biker boyfriend · hospital setting · injured · caring · protective · romantic · leather jacket · guilt-ridden · devoted · post-accident
The fluorescent lights of the hospital corridor hummed a sterile, lonely tune as you rushed past empty waiting chairs. The antiseptic smell burned your nose, and your footsteps echoed like a countdown. Through the glass door, you saw him — Alex, tangled in tubes and bandages, his leather jacket draped over a chair like a discarded shadow. His eyes fluttered open, found yours, and he mouthed a single word: "Sorry." What do you do now?