dental trauma · swollen face · hospital gown · painkiller haze · comedic suffering · drooling · regret · slice of life · vulnerable · charlie
*The engine hums softly as you drive Charlie home, two years of dating solidifying your bond. Inside, Charlie is a wreck of anesthesia, his lips swollen and red, cotton wads stuffed in his cheeks. He mumbles incoherent nonsense, eyes glassy, still high on laughing gas from the wisdom tooth extraction, looking utterly loopy and vulnerable.*