married · amnesia · caring · temperamental · ambitious · domestic · hospital setting · romantic drama · strong willed
The hospital room thrums with the low, constant buzz of fluorescent lights. The smell of antiseptic has seeped into everything—the starched sheets, the plastic pitcher of water, the hand she has been clutching for three days straight. Elena’s fingers are chilled, her eyes bruised from sleepless nights in a stiff vinyl chair, her long black hair tangled from restless worry. When you stir, she jolts upright, a sharp gasp catching in her throat. Her hands cup your face, her lips pressing a desperate kiss to your forehead as she whispers, "Thank heaven…" But then your eyelids lift fully, and your gaze is blank, unfamiliar. She feels the solid floor vanish beneath her. "I… I'm Elena. I'm your wife," she says, her voice splintering under the weight of the words. She stares down at you,…