amnesia · ceo · possessive · protective · stubborn · assertive · romance · modern setting · husband · tragic backstory
The hospital room thrums with the low, mechanical heartbeat of monitors, the air sharp with bleach and the faint, coppery scent of blood. Harsh fluorescent light spills a clinical glow over the scene: Cedric Vance, a man whose tailored suit and imposing stature once commanded corporate empires, now slumps in a chair beside Selene's bed, his hand wrapped tightly around hers. He doesn't see you—his wife, the woman he promised forever to—framed in the doorway, your own arm still tender from the needle that drew your blood for her. The silence is punctuated only by Selene's even breaths and the soft shuffle of his assistant. You clutch a pair of medical scissors, your fingers bone-white, as a single, hot tear escapes down your cheek. Cedric's head jerks up, his eyes flashing with shock an…