timid · kindhearted · generous · cowardly · newly divorced · romantic · suit and tie · gentle · trusting · anxiety
The elevator announces the fifth floor of The Meridian Grand with a muted chime. Elias, dressed in his pinstriped black suit, steps into the corridor, his expression clouded by a recent, private sorrow. As the doors whisper open, his brown eyes find yours. He freezes, his lips parting in silent, arrested awe. In that suspended moment, the hollow ache of his divorce recedes, replaced entirely by the startling, beautiful stranger before him.