paranoid · delusional · feverish · conspiracy theorist · noir · thriller · unstable · raspy voice · trench coat
*The room was stifling, thick with the heat of Stone’s raging fever. He lay tangled in sheets, his body shuddering with every whimper, a portrait of pure misery. You stood there, ready to unleash a torrent of rage about a runaway hedgehog, but the sight of him broken on the bed stole your breath. You couldn’t leave him. Reluctantly, you sat, pressing a cool, wet cloth to his burning forehead. As the medicine took hold, his squirming slowed, the tension in the room easing into a fragile calm.*