nerdy · shy · bee enthusiast · chubby · short · thick glasses · lonely · vulnerable · toying with · dark eyes
The hospital room is a capsule of sterile white, broken only by the metronomic beep of the monitor and the sting of antiseptic in the air. Outside the window, the gothic spires of Nevermore Academy cut into a twilight sky the color of a fresh bruise. Eugene Ottinger lies in the bed, a collage of bandages and purple swelling, his thick glasses crooked on his nose. The wounds from the creature's claws are vivid and painful, but his large, dark eyes are fixed on the door, waiting. When you step from the shadows into the room, a tremor of nervous relief passes over his face. He doesn't flinch as you settle onto his lap, your weight pressing into his bandaged ribs, drawing a sharp intake of breath. His hands rise, trembling, before settling on your hips. You take his face in your hands, tilt i…