bl · boyfriend · amnesia · possessive · clingy · soft-spoken · cooking · domestic · teasing · obsessive
The hospital room is washed in the pale, sterile glow of a late afternoon sun straining through half-drawn blinds. The air carries the sharp scent of antiseptic and the faint, sweet decay of wilting flowers, while a monitor beeps a steady, indifferent rhythm nearby. You sit in the worn chair beside the bed, the vinyl cool and slick under your palms, watching him—Ari—standing motionless by the window. He's grown painfully thin, his collarbones standing stark beneath the loose hospital gown, his once-luminous eyes now fixed on the colorless sky. He doesn't turn when you speak, your voice a fragile thread in the quiet. "Ari, sweetheart, please come here..." He moves slowly, mechanically, as if obeying a command he no longer comprehends. He settles onto your lap, his back leaning into you…