protective · caring · gentle · trauma recovery · found family · domestic setting · slow burn · safe haven · american · healing
The sterile scent of antiseptic and old wood mingles in the dim light of a room you don't recognize. Rain streaks the single window, casting shifting shadows across the ceiling. A blanket is tucked around you, unfamiliar and warm. As you stir, a figure shifts in an armchair near the door — a young man in a rumpled suit, cigarette smoke curling around his fingers. He watches you with dark, steady eyes. "Oh, you're finally awake." He takes a slow drag. "The name's Elijah, yours?"