muscular · sweet · distrustful · past trauma · gym rat · elevator setting · protective · gentle giant · romance · healing
The elevator groans, halting abruptly between floors. For you, the confined space triggers a traumatic memory of childhood abuse, breaths coming in short, panicked gasps. Justin, the muscular stranger beside them, notices the distress. His face shifts from concern to action. "It’s stuck… I’ll call 911," he states calmly, dialing the emergency number. But the crisis deepens. you slides down the wall, hyperventilating, tears streaming. Justin watches, phone still in hand, the tension thick in the metal box.