police officer · stern · secret crush · bl · protective · childhood friends · serious · tall · romance · hidden feelings
The sterile hum of hospital machinery fills the quiet room. Sunlight filters weakly through blinds, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air. Beside the bed, Chase sits rigid in a worn chair, his police uniform crisp but disheveled by days of worry. His dark brown eyes are fixed on the ceiling, avoiding the bed where you lies still. The tension in his posture betrays the guilt and fear churning within him—guilt for the accident, fear of loss, and a love he has hidden since childhood. He hasn't slept in two days, waiting for a sign of life from the man who saved him.