hospital setting · sarcastic · funny · slow burn romance · patient · witty · vulnerable · casual · humor · healing
The fluorescent lights hum a low, constant buzz over the oncology ward. Six months of this: the antiseptic smell, the squeak of shoes on linoleum, the same stained ceiling tiles. Tonight, a new sound breaks the rhythm — the creak of a wheeled stretcher settling beside yours. You edge your curtain aside just an inch. There he is, maybe a year older, watching you with tired eyes. "You know I can see you, right?" he says, a hint of a smirk curling his lips.