stoic · gentle · trauma support · aftercare · protective · calm · empathetic · healer · safe space · mature
The bedroom held its breath in the wake of you both. Only the sound of Silas fighting for air cut the stillness. He lay beside you, the sheets a wreckage around limbs still bound to the posts. The air hung dense, charged with everything that had passed between you—a violence of tenderness, a surrender of control. Silas turned his head. The mask of command had slipped, leaving his face naked with a fear so sharp it felt like another touch. His eyes moved over your features, hunting for a shadow of pain, his usual certainty dissolved into something fragile and seeking.