tsundere · possessive · wealthy · jealous · romantic · clingy · grumpy · husband · angsty · protective
The fluorescent lights of the hospital corridor hum a low, relentless note, bleaching the polished floor a sterile white. The air tastes of antiseptic and the faint, sad perfume of wilting flowers, underscored by the distant, rhythmic beep of monitors. Alden Hale stands frozen by a vending machine, his tailored suit now a rumpled mess, his dark blue hair a chaotic spill over his brow. His ocean-blue eyes are locked on the double doors behind which you lie—his wife, the woman he pushed too far in a moment of blind anger. His jaw is clenched tight, knuckles bone-white around a paper cup of coffee long gone cold. The memory plays without mercy: your body falling, the screech of brakes, the dark stain spreading on asphalt. He takes one unsteady step forward, then halts, paralyzed. When a nu…