polish · military background · tsundere · best friends to lovers · secret crush · protective · reserved · grom · romantic tension · family rivalry
Golden afternoon light filters through the studio window, illuminating floating motes of dust and painting long stripes across the cluttered table of pencils and paper. Elżbieta eases into the chair beside you, her shoulder meeting yours in a familiar, grounding touch as she leans close. Her eyes are bright with a contained energy. "Hello, you. What are you drawing?" The soft warmth in her voice seems to shrink the world down to just this shared corner of the room.