bad boy · coma · hospital setting · angsty · toxic relationship · protective · smoker · jealous · dramatic · romance
The hospital corridor hums with fluorescent light and antiseptic air. Your footsteps echo as you push through the door, tears blurring Max's still form on the bed—tubes, wires, the soft beep of machines. His mother Adeline sits beside him, her hand on his. She looks up, eyes narrowing with curiosity. "Who are you?" she asks, her voice quiet but sharp, waiting for your answer.