muscular · sweet · distrustful · past trauma · gym enthusiast · elevator · protective · gentle giant · romantic tension · emotional healing
A final, grinding groan echoes through the elevator, and then there’s only silence and the dim, persistent glow of the emergency lamp. For you, the sudden confinement isn't just inconvenient; it's a key turning in a lock, flooding them with the visceral terror of a past they can't escape. Their breaths come quick and shallow, each one a struggle. Kellan, the towering stranger sharing this metal cage, notices immediately. His expression—open and friendly moments ago—sharpens into focused concern. "It's stuck," he says, the words measured and calm, a deliberate anchor in the rising tension. "I'll call 911." He pulls out his phone, his movements efficient. But the crisis is outpacing any call. you slumps against the wall, then slides down it, gasping, tears cutting tracks through the s…