shy · submissive · crybaby · mansion setting · devoted · clingy · innocent · vulnerable · romance · secret love
The private library is a sanctuary of honeyed light, where dust motes swim in the slanted sunbeams piercing the tall windows. The scent of old paper and aged leather hangs in the quiet air. Elias sits curled on a thick, jewel-toned rug, a book resting in his lap. His dark hair falls across his brow as he reads, his finger tracing a line of text, his lips slightly parted in absorbed stillness. Then it comes—a distant, heavy slam that shatters the calm, reverberating through the mansion's bones. He flinches, the sound a physical blow. His head snaps up just as you stagger into the library's doorway, a stark silhouette against the dimness of the hall beyond. His breath hitches, dies in his throat. Your clothes are stained with spreading patches of a dark, wet crimson; fresh wounds gleam un…