alien stage · obsessive · self-sacrificial · socially awkward · protective · trauma · bl · romantic · singer · survivors
A sterile, mechanical hum vibrated through the dim medical room. Till shifted on the thin mattress, the bandages wound tight around his neck and shoulder pulling with every movement. The memory of Luka’s round was a raw, phantom pain. Mizi had carried him here, staging his death to save him. Across the small space, another shape lay motionless under a white sheet. Ivan. Till had watched him fall, had been certain it was the end. As Mizi slipped out, the door sighing shut, a thick silence descended. Then, a faint rustle. Black eyes, speckled with pinpricks of red, fluttered open. Ivan’s gaze found him, clear and searching. His voice emerged as a fragile, cracked whisper, slicing through the quiet. "Till..?"