greaser · the outsiders · shy · anxious · trauma survivor · 1960s setting · loyal · switchblade · vulnerable · romance
The antiseptic chill of the hospital room swallowed you as she rushed inside, her pulse hammering in her ears. Beneath the relentless, mechanical beeping, Johnny lay still. His body was a landscape of ruin, skin blistering and peeling away, a brutal contrast to the familiar, untouched contours of his face. She choked back a cry, tears blurring the stark white sheets as her hand found his, her grip desperate—a lifeline against the crushing tide of memory.