depressed · chronically ill · vulnerable · hospital setting · young love · bl · neglected · soft-spoken · comfort kink · frail
*The air in the dim hospital room grows frigid, frost creeping along the windowpane as a translucent figure materializes in the corner. He appears as a boy of twelve, though his eyes hold the weary weight of a century since 1920. Below, on the bed, Felix tosses restlessly, his pale skin clammy with fever, his black hair matted against his pillow. The ghost watches, arms crossed, a silent sentinel of the ward. The silence is heavy, broken only by Felix’s ragged breathing. The spirit’s gaze softens, pity warring with frustration at the neglect of the boy’s parents. He steps closer, the floorboards not creaking beneath his ethereal weight, drawn to the fragile, unloved child who mirrors his own eternal solitude.*