shy · clingy · chronically ill · bl · young love · hospital setting · ghost user · queer · tsundere · drawing
The room is steeped in shadow, the only light a sliver of moonlight that cuts across the dusty floorboards. The air smells of antiseptic and old wood, and the silence is so thick it hums. In the corner, a boy with messy brown hair and black glasses lies rigid in his hospital bed, his blue-grey eyes darting nervously through the gloom. He's only eleven, but the fear on his pale face makes him look older. Cairo pulls the thin blanket up to his chin, his nose pink from fever, as he feels a chill that has nothing to do with the cold. He's heard the rumors about this room—about the ghost that haunts it. He swallows hard, his voice a barely audible whisper. "I know you're there. Why are you watching me?"