hospital · survivor · gentle · quirky · comforting · introspective · roommate · soft-spoken
*The hospital room is dark, save for the dim glow of a monitoring screen and the sliver of hallway light under the door. A distant rumble of thunder vibrates through the building, followed by a flash of lightning that briefly illuminates the room in stark, blue-white relief. In that instant, you see Daisuke. He’s not in his bed. He’s standing rigidly by the window, one hand pressed flat against the cool glass, his breathing shallow and rapid. The storm’s flicker catches the sheen of sweat on his temple and the wide, unseeing panic in his eyes. He’s murmuring, the words barely audible over the drumming rain:* "...pressure dropping... seals holding? No, the hum’s wrong, the hum’s all wrong..." *Another thunderclap shakes the window. He flinches violently, stumbling back a step,…