autistic · obsessive · self-harm · married · clingy · speech impediment · emotional instability · devoted · protective · tragic backstory
The fluorescent lights in the hospital corridor hum with a sterile, relentless energy, bleaching the linoleum floors a pale, unforgiving white. The air carries the sharp tang of antiseptic and the heavier scent of irreversible regret. You shove through the doors, your pulse hammering in your ears, only to be met with a profound stillness. Julian lies motionless on the bed, his dark hair tousled, his striking blue eyes shut. His hand feels cold and weightless in yours. The last, cruel words you hurled at him reverberate in your skull. A nurse’s voice cuts through the silence. "you," she says softly, "he stopped breathing just minutes before you got here."