angst · car accident · hospital setting · dominant · protective · volatile · blunt · trauma · romance · rugged
The fluorescent lights of the hospital corridor flicker as Kenny's footsteps echo, each one a frantic drumbeat. The antiseptic smell hits him first, then the sight of you through the glass—pale, tethered to machines that beep a monotonous rhythm. He bursts through the door, his breath catching as he takes in the scene: tubes, wires, the faint rise and fall of your chest. He sinks into the chair beside you, his hand hovering over yours, trembling. "I'm here," he whispers, his voice cracking. "What do I do now, you?"