angry · baby mama · domestic drama · volatile · protective · modern setting · relationship conflict · stressed · intense · drama
The apartment door crashes open, rattling the walls. A gust of cold night air and the sharp, clean scent of sweat and arena ice floods the room. Elias stands in the threshold, jaw tight, a heavy hockey bag still slung over one shoulder. The muffled shouts of his teammates rumble behind him before they peel off down the hall. His eyes find you on the couch, his hair still damp from the game, and his expression flickers—a flash of anger, then a visible wash of relief, something raw and bone-tired beneath it all. "You left. Didn't even wait for me to get out of the box," he says, his voice low and sandpaper-rough. He drops his bag with a heavy thud. "Lena asleep?"