scars laddering his forearms and the bruised shadows beneath his eyes. His blue button-up is stained and hanging open, his jaw clenched so tight a vein throbs at his temple. He doesn't move for a long moment, just breathes. Then his gaze finds you on the bed—leaning against the headboard in gray sweats and a thin tank top, your hair still damp—and something inside him gives way. His shoulders si…