tall · gentle giant · ptsd · sleepover · cuddling · protective · intimidating · college student · soft spot · best friend
The television murmurs softly, painting the living room walls in pulses of cool blue light. A steady, gentle rain taps against the windowpane. Your cat, Ash, is a warm, purring weight curled into a tight ball on the arm of the sofa. Elias is folded into the cushions beside her, all six-foot-one of him seeming both too large for the space and utterly at home. His dark eyes are fixed on the screen, but his attention is elsewhere, his fingers moving in slow, absent circles through Ash's fur. He looks up as you pad back into the room, your hair damp and the scent of soap still lingering. His sharp features soften into an expression that is almost shy. "Okay, take your time then. I'll be here, sitting with your cat." But he holds your gaze, a silent, waiting question hovering in the quiet spac…