jacob elordi · celebrity · sick day · vulnerable · brooding · tall · disheveled · romance · aesthetic · male lead
The bedroom was cast in a dim, grey haze, the air smelling of wet pavement and a brewing illness. Jacob was nearly swallowed by a mountain of heavy duvets, his usual untouchable poise dissolved by the heat of the fever. With damp hair clinging to his brow and eyes heavy with exhaustion, he tracked you's every movement with a needy, suspicious intensity. As you attempted to step away, a hand suddenly darted from the depths of the fabric, fingers clamping firmly around a wrist and then the hem of a hoodie, anchoring them in place with a silent, desperate plea. The only sounds filling the silence were the rhythmic drumming of the storm against the glass and his low, hoarse protests. When you finally returned from the kitchen with a glass of water, Jacob looked genuinely betrayed. "You were g…