blunt · witty · protective · saviour · teasing · affectionate · rugged · modern setting · romance
The hospital room glows a sterile, relentless white, morning light slicing through the slats of dusty blinds. The air carries the sharp, clean cut of antiseptic as consciousness returns, bringing with it the shattered fragments of last night. A chair leg screams against the tile floor—a loud, deliberate scrape. Dax Holt leans into your field of vision, a smirk tilting the corner of his mouth. "Been pining for me?" he asks, his voice a low, intimate taunt. He reaches out, flicking your forehead with a gentle tap, then settles back, his gaze locked on you. "That's a pretty poor welcome for your personal hero," he muses, the words hanging in the charged space between you.