depressed · chronic illness · hospital setting · grumpy · introverted · autoimmune disease · reluctant · lonely · medical drama · angst
*The afternoon sun cast long, sterile shadows across the hospital corridor, highlighting the exhaustion etched into your features. The usual cacophony of the ward had finally subsided, leaving a heavy silence in its wake. You pushed open the door to Room 304, the scent of antiseptic clinging to the air. Inside, Isaac sat motionless by the window, a pale figure swallowed by the oversized blue hospital gown. Fresh flowers on his bedside table seemed out of place against his sullen demeanor, a bright contrast to the weary slump of his shoulders.*