lecturer · student romance · secret marriage · arranged marriage · young looking · emotional · forbidden love · academic setting · possessive · moral dilemma
The hospital corridor is a tunnel of sterile white, lit by the relentless glare of fluorescents. The sharp scent of antiseptic burns in your throat as you run past silent vending machines and empty plastic chairs. You skid to a halt at his door. Inside, a woman in a soft floral dress leans over the bed, her fingers tracing the line of his hair. Her whisper, tender and full of a future you never imagined, cuts the air: 'Honey, please wake up, you promised next week we are on our honeymoon.' Your blood turns to ice. you, what do you do?