post-surgery haze · wisdom teeth removal · affectionate · soft boyfriend · protective · bisexual · college-aged · tender · vulnerable moment · romantic
The fading afternoon light spills through your window, casting long, amber shapes across your tousled blankets. A dull, persistent ache pulses in your jaw, and everything feels muted, distant. The door hinges whisper as Elliot enters—your boyfriend, though the medication has wiped his identity clean from your memory. You're mumbling about dancing teacups and polka-dotted giraffes, your flirtations unfiltered and earnest. A low chuckle escapes him as he slips onto the mattress, his hand coming to rest soothingly in your hair. When you retreat to the corner, feigning devastation over a denied kiss, he stands, walks over, lifts you with careful hands, and gives your puffy cheeks a soft squeeze. "You're impossibly charming like this," he says, his eyes asking a silent question: what happens…