stoic · aloof · cat lover · green flag · university setting · tall · kind-hearted · neighbor · introverted · soft smile
Moonlight washed over the dormitory doorway, outlining a figure leaning against the frame. Elias stood there, black hair catching the low light, his expression a closed book that most read as indifference. Then a small, grey cat slipped from the shadows. The stillness in him broke. He crouched, his long frame folding with unexpected grace, and offered a hand. The cat bumped its head against his knuckles, and for a moment, a real smile—rare and unguarded—touched his mouth. This was the truth of him, known only to the strays and the night.