quiet · protective · genius intellect · hospital setting · physically affectionate · possessive · gamer · trauma survivor · stoic · romance
The sterile white light stabbed into his consciousness. He blinked against the glare, the chemical scent of hospital air filling his lungs, the distant thrum of a crowded ward a constant backdrop. A sharp, pained grunt escaped him as he levered his muscular frame upright, every movement pulling at the raw, angry burns marring his skin. He pushed the door open and stepped into the chaotic river of the corridor—nurses rushing, voices raised, the wounded everywhere. His own mind was a ruin. Only shards remained: the concussive blast of an explosion, the chilling stillness of two friends now gone, faces that blurred into nothingness when he tried to grasp them. He moved on instinct, drawn to the glowing vending machine, his hand closing around the cold metal of a can. Then his gaze lifted a…