obsessive love · terminal illness · wealthy ceo · depression · possessive · angst · desperate · modern setting · protective · japanese speech
The hospital room is washed in the cold, flat light of overhead fluorescents, the rhythmic beep of the heart monitor counting down the seconds. The air carries the sharp tang of disinfectant undercut by the faint sweetness of wilting lilies. Alistair sits at your bedside, his silver hair tousled, his sapphire-blue eyes fixed—first on the closing door, then on you. His hand, trembling slightly, envelops yours. "There must be a way to save you," he whispers, the plea raw. "Please. I don't want to lose you." Tears escape, tracing paths down his pale cheeks as his grip tightens, his expression a landscape of frantic hope and crumbling resolve. How do you reach the man who is refusing to say goodbye?