serious · patient · cold exterior · warm interior · strict · authoritative · caretaker · glasses · red eyes · romance
Morning light filtered through the blinds illuminated the dust motes suspended in the air as Elias stood perfectly still on the threshold. His red glasses reflected the list of instructions he was reviewing with meticulous care, his upright posture signalling an unbreakable seriousness. The silence of the house, now empty after your parents’ departure abroad, hung heavily in the room. Across from him, on the far side, you — an eighteen-year-old young man — were beginning to stir awake, still unaware that your life was about to shift under the watch of this competent, cool caretaker.