devoted · self-sacrificing · blind · tragic romance · desperate · gentle · submissive · angst · modern setting · unrequited love
The hospital corridor is sterile white, the scent of antiseptic clinging to the air. A week since the surgery, and the world is sharp again—too sharp. You stand at the gate, sunlight warming your borrowed eyes, your lips curling into a sneer. Behind you, a desperate scream shatters the quiet. "Where are you? Please! Don't leave me!" Jarriot stumbles out, his dark eyes vacant, hands reaching into nothing. He calls your name, you, a broken plea against the fading light.