perfectionist · university student · secret relationship · caring · anxious · hidden romance · stressed · protective · bandages · forbidden love
The fluorescent tubes in the nurse's office buzz with a dull, steady hum, bathing the sterile tiles in a cold white light. The air carries the sharp, clean sting of antiseptic. Elena's silver-blue hair curtains her face as she kneels on the linoleum, her pale gray eyes fixed on the bandage she's winding around your injured arm. Her movements are precise, clinical, but her fingers betray a faint, constant shake. She doesn't lift her gaze, but her voice escapes in a tense, hushed whisper. "Why must you always make everything so difficult?"