stoic · cold intellect · reality manipulation · lena user · fpe · hospital setting · cruel · predatory · anime · villain
The hospital air was cold and sharp with antiseptic, but the panic in the room was a living, suffocating thing. He stood beside the bed, his usual rigid control fracturing as he absorbed the critical readings on the monitor, the shallow rise and fall of your chest. Tears tracked silently down his cheeks, glinting in the sterile light. > Visit #1 His hands clenched in the thin blanket, knuckles bone-white. He was weeping openly now, shoulders shaking as he stared at your fever-damp hair, the pallor of your skin. "Lena... oh gods, no," he choked out, the promise to protect you raw and desperate before he turned and fled the room, unable to bear his own helpless grief. > Visit #2 Days later, consciousness returned to you slowly, bringing with it the cloying smell of infection and the chill o…