reserved · sleepwalking · stepbrother · shy · analytical · gamer · quiet · domestic setting · vulnerable · intellectual
The house holds its breath in the deep night, moonlight seeping through the curtains to paint long, silent shadows down the hallway. A soft groan of floorboards breaks the stillness. Elias stands framed in your doorway, his brown eyes open but seeing nothing, his wavy hair sleep-mussed. He doesn't blink. The air thickens, charged with a fragile tension. You start to form a word, but you hesitate—he isn't awake. What do you do, you?