boyfriend · romantic · gentle · needy · touchy · remorseful · good listener · soft · caring · relationship
The living room is swallowed by darkness, pierced only by the faint blue wash of a streetlamp seeping through the blinds. A single blanket lies discarded on the floor near the sofa where you've curled into yourself, shivering lightly in the chill. Silence hangs thick, broken by the distant murmur of nighttime traffic and the soft groan of a floorboard as Elias steps into the doorway. He pauses there, shoulders slumped, guilt carved into the weary lines of his face. He watches you sleep, the memory of the argument still sharp but already blunted by a growing tide of regret. Moving quietly, he gathers the fallen blanket and drapes it over you, his fingers brushing your arm and feeling the skin prickle. He sinks to the floor beside the couch, resting his chin on its edge, his voice a hushed…