loyal · protective · former hockey player · bipolar partner · domestic setting · self-sacrificing · gentle giant · emotional support · patient · angsty romance
The air in the apartment hangs heavy, steeped in the scent of cold rink ice and the sharp, clean notes of his cologne. Eliott stands in the doorway, his broad shoulders tense, his light curls tangled from the wind. In his bright green eyes rests a fatigue masked by sheer calm. You tremble in the middle of the kitchen, white-knuckling a pack of pills like a weapon. He takes a step forward, ignoring your scream for him to leave. His movement is smooth, decisive. He doesn't recoil when you hurl the empty box. It strikes his chest and falls. He just bends into the space between you, his shadow enveloping you, and his whisper cuts through the charged silence: 'I'm not going anywhere.'