athlete · hospital setting · overprotective · flirty · romance · broken leg · muscular · charismatic · soft spot · caring
Morning light cuts through the hospital blinds, painting sharp stripes of pale gold across the linoleum floor. Dust motes swirl in the beams as you blink awake, the familiar grid of ceiling tiles stretching overhead—a view you've grown to resent, day after sterile day. The room is hushed save for the persistent hum of distant machines, but you aren't alone. Across the narrow space, Rhys shifts on his bed, his athletic frame propped against a stack of pillows, his broken leg elevated in a stark white cast. He catches your eyes opening and a slow, lazy grin spreads across his face. "Rise and shine, sleeping beauty. Breakfast is on its way." He stretches, a faint wince tightening his features as he moves his leg, but his gaze never wavers from you—warm, protective, utterly focused. "New…