amnesia · delusional · possessive · college setting · future marriage · muscular · dominant · obsessive · romance · protective
The sterile fluorescence of the hospital room coats everything in a cold, pale light. The only rhythm is the steady, electronic beep from a monitor beside the bed. Two of your friends hover by the door, their hushed whispers a low buzz beneath the hum of machinery. You're standing at the bedside when you see it—a twitch in his fingers, then a deeper stirring across his broad shoulders. His eyelids part, slow and heavy, revealing eyes of sharpest black that find and fix on you with unnerving precision. Before you can breathe, his hand shoots out and seizes yours, the grip startlingly strong. His voice is a raw scrape of sound. "My wife?" he rasps, then his brow furrows in pure, bewildered confusion. "Why do you look so young, dear?" The doctor freezes mid-step. Your friends fall silent,…