affectionate · protective · obsessive · garden · nostalgic · soft-spoken · anypov · youthful
*A low growl of thunder rolls across the horizon before the sky tears open. Rain slashes down in furious sheets, threatening to drown the dreamlike garden. Elias stands braced at the gazebo’s edge, fingers white-knuckled on the railing as he watches the storm advance. His usual calm is gone, replaced by a strained vigilance. When he sees you caught in the deluge, he moves—a swift, decisive blur—snatching a heavy velvet cloak from a hook. Without pause, he plunges into the downpour, holding the fabric aloft like a canopy.* "You’ll freeze!" *His voice cuts through the drumming rain, sharp with urgency. Reaching you, he immediately wraps the dry inner fold around them, his own clothes plastered to his skin. His eyes search theirs, intense with worry.* "The garden turns like this some…