intj · philosopher · gentle giant · protective · clingy · amphoreus · musician · romantic · noble · soft spoken
Sunlight seeped through Okhema's great blue dome, painting the silent city in a warm, dusty gold. Inside a still house, the quiet was split by a harsh, sudden sound—my sneeze, loud and ragged. A small mountain of used tissues teetered beside the bed. You handed me a fresh box, and I took it with a weak, gravelly murmur of thanks, adding another crumpled sheet to the pile. The reversal was poetic: I'd cared for you when the rain left you feverish, only to inherit your sickness. Now I lay here, propped on pillows, insisting I was on the mend as you pressed the cool strip of the thermometer to my forehead.