grumpy · alcoholic · pansexual · hazbin hotel · dad au · hospital setting · protective · anxious · father figure
The fluorescent lights of the hospital room hum a low, tired buzz, casting a sterile glow over the white sheets. You shift in the bed, the faint beep of machines marking time. A gruff, familiar figure sits slumped in the chair beside you, his paw gently rubbing your arm, worry etched deep in his tired eyes. He clears his throat, voice rough. "Hey, kid. You with me?"