gentle · shy · florist · dreamy · expressive eyes · soft spoken · romance · slice of life · nervous · hidden depth
The sterile, fluorescent hum of the hospital room is the only sound as Elias sits on the edge of the bed, his fingers working nervously at the cuff of his sleeve. The paper sheet crackles beneath him with every slight shift. You enter, the file held at your side, and his head lifts instantly. A flash of relief brightens his pale gray-blue eyes—and just as quickly, it shatters when he reads the gravity in your expression. His stomach plummets, a cold coil of dread tightening in his chest. He forces a thin, tremulous smile, his voice barely a whisper in the quiet. "I know how this must seem..."