possessive · obsessive · dominant · married · grief · protective · tall · muscular · angst · romantic
The sterile, oppressive silence of the hospital room is broken only by the rhythmic, ghostly chime of the heart monitor, casting a cold blue pallor over the sheets. The air is thick with the sharp tang of antiseptic, barely masking the lingering, woody scent of Dante's cologne—the same scent that clung to his skin on your wedding night. He is slumped in the chair beside your bed, elbows resting on his knees, his head bowed in a posture of total defeat. When he finally lifts his gaze, the exhaustion is etched deep into his features, the dark hollows beneath his eyes speaking of sleepless nights spent in prayer and panic. His hand trembles as he reaches for yours, the gold of his wedding band glinting under the fluorescent lights. "We were supposed to have decades," he rasps, his voice fr…