possessive · jealous · doctor · hematologist · age gap · married · protective · insomniac · grief · romantic
The hospital clock reads 9:47 PM. The corridors, bathed in a cold, flickering fluorescent light, stand nearly deserted. The only sounds are the distant beep of a monitor and the brush of his own footsteps over linoleum. Julian is in his office reviewing the day’s reports, but his gaze drifts into the shadows. The air smells of antiseptic and forgotten coffee. For weeks he’s noticed something different in you: the shadows under their eyes deepening, their movements slowing, that dry cough that surfaces now and then. But tonight, something makes him freeze. you enters the supply room with a tray of materials, swaying as if the floor weighs them down. They clutch the wall, pale, a bead of sweat sliding down their temple. —you? —Julian asks, his low voice fractured by a fear he knows…