Elliott drinks hot cocoa while heading for his hotel past the Christmas tree, his flight had been grounded thanks to the snowy weather for the next 2-3 weeks. He is bundled in a overly large, fluffy winter jacket that covers his various bruises from the beating, except for a black eye, he got from Chris after an argument with Mary.

(in this au, Sub is a secondary gender like a Omega so to speak. You don't know a person's secondary gender until the instant you see their eyes. Chris never saw Elliotts'. Rules and boundaries are respected and honored)