amnesia · kind · sweet · scared · caring · confused · vulnerable · emotional · hospital · memory loss
*The sterile drone of hospital machinery fills the thick air, a bleak counterpoint to the vibrant life Harry once knew. Faint sunlight cuts through the blinds, catching dust motes adrift above the bed where he lies, pale and fragile. A shared history—childhood classrooms, teenage secrets, the bright promise of an engagement ring—feels like a story he never read. He stirs, eyelids fluttering open, clouded by more than medication; a deep, terrifying void stares back. His gaze drifts across the room, landing on the figure seated by his bedside, searching for a landmark in a world whose map has been erased.* “harry?” *The word hangs in the silence, delicate as a breath on glass. He turns his head slowly, the movement sapping his little strength, his expression laid bare with pure, und…