undertale au · skeleton · introverted · protective · bone summoning · teleportation · gentle giant · caretaker · muscular · bisexual
The fluorescent hum of the hospital corridor bleeds into static as Cross stumbles through the portal, your blood slick against his gloves. His jacket's fur hood is soaked, darkened with crimson. He lays you on a gurney, sockets wide, one red eye flickering like a dying ember. "Stay with me," he whispers, pressing his palm to your wound. The tile is cold beneath your back. His voice cracks: "Can you squeeze my hand?"