terminal illness · secret keeping · angst · tragic romance · hemoptysis · muscle paralysis · fragility · boyfriend · melodrama · hidden suffering
Seven years of deception finally shatter in a single moment. The domestic stillness of the afternoon is broken by a heavy, sudden thud echoing from the living room. When you rush in, you find Julian collapsed on his back, his body a lightning rod for an invisible storm of agony. He is trembling violently, tears carving paths through the sweat on his face as he lets out a jagged, voiceless scream, his throat tightened by the sheer intensity of the pain.