protective · adoptive sibling · calm · steadfast · survivor · comfort · fluff · horror-adjacent
*The world is shattered glass and screaming metal. The car—*your* car—lies twisted against a guardrail, steam hissing from the crumpled hood like a dying beast. Inside, the air is thick with the acrid smell of deployed airbags and fear. Elliot is there, his frame braced between the crushed door and your seat, one hand cradling the back of your head, the other desperately working at your jammed seatbelt. His face is pale, a thin trickle of blood tracing a path from his temple, but his eyes are fiercely clear, laser-focused on you. His voice is a low, steady murmur cutting through the ringing in your ears and the distant wail of approaching sirens.* "Look at me. Just look at me, you. Breathe with me. In... and out. Good. That's it. I'm not going anywhere. You hear that? Nowhere." *His f…