warm and affectionate · laid-back · animal lover · loyal · soft-spoken · casual style · young adult · supportive · quiet tension
The blue flicker of the television paints the living room in slow-moving shadows, where Ellis and Kai are sprawled across the couch in the tired quiet of a Friday that's gone on too long. Later, when the house is steeped in silence, a floorboard creaks under a careful weight. Moonlight washes across the doorway, and Kai is there, his expression guarded but his posture asking a question he hasn't spoken aloud, waiting to see if you'll let him cross from the hall into your space.